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The beatitudes
The beatitudes: or A discourse upon part of Christs famous Sermon on the Mount. Whereunto is added Christs various fullness. The preciousness of the soul. The souls malady and cure. The beauty of grace. The spiritual watch. The heavenly race. The sacred anchor. The trees of righteousness. The perfume of love. The good practitioner. By Thomas Watson, minister of the word at Stephens Walbrook in the city of London.The beatitudes: or A discourse upon part of Christs famous Sermon on the Mount. Wherunto is added Christs various fulnesse. The preciousnesse of the soul. The souls malady and cure. The beauty of grace. The spiritual watch. The heavenly race. The sacred anchor. The trees of righteousnesse. The perfume of love. The good practitioner. By Thomas Watson, minister of the word at Stephens Walbrook in the city of London.
London: printed for Ralph Smith, 1660
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. The Exhortation looks towards the godly; and it exhorts to two things. 1. Is there a Kingdom in reversion? then let this be a motive to duty; do all the service you can for God while you live; spend and be spent. The reward is honourable; the thoughts of a Kingdom should add wings to prayer, and fire to zeal; what honour and ⟨p. 65⟩dignity hath been done to Mordecai? saith King Ahasuerus, Esther 6.3. Inquire what hath been done for God? What love hast thou showed to his Name? what zeal for his glory? where is the head of that Goliath lust thou hast slain for his sake? Methinks we should sometimes go aside into our Closets and weep, to consider how little work we have done for God: What a vast disproportion is there between our service, and our reward? what is all our weeping and fasting compared to a Kingdom? oh improve all your interest for God; make seasons of grace, opportunities for service.
2. The Exhortation looks towards the godly; and it exhorts to two things. 1. Is there a Kingdom in reversion? then let this be a motive to duty; do all the service you can for God while you live; spend and be spent. The reward is honourable; the thoughts of a Kingdom should adde wings to prayer, and fire to zeale; what honour and ⟨p. 65⟩dignity hath been done to Mordecai? saith King Ahashuerus, Esther 6.3. Inquire what hath been done for God? What love hast thou shew'd to his Name? what zeal for his glory? where is the head of that Goliah lust thou hast slain for his sake? Methinks we should sometimes go aside into our Closets and weep, to consider how little work we have done for God: What a vast disproportion is there between our service, and our reward? what is all our weeping and fasting compared to a Kingdom? oh improve all your interest for God; make seasons of grace, opportunities for service.