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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.
Faith and Hope differ, 1. Ordine, in order and priority; Faith doth precede and go before hope, it is the Mother grace; Faith is [Greek or Hebrew]: The ground if things hoped for, Heb. 11.1. The Promises are precious; they are like the Ark which had Manna laid up in it; but we must first believe the things contained in the promise, before we hope for them. Therefore Hierom saith well,* Faith lights the Lamp of Hope, as the fire of the Altar lighted the Lamps of the Sanctuary. Thus these graces differ in Priority; Hope is the Daughter of Faith.
Faith and Hope differ, 1. Ordine, in order and priority; Faith doth precede and go before hope, it is the Mother grace; Faith is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉: The ground if things hoped for, Heb. 11.1. The Promises are precious; they are like the Ark which had Manna laid up in it; but we must first believe the things contained in the promise, before we hope for them. Therefore Hierom saith well,* Faith lights the Lamp of Hope, as the fire of the Altar lighted the Lamps of the Sanctuary. Thus these graces differ in Priority; Hope is the Daughter of Faith.
- *Spes est expectatio rerum qua• in fide h• bemus.
2. They differ Naturâ, in their nature, and that two ways.
2. They differ Naturâ, in their nature, and that two wayes.