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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. They differ Naturâ, in their nature, and that two ways.
2. They differ Naturâ, in their nature, and that two wayes.
1. Hope only looks forward at things to come; Faith ⟨p. 578⟩looks backward aswell as forward; it looks at things past as well as future: Faith believes Christs Passion and Resurrection, as well as his coming to glory.
2. Hope looks at the excellency of the promise, Faith looks at the certainty; *Hope reads over the writing of the promise, Faith looks at the seal of the promise: Titus 1.2. In hope of eternal life, which God that cannot lye hath promised. That which Hope looks at is eternal life; that which Faith looks at is the infallibility of the promise, God which cannot lye hath promised. In a word, Faith believes, Hope waits; Faith shows a Christian the land of promise, Hope sails thither with patience. Thus you see how Faith and Hope differ, but these Twins must not be parted; Faith strengthens Hope, and Hope comforts Faith; as Elm supports the Vine, and the Vine loads the Elm with its fruit: Faith is the Cable, and Hope the Anchor, and both these help to keep the soul steady, that it doth not dash upon Shelves, or sink in the Quicksands. Thus much for the first, what hope is.
2. Hope looks at the excellency of the promise, Faith looks at the certainty;