A96093:2024
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.
3. There is an appearing of Christ for us; and that two ways.
3. There is an appearing of Christ for us; and that two wayes.
1. Christ appears for us as an Advocate: Hebr. 9.24. He is entered into heaven, there to-appear in the presence of God for us. 'Tis a Metaphor borrowed from our Law-Courts, where the Attorney pleads for the Client; so Christ pleads as an Advocate for the Saints. Satan is the accuser, but Christ is the Advocate, he answers all bills of Indictment brought in▪ and he appears, saith the Apostle [Greek or Hebrew], in the presence of God for us; the High Priests under the Law appeared before the Ark and the Mercy-seat, which was but a Type of Gods presence; but Christ appears in the very presence of God for us, [Greek or Hebrew], in the face of God; he spreads his merits before his Father, and in the virtue of his bloody sufferings pleads for mercy: and if Christ appear for us in heaven, shall not we appear for him upon earth.
1. Christ appears for us as an Advocate: Hebr. 9.24. He is entred into heaven, there to-appear in the presence of God for us. 'Tis a Metaphor borrowed from our Law-Courts, where the Atturney pleads for the Client; so Christ pleads as an Advocate for the Saints. Satan is the accuser, but Christ is the Advocate, he answers all bills of Indictment brought in▪ and he appears, saith the Apostle 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, in the presence of God for us; the High Priests under the Law appeared before the Ark and the Mercy-seat, which was but a Type of Gods presence; but Christ appears in the very presence of God for us, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, in the face of God; he spreads his merits before his Father, and in the vertue of his bloody sufferings pleads for mercy: and if Christ appear for us in heaven, shall not we appear for him upon earth.