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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.
— In cava Lethaeas dolia portat aquas. —
2. Put your selves upon the trial; Have you this blessed hope of Christs appearing, and of your appearing with him in glory? come almost to any man, and you Use 2 shall hear him say, he hopes to be saved; well then,1 let every soul put it self upon the trial. I shall show you four differences between a sound Hope, and a sandy Hope.
2. Put your selves upon the tryal; Have you this blessed hope of Christs appearing, and of your appearing with him in glory? come almost to any man, and you Use 2 shall hear him say, he hopes to be saved; well then,1 let every soul put it self upon the tryal. I shall show you four differences between a sound Hope, and a sandy Hope.
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1. True hope is quickening; it sets a man a working for heaven*; it is called a lively hope, 1 Pet. 1.3. it puts life into a man; hope is a Spur to duty, a Whetstone to industry. Hope of victory makes the Soldier fight, hope of gain makes the Merchant run through the several Zones. Divine hope is as Wind to the Sails, as Wheels to the Chariot, it makes a Christian active in Religion, he runs the ways of Gods Commandments.