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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. True hope is purifying; 1 Joh. 3.3. He that hath this hope in him, [Greek or Hebrew], purifying himself. Hope is in the soul as lightning is in the Air, it clears the Air; he who hath hope in Christ, sets himself against all sin, both in purpose and practice; he is a consecrated person, there is engraven upon his heart, Holiness to the Lord; hope is a Virgin-grace, it lives in the soul tanquam scintillatio in fomite, tanquam ramus in radice*. St. Bernard compares holiness to the Root, and hope to the Branch; true hope flourisheth upon the root of holiness; now then try your hope by this Scripture Touchstone. The hypocrite saith he hath hope, but is he a purified person; what, an unclean person and hope to go to heaven? nothings enters there which defileth, Rev. 21.27. what, a drunkard and hope to be saved? dost thou think to go reeling to heaven? what, an Apostate and yet hope to be saved? as if there were any going to heaven backward.* The wicked man is not sure of happiness, but secure.
2. True hope is purifying; 1 Joh. 3.3. He that hath this hope in him, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, purifying himself. Hope is in the soul as lightning is in the Aire, it clears the Air; he who hath hope in Christ, sets himself against all sin, both in purpose and practice; he is a consecrated person, there is engraven upon his heart, Holiness to the Lord; hope is a Virgin-grace, it lives in the soul tanquam scintillatio in fomite, tanquam ramus in radice*. St. Bernard compares holiness to the Root, and hope to the Branch; true hope flourisheth upon the root of holiness; now then try your hope by this Scripture Touchstone. The hypocrite saith he hath hope, but is he a purified person; what, an unclean person and hope to go to heaven? nothings enters there which defileth,