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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
Appendix › The trees of Righteousness blossoming, and bringing forth fruit.
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. Reading the Word is a duty, Joh. 5.39. but this fruit must be brought forth in its season. To read at home, when the Word is a preaching, or the Sacrament celebrating, is unseasonable, nay sinful; as Husha said, 2 Sam. 17.7. The Counsel is not good at this time: so I say of reading the Word at home in time of public administrations, it is not good at this time; one duty is to prepare for another, but not to jostle out another; fruit must put forth seasonably. The great God who hath appointed the duties of his worship, hath appointed also the time. God enjoined a set time for the Passover, when they were to bring their offering to the Lord: Numb. 9.2, 3. Let the Children of Israel keep the Passover at his appointed season, in the fourteenth day of this month, &c. had the people of Israel been reading the Law at home, or praying in the time of the Passover, it had not been in season, and God would have punished it for a contempt; ver. 13. The man that forbeareth to keep the Passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people. If when public Ordinances are administered, any person whether out of pride, or sloth, shall stay at home, though he may have his private devotions, yet he brings forth fruit out of season, and let that man know he shall bear his sin.
3. Reading the VVord is a duty, Joh. 5.39. but this fruit must be brought forth in its season. To read at home, when the Word is a preaching, or the Sacrament celebrating, is unseasonable, nay sinful; as Husha said, 2 Sam. 17.7. The Counsel is not good at this time: so I say of reading the VVord at home in time of publick administrations, it is not good at this time; one duty is to prepare for another, but not to justle out another; fruit must put forth seasonably. The great God who hath appointed the duties of his worship, hath appointed also the time. God enjoyn'd a set time for the Passeover, when they were to bring their offering to the Lord: Numb. 9.2, 3. Let the Children of Israel keep the Passeover at his appointed season, in the fourteenth day of this moneth, &c. had the people of Israel been reading the Law at home, or praying in the time of the Passeover, it had not been in season, and God would have punished it for a contempt; ver. 13. The man that forbeareth to keep the Passeover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people. If when publick Ordinances are administred, any person whether out of pride, or sloth, shall stay at home, though he may have his private devotions, yet he brings forth fruit out of season, and let that man know he shall bear his sin.