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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. Duties of Religion not well timed are dangerous; a strong purgation may sometimes be good; but to give it out of season, when nature is spent, and between fainting fits, it may kill the patient. Snow and Hail are good for the ground, when they come in their season, but when the Corn is ripe, now a storm of Hail would do hurt, and be like a Flail to thrash the Co•n out of the Ear. Mourning in a time of joy, private duties in time of public, is as unseasonable as Snow and Hail in Harvest, and will prove no less prejudicial.
3. Duties of Religion not well timed are dangerous; a strong purgation may sometimes be good; but to give it out of season, when nature is spent, and between fainting fits, it may kill the patient. Snow and Hail are good for the ground, when they come in their season, but when the Corn is ripe, now a storm of Hail would do hurt, and be like a Flail to thrash the Co•n out of the Ear. Mourning in a time of joy, private duties in time of publick, is as unseasonable as Snow and Hail in Harvest, and will prove no lesse prejudicial.
1. It shows us who is a Christian in Gods Calendar, Use 1 namely the fruit-bearing Christian.1 As soon as the sap of grace is infused, it puts forth it self in Evangelical fruit. No sooner was Paul converted, but he became a plant of renown, he did bring forth rare fruit, humility, faith, heavenly-mindedness; he was one of the most fruitful ⟨p. 600⟩Trees that ever God planted in his Vineyard. The Jailer when God had changed him from a wild tree, to a tree of Righteousness, brought forth sweet and generous fruit. How kindly did he use the Apostles! he set meat before them, and washed their wounds, Acts 16.33, 34