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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.
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. he who was before their Jailer, becomes now their Nurse and Physician. It is impossible for a man to be engrafted into Christ, who is so full of juice and succulency, but he must needs be fruitful. He who is a branch of this Tree, though before he were like Aaron's dry Rod, yet now he blossoms, and brings forth Almonds.
1. It shows us who is a Christian in Gods Kalendar, 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 fruitfull ⟨p. 600⟩Trees that ever God planted in his Vineyard. The Jaylor 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. he who was before their Jaylor, becomes now their Nurse and Physitian. It is impossible for a man to be ingraffed into Christ, who is so full of juice and succulency, but he must needs be fruitful. He who is a branch of this Tree, though before he were like Aarons dry Rod, yet now he blossoms, and brings forth Almonds.