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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.
Use. 3 3. Let this exhort us all to fruitfulness; how happy 1were it if it might be said of us as Joseph, Gen. 49.22. Branch. 1 Joseph is a fruitful bough. We love to see every thing fruitful; if there be a Tree in our Orchard though with never such fair leaves, we value it not unless there be fruit; when you come into your Garden, you complain if you see no fruit; such a Root is set, but it doth not grow; we love to see fruitfulness everywhere, and why not in our hearts? oh let the precious Grapes and Figs we bear, evidence that we are trees of Gods planting;* we often plant Trees to be a shade to the house. God cares for no such trees as are only for shade, he loves fruit. Arabia is called Faelix, because of the sweet fruits which grow there, Frankincense, with other perfumes and spices. That Christian may be entitled Faelix, happy, that hath the sweet fruits of the Spirit growing in his heart; be fruit-bearing trees. The Heathens had a custom of dedicating their trees; they dedicated the Oak to Jupiter, the Laurel to Apollo, ⟨p. 605⟩the Olive-tree to Minerva; but certainly, if we would dedicate a tree to the God of Heaven which he should accept of, let it be a tree filled with the fruit of righteousness. Christians should be like the Pomcitron, which (as Naturalists say) bears fruit at all times of the year; when some of its fruit falls off, other fruit begins to mellow, and when that mellows, other of its fruit doth but begin to blossom, it is never without fruit. This is the Emblem of a good Christian, he is never without fruit, either blooming in his affections, or fructifying in his conversation.
Use. 3 3. Let this exhort us all to fruitfulness; how happy 1were it if it might be said of us as Joseph, Gen. 49.22. Branch. 1 Joseph is a fruitful bough. We love to see every thing fruitful; if there be a Tree in our Orchard though with never such fair leaves, we value it not unless there be fruit; when you come into your Garden, you complain if you see no fruit; such a Root is set, but it doth not grow; we love to see fruitfulness everywhere, and why not in our hearts? oh let the precious Grapes and Figs we bear, evidence that we are trees of Gods planting;