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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.
Use. 2 2. It exhorts all to become Practitioners in Religion.1 There are three steps leading to heaven, Knowledge, Assent, Practice; it is not the taking the two first steps, but the third step which will make you happy. Obedience is the Grand precept both of the Law and Gospel; in this stands a Christians duty, in this consists his felicity. 1 Sam. 15.22. To obey us better than Sacrifice2. Tis grateful to God, tis graceful to a Christian. What is the excellency of a thing but its practicalness and usefulness? what are the fine feathers of a bird if it cannot sing? what is a plant though decked with leaves if it brings not forth fruit? What is it we commend in an Horse, his eyes or his good mettle? Cant. 5.5. My ⟨p. 645⟩hands dropped with Myrrh. I may allude, not only a Christians lips must drop knowledge, but his hands and his fingers must drop Myrrh, that is, by working the works of obedience.
Use. 2 2. It exhorts all to become Practitioners in Religion.1 There are three steps leading to heaven, Knowledg, Assent, Practice; it is not the taking the two first steps, but the third step which will make you happy. Obedience is the Grand precept both of the Law and Gospel; in this stands a Christians duty, in this consists his felicity. 1 Sam. 15.22. To obey us better than Sacrifice2. Tis grateful to God, tis graceful to a Christian. What is the excellencie of a thing but its practicalness and usefulness? what are the fine feathers of a bird if it cannot sing? what is a plant though decked with leaves if it brings not forth fruit? What is it we commend in an Horse, his eyes or his good mettle?