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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
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2. The practice of those truths we know, will much propagate Religion; Practice is the best Syllogism and Argument we can use to prevail with others; this will confirm them in the truth of Religion. The Emperor Jovinian said to the Orthodox, and Arian Bishops, I cannot judge of your Doctrine, but I can judge of your lives; their practice would preach loudest. If others see us make a profession, and yet live in a contradiction to what we profess; if they hear Jacobs voice, but see Esau's hands, they will think Religion is but a devout complement, a severe policy; why doth the Father forbid his Children to swear, when he himself swears? would you gain many Proselytes to Religion? be doers of the Word; say as Abimilech to his fellows, Judg. 9.48. What ye have seen we do, make hast and do as I have done. Would ye be as load-stones to draw your children and servants to heaven; set upon the practice of holiness. Basil observes, that Julian in one of his Epistles writing to Arsatius, saith that the Christian Religion did much flourish by the sanctity and liberality of them who professed it.
2. The practice of those truths we know, will much propagate Religion; Practice is the best Syllogisme and Argument we can use to prevail with others; this will confirm them in the truth of Religion. The Emperor Jovinian said to the Orthodox, and Arrian Bishops, I cannot judge of your Doctrine, but I can judge of your lives; their practice would preach loudest. If others see us make a profession, and yet live in a contradiction to what we profess; if they hear Jacobs voice, but see Esaus hands, they will think Religion is but a devout complement, a severe policy; why doth the Father forbid his Children to swear, when he himself swears? would you gain many Proselytes to Religion? be doers of the Word; say as Abimilech to his fellows, Judg. 9.48. What ye have seen we do, make hast and do as I have done. Would ye be as load-stones to draw your children and servants to heaven; set upon the practice of holiness. Basil observes, that Julian in one of his Epistles writing to Arsatius, saith that the Christian Religion did much flourish by the sanctity and liberality of them who professed it.