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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.
5. What unspeakable comfort will obedience yield §5both in life and death!
5. What unspeakable comfort will obedience yeild §5both in life and death!
1. In life; is it not a comfort to a man when he hath been casting up his Accounts and finds that he hath gained in his Trade? you come hither in the use of Ordinances, Word, and Prayer, to trade for heaven; now if ye find upon a true account that ye have gained in the Trade of godliness, and are filled with the fruits of the Spirit, will not this be a great comfort to you? he who is full of good works, God will gather the fruit, and bless the Tree.
1. In life; is it not a comfort to a man when he hath been casting up his Accounts and finds that he hath gained in his Trade? you come hither in the use of Ordinances, Word, and Prayer, to trade for heaven; now if ye find upon a true account that ye have gain'd in the Trade of godliness, and are fill'd with the fruits of the Spirit, will not this be a great comfort to you? he who is full of good works, God will gather the fruit, and blesse the Tree.
2. Obedience gives comfort at death; what a joy was it to St. Paul when he came to die, that he could make that sweet appeal, 2 Tim. 4.7. I have kept the faith! that is, Paul had kept the Doctrine of Faith, and had lived the life of faith. Oh with what comfort may a Christian lay his life down, when he hath laid his life out in the service of God! This was a death-bed Cordial to King Hezekiah,