A96093:2271
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.
1 Temporal blessings. Deut. 28.3, 4, 9. Blessed §1shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground; blessed shall be thy basket and thy store, &c. If thou shalt keep the Commandments of the Lord thy God, &c. He that hath a fruitful Heart, shall have a fruitful Crop. God will make him to thrive in his Estate: And his basket shall not only be full, but blessed. God will bless what he hath. Here is not only the Sack full of corn, but money in the mouth of the Sack.
1 Temporal blessings. Deut. 28.3, 4, 9. Blessed §1shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground; blessed shall be thy basket and thy store, &c. If thou shalt keep the Commandements of the Lord thy God, &c. He that hath a fruitful Heart, shall have a fruitful Crop. God will make him to thrive in his Estate: And his basket shall not only be full, but blessed. God will bless what he hath. Here is not only the Sack full of corn, but money in the mouth of the Sack.
2. Spiritual blessings. Exod. 19.5. If ye will obey my voice indeed, then ye shall be a peculiar Treasure to me, above all people. You shall be my Portion, my Jewels, the Apple of my eye; I will give Kingdoms for your ransom. Jer. 7.23. Obey, and I will be your God. I will make over my self to you by a deed of gift. What a Superlative distinguishing mercy is this! Psal. 14.4. Happy is that people whose God is the Lord.