A96093:2285
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.
3. The third Ingredient into obedience is Faith; Heb. 11.6. Without faith it is impossible to please God. therefore it is called the obedience of faith, Rom. 16.26. Abel is said by faith to offer up [Greek or Hebrew], abetter sacrifice than Cain. — Sacra solet magnis rebus inesse fides. Faith is a vital principle, without it all our services are ⟨p. 654⟩dead*. Therefore the Scripture speaks of dead works, Hebr. 6.1.
3. The third Ingredient into obedience is Faith; Heb. 11.6. Without faith it is impossible to please God. therefore it is call'd the obedience of faith, Rom. 16.26. Abel is said by faith to offer up 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, abetter sacrifice than Cain. — Sacra solet magnis rebus inesse fides. Faith is a vital principle, without it all our services are ⟨p. 654⟩dead*. Therefore the Scripture speaks of dead works, Hebr. 6.1.
- *Sicut in arbore quicquid pulchritudinis inest, ex radice proficiscitus, ita in anima quicquid decorum, ex fide. Aug.