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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.
9. The comforts Gods Mourners have, are heart-quieting comforts; they cause a sweet acquiescence and rest in the soul*. The heart of a Christian is in a kind of ataxy and discomposure, like the Needle in the Compass, it shakes and trembles till the Comforter comes. Some creatures cannot live but in the Sun; a Christian is even dead in the Nest, unless he may have the Sun-light of Gods countenance. Psal. 143.7. Hide not thy face from me, lest I be like them that go down into the pit: Nothing but the breast will quiet the child; 'tis only the breast of consolation quiets the believer.
- *[Greek or Hebrew]. Arist. Each.〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Arist. Ech.
10. The comforts of the Spirit are abiding comforts; as they abound in us, so they abide with us. John 14.16. He shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever. Worldly comforts are still upon the wing, ready to fly; they are like a land-flood, or a flash of lightning.
10. The comforts of the Spirit are abiding comforts; as they abound in us, so they abide with us. John 14.16. He shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever. Worldly comforts are still upon the wing, ready to flie; they are like a land-flood, or a flash of lightning.