A96093:438
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.
SECT. 1.
Showing the Character of a true Saint.
Shewing the Character of a true Saint.
IT shows us the badge of a true Saint; he is of a meek, Use 1 candid spirit, he is not easily provoked; he takes every thing in the best sense, and conquers malice with mildness. I would to God all who profess themselves Saints, were bespangled with this grace. We are known to belong to Christ, when we wear his Livery; he is a Saint, ⟨p. 142⟩whose spirit is so meekened, that he can smother prejudices, and bury unkindnesses; a passion of tears doth better become a Christian, than a passion of anger; every Saint is Christs Spouse, Cant. 4.8. It becomes Christs Spouse to be meek; if any injury be offered to the Spouse, she leaves it to her husband to revenge; 'tis unseemly for Christs Spouse to strike.
IT shews us the badge of a true Saint; he is of a meek, Use 1 candid spirit, he is not easily provoked; he takes every thing in the best sense, and conquers malice with mildness. I would to God all who profess themselves Saints, were bespangled with this grace. We are known to belong to Christ, when we wear his Livery; he is a Saint, ⟨p. 142⟩