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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.
1. The example of Jesus Christ. Matth. 21.5. Thy King cometh unto thee meek. Christ was the sampler and pattern of meekness. 1 Pet. 2.23. When he was reviled, he reviled not again. His enemies words were more bitter than the gall they gave him; but Christs words were smoother than oil; he prayed, and wept for his enemies; he calls to us to learn of him; Matth. 11.29. Learn of me, for I am meek. Christ doth not bid us (saith Austin) learn of him to work miracles; to open the eyes of the blind, to raise the dead, but he would have us learn of him to be meek; if we do not imitate his life, we cannot be saved by his death.
1. The example of Jesus Christ. Matth. 21.5. Thy King cometh unto thee meek. Christ was the samplar and pattern of meekness. 1 Pet. 2.23. When he was reviled, he reviled not again. His enemies words were more bitter than the gall they gave him; but Christs words were smoother than oyle; he prayed, and wept for his enemies; he calls to us to learn of him; Matth. 11.29. Learn of me, for I am meek. Christ doth not bid us (saith Austin) learn of him to work miracles; to open the eyes of the blind, to raise the dead, but he would have us learn of him to be meek; if we do not imitate his life, we cannot be saved by his death.
2. Let us set before our eyes the examples of some of the Saints who have shined in this grace. Moses was a man of unparalleled meekness. Numb. 12.3. Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth. How many injuries did he put up? when the people of Israel murmured against him, instead of falling into a rage, he falls to prayer for them.