A96093:458
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.
1Caution. When it is said the meek shall inherit the Earth, not that they shall inherit no more than the Earth; they shall inherit Heaven too; if they should only inherit the Earth, then (saith Chrysostom) how could it be said, Blessed are the meek? the meek have the Earth only for their sojourning-house; they have Heaven for their mansion-house. Psal. 149.4. He will beautify the meek with salvation. The meek beautify Religion, and God will beautify them with salvation; salvation is the Port we all desire to sail to; 'tis the Harvest and Vintage of souls; the meek are they which shall reap this Harvest; the meek shall ⟨p. 149⟩wear the embroidered robe of salvation. The meek are Lords of the Earth, and heirs of salvation, Heb. 1.14.
1Caution. When it is said the meek shall inherit the Earth, not that they shall inherit no more than the Earth; they shall inherit Heaven too; if they should only inherit the Earth, then (saith Chrysostom) how could it be said, Blessed are the meek? the meek have the Earth only for their sojourning-house; they have Heaven for their mansion-house. Psal. 149.4. He will beautifie the meek with salvation. The meek beautifie Religion, and God will beautifie them with salvation; salvation is the Port we all desire to sail to; 'tis the Harvest and Vintage of souls; the meek are they which shall reap this Harvest; the meek shall ⟨p. 149⟩wear the embroidered robe of salvation. The meek are Lords of the Earth, and heirs of salvation, Heb. 1.14.
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