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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.
7. The mischief of an unmeek spirit: 1. There is nothing Motive. 7 makes such room for the Devil to come into the heart and take possession, as wrath and anger, Ephes. 4.26, 27. Let not the Sun go down upon your wrath, neither give place to the Devil; when men let forth passion, they let in Satan; the wrathful man hath the Devil for his bedfellow. 2. Passion doth hinder peace; the meek Christian hath sweet quiet and harmony in his soul; but Passion puts the soul into a disorder; it not only clouds reason, but disturbs conscience; he doth not possess himself, whom Passion possesseth; it is no wonder if they have no peace of conscience, who make so little conscience of peace; wrathfulness grieves the Spirit of God, Ephes. 4.30, 31. and if the Spirit be grieved, he will be gone; we care not to stay in smoky houses: the Spirit of God loves not to be in that heart which is so full of the vapours and fumes of distempered Passion.
7. The mischief of an unmeek spirit: 1. There is nothing Motive. 7 makes such roome for the Divel to come into the heart and take possession, as wrath and anger, Ephes. 4.26, 27. Let not the Sun go down upon your wrath, neither give place to the Divel; when men let forth passion, they let in Satan; the wrathful man hath the Divel for his bedfellow. 2. Passion doth hinder peace; the meek Christian hath sweet quiet and harmony in his soul; but Passion puts the soul into a disorder; it not only clouds reason, but disturbs conscience; he doth not possesse himself, whom Passion possesseth; it is no wonder if they have no peace of conscience, who make so little conscience of peace; wrathfulnesse grieves the Spirit of God, Ephes. 4.30, 31. and if the Spirit be grieved, he will be gone; we care not to stay in smoaky houses: the Spirit of God loves not to be in that heart which is so full of the vapours and fumes of distempered Passion.