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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.
And as God hath an hand in all the affronts and discourtesies we receive from men (for they do but hand them over to us) so God will do us good by all if we belong to him; 1 Sam, 16.12. it may be (saith David) that the Lord will look upon mine affliction, and will requite me good for his cursing; usually when the Lord intends us some signal mercy, he fits us for it by some eminent trial; as Moses his hand was first leprous before it wrought salvation, Exod 4, 6. so God may let his people be belepered with the cursings and revilings of men before he shower down some blessing upon them; It may be the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day.
And as God hath an hand in all the affronts and discurtesies we receive from men (for they do but hand them over to us) so God will do us good by all if we belong to him; 1 Sam, 16.12. it may be (saith David) that the Lord will look upon mine affliction, and will requite me good for his cursing; usually when the Lord intends us some signal mercy, he fits us for it by some eminent trial; as Moses his hand was first leprous before it wrought salvation, Exod 4, 6. so God may let his people be belepered with the cursings and revilings of men before he showre down some blessing upon them; It may be the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day.
Motive. 9 9. Want of meekness evidenceth want of grace; true grace inflames love, and moderates anger; grace is like the file which smooths the rough iron, it files off the ruggedness of a mans spirit; grace saith to the heart as Christ did to the angry Sea, Mark 4.39. Peace, be still. So where there is grace in the heart, it stills the raging of passion, and makes a calm. He who is in a perpetual frenzy, letting loose the reins to wrath and malice, never yet felt the sweet efficacy of grace, •t is one of the sins of the Heathen, Implacable, Rom. 1.31. a revengeful, cankered heart, is not only heathenish, but devilish,