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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.
Oh that all this might help to meeken, and sweeten Christians spirits.
Object. But it is my nature to be passionate?
Answ. 1. This is sinful arguing; it is secretly to lay our sin upon God; we learned this from Adam, Gen. 3.12. The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat; rather than Adam would confess his sin, he would father it upon God; the woman thou gavest me; as if he had said, it thou hadst not given this woman to me, I had not eat. So saith one, it is my nature, this is the froward, peevish nature God hath given me; oh no, thou chargest God falsely; God gave thee no such nature; he made man upright, Eccles. 7.25. God made thee straight, thou madest thy self crooked; all thy affections at first, thy joy, love, anger, were set in order ⟨p. 152⟩as the Stars in their right orb, but thou didst misplace them, and make them move Eccentric; at first the affections like several Music-instruments well-tuned, did make a sweet consort, but sin was the jarring string that brought all out of tune; vain man, plead not 'tis thy nature to be angry, thank thy self for it; natures spring was pure, till sin poisoned the spring.
Answ. 1. This is sinful arguing; it is secretly to lay our sin upon God; we learned this from Adam, Gen. 3.12. The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eate; rather than Adam would confesse his sin, he would father it upon God; the woman thou gavest me; as if he had said, it thou hadst not given this woman to me, I had not eat. So saith one, it is my nature, this is the froward, peevish nature God hath given me; oh no, thou chargest God falsly; God gave thee no such nature; he made man upright,