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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.
SECT. 2.
1LET me turn my self to the Flock of God, Use 2 If Ministers must take all opportunities Branch. 1 to preach, you must take all opportunities to hear. If there were twice or thrice a week a certain sum of money to be distributed to all comers, then people would resort thither; now think thus with your selves, when the Word of God is preached, the bread of life is distributed, which is more precious than thousands of gold and silver, Psal. 119.72. In the Word preached heaven and salvation is offered to you; in this Field the Pearl of price is hid: How should you flock like Doves to the windows ⟨p. 14⟩of the Sanctuary! Isa. 60.8. We read, the gate of the Temple was called beautiful, Acts 3.2. The gate of Gods house is the beautiful gate; lye at these posts of wisdoms doors, Prov. 8.34.
1LET me turn my self to the Flock of God, Use 2 If Ministers must take all opportunities Branch. 1 to preach, you must take all opportunities to hear. If there were twice or thrice a week a certain sum of money to be distributed to all comers, then people would resort thither; now think thus with your selves, when the Word of God is preached, the bread of life is distributed, which is more precious than thousands of gold and silver, Psal. 119.72