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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.
Answ. Answ. That I may the better settle a doubting Christian, I shall show the difference between true and false desires, spiritual hunger and carnal.
Answ. Answ. That I may the better settle a doubting Christian, I shall shew the difference between true and false desires, spiritual hunger and carnal.
1. The hypocrite doth not desire grace for it self; he desires grace only tanquam medium, as a bridge to lead him over to heaven; he doth not so much thirst after grace, as glory; he doth not so much desire the way of righteousness, as the Crown of righteousness; his desire is not to be made like Christ, but to reign with Christ; this was Balaam's desire: Num. 23.10. Let me dye the death of the righteous: Such desires as these are found among the damned, this is the hypocrites hunger; but a child of God desires grace for it self, and Christ for himself; to a believer, not only heaven is precious, but Christ is precious, 1 Pet. 2.7.
1. The hypocrite doth not desire grace for it self; he desires grace only tanquam medium, as a bridge to lead him over to heaven; he doth not so much thirst after grace, as glory; he doth not so much desire the way of righteousness, as the Crown of righteousness; his desire is not to be made like Christ, but to reign with Christ; this was Balaams desire: Num. 23.10. Let me dye the death of the righteous: Such desires as these are found among the damned, this is the hypocrites hunger; but a child of God desires grace for it self, and Christ for himself; to a believer, not only heaven is precious, but Christ is precious, 1 Pet. 2.7.