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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.
Here are two Objections made against this.
Object. 1 1. The carnal mans Objection: I have (saith he) hungered after righteousness, yet am not filled.
Object. 1 1. The carnal mans Objection: I have (saith he) hungred after righteousness, yet am not filled.
Answ. 1 Answ. 1. Thou sayest thou hungerest, and art not satisfied; perhaps God is not satisfied with thy hunger; thou hast opened thy mouth wide*, but hast not opened thine ear*: When God hath called thee to Family-prayer, and mortification of sin, thou hast like the deaf Adder, stopped thine ear against God, Zach. 7.11. No wonder then thou hast not that comfortable filling as thou desirest; though thou hast opened thy mouth, yet thou hast stopped thine ear; the child that will not hear his parent, is made to do penance by fasting.
Answ. 1 Answ. 1. Thou sayst thou hungerest, and art not satisfied; perhaps God is not satisfied with thy hunger; thou hast opened thy mouth wide*, but hast not opened thine ear*: When God hath called thee to Family-prayer, and mortification of sin, thou hast like the deaf Adder, stopped thine ear against God,