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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.
MATTH. 5.7. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
CHAP. XV.
Containing a Discourse of mercifulness.
These Verses like the stairs of Solomons Temple, cause our Ascent to the Holy of holies. We are now mounting up a step higher, [Greek or Hebrew], Blessed are the merciful, &c. There was never more need to preach of mercifulness than in these unmerciful times wherein we live. It is reported in the life of Chrysostom, that he did much preach on this subject of mercifulness, and for his much pressing Christians to mercy, he was called of many [Greek or Hebrew], the Alms-preacher, or the Preacher for mercy; our times need many Chrysostoms.
THese Verses like the stairs of Solomons Temple, cause our Ascent to the Holy of holies. We are now mounting up a step higher, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Blessed are the merciful, &c. There was never more need to preach of mercifulness than in these unmerciful times wherein we live. It is reported in the life of Chrysostom, that he did much preach on this subject of mercifulness, and for his much pressing Christians to mercy, he was called of many , the Almes-preacher, or the Preacher for mercy; our times need many Chrysostoms.