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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. I.
Showing that mercy is to be extended to the souls of others.
Shewing that mercy is to be extended to the soules of others.
1. WE must be merciful to the souls of others; this is Spiritualis Eleemosyna, a spiritual Alms. Indeed soul-mercy is the chief; the soul is the most precious thing; it is a vessel of honour, 'tis a bud of eternity, 'tis a sparkle lighted by the breath of God, 'tis a rich Diamond set in a Ring of clay; the soul hath the blood of God to redeem it, the image of God to beautify it; it being therefore of so high a descent, sprung from the Ancient of days, that mercy which is shown to the soul, must needs be the greatest. This soul-mercy to others stands in four things.
1. WE must be merciful to the souls of others; this is Spiritualis Eleemosyna, a spiritual Almes. Indeed soul-mercy is the chief; the soul is the most precious thing; it is a vessel of honour, 'tis a bud of eternity, 'tis a sparkle lighted by the breath of God, 'tis a rich Diamond set in a Ring of clay; the soul hath the blood of God to redeem it, the image of God to beautifie it; it being therefore of so high a descent, sprung from the Ancient of dayes, that mercy which is shewn to the soul, must needs be the greatest. This soul-mercy to others stands in four things.