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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.
4. Soul-mercy is in praying for others. This is like physic used in a desperate case, and oft it recovers the sick patient, James 5.16. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much; as it cures the sick body, so the sin-sick soul. There is a story of one who gave his soul to the Devil, who was given in to the prayers of Luther. When Eutychus fell down from an high loft, and was taken up dead, Paul fell on him*, that is, he did effectually pray over him, and he prayed him alive, Acts 20.9, 11. By sin the soul is fallen from an high loft, viz. a state of innocency; now, fervent prayer oft-times fetcheth life in such a dead soul.
4. Soul-mercy is in praying for others. This is like physick used in a desperate case, and oft it recovers the sick patient, James 5.16. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much; as it cures the sick body, so the sin-sick soul. There is a story of one who gave his soul to the Divel, who was given in to the prayers of Luther. When Eutychus fell down from an high loft, and was taken up dead, Paul fell on him*, that is, he did effectually pray over him, and he prayed him alive, Acts 20.9, 11. By sin the soul is fallen from an high loft, viz. a state of innocency; now, fervent prayer oft-times fetcheth life in such a dead soul.
- *Affectus vehementia. Beza
Use 1. See what a blessed work the work of the Ministry Use 1 is! The preaching of the Word is nothing but showing mercy to souls; This is a mighty and glorious engine in the hand of the Lord of Hosts for the beating down of the Devils strong-holds. The Ministry of the Word doth not only bring light with it, but eye-salve, anointing the eyes to see that light. It is a sin-killing, and a soul-quickening Ordinance, it is the power of God to salvation. What enemies are they to their own souls that oppugn the Ministry! They say, the people that live under the line, curse the Sun, and are glad when the sun sets, because of its burning heat. Foolish sinners curse the Sun-rising of the Ministry, and are offended at the light of it, because it comes near their sins, and scorcheth their consciences,