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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.
2. Consider, how sad a condition poverty is. Though Chrysostom calls poverty the high-way to heaven; yet he that keeps this road, will go weeping thither, [Greek or Hebrew]. Consider the poor, behold their tears, their sighs, their dying groans; look upon the deep furrows made in their faces, and consider if there be not reason why you should ⟨p. 196⟩scatter your seed of mercy in these furrows? Pro pallio vestem laceram, pro pulvinari lapidem— the poor man feeds upon sorrow, he drinks tears, Psal. 80.50. like Jacob, in a windy night he hath the clouds for his canopy, and a stone for his pillow.
2. Consider, how sad a condition poverty is. Though Chrysostom calls poverty the high-way to heaven; yet he that keeps this road, will go weeping thither, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Consider the poor, behold their tears, their sighs, their dying groans; look upon the deep furrows made in their faces, and consider if there be not reason why you should ⟨p. 196⟩scatter your seed of mercy in these furrows? Pro pallio vestem laceram, pro pulvinari lapidem— the poor man feeds upon sorrow, he drinks tears, Psal. 80.50. like Jacob, in a windy night he hath the clouds for his canopy, and a stone for his pillow.
Nay farther, consider, that oftentimes poverty becomes not only a cross, but a snare; it exposeth to much evil, which made Agur pray, Give me not poverty, Prov. 3.8* want puts men upon indirect courses. The poor will venture their souls for money; which is like throwing Diamonds at Pear trees; If the rich would wisely consider this, their Alms might prevent much sin.