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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. What spiritual mercies hath God enriched some of you with! pardoning, adopting, saving mercy! The Picture of Gods mercy can never be drawn to the full; you cannot take the breadth of his mercy, for it is infinite; nor the height of it, for it reacheth above the clouds; nor the length of it, for it is from everlasting to everlasting, Psal. 103.17. The works of mercy are the glory of the God-head: Moses prays, Lord, show me thy glory, Exod. 33.18. Saith God, I will make all my goodness to pass before thee, Ver. 19. God doth account himself most glorious in the shining Robes of his mercy; now by works of mercy we resemble the God of mercy; we are bid to draw our Lines according to this Copy. Luke 6.36. Be you merciful, [Greek or Hebrew], as your Father also is merciful.
2. What spiritual mercies hath God enriched some of you with! pardoning, adopting, saving mercy! The Picture of Gods mercy can never be drawn to the full; you cannot take the breadth of his mercy, for it is infinite; nor the heighth of it, for it reacheth above the clouds; nor the length of it, for it is from everlasting to everlasting, Psal. 103.17. The works of mercy are the glory of the God-head: Moses prays, Lord, shew me thy glory, Exod. 33.18. Saith God, I will make all my goodness to pass before thee, Ver. 19. God doth account himself most glorious in the shining Robes of his mercy; now by works of mercy we resemble the God of mercy; we are bid to draw our Lines according to this Copy. Luke 6.36. Be you merciful, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, as your Father also is merciful.