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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.
3. Alms are a Sacrifice. Hebr. 13.16. To do good, Arg. 3 and to communicate forget not, for with such Sacrifices God is well-pleased; [Greek or Hebrew]; when you are distributing to the poor, 'tis as if you were praying, as if you were worshipping God. There are two sorts of Sacrifices; Expiatory, the Sacrifice of Christs blood; and Gratulatory, the Sacrifice of Alms. This (saith holy Greenham) is more acceptable to God than any other Sacrifice: Acts 10.4. The Angel said to Cornelius, thy Alms are come up for a memorial before God. The backs of the poor are the Altar on which this Sacrifice is to be offered.
3. Alms are a Sacrifice. Hebr. 13.16. To do good, Arg. 3 and to communicate forget not, for with such Sacrifices God is well-pleased; 〈non-Latin alphabet〉; when you are distributing to the poor, 'tis as if you were praying, as if you were worshipping God. There are two sorts of Sacrifices; Expiatory, the Sacrifice of Christs blood; and Gratulatory, the Sacrifice of Alms. This (saith holy Greenham) is more acceptable to God than any other Sacrifice: Acts 10.4. The Angel said to Cornelius, thy Alms are come up for a memorial before God. The backs of the poor are the Altar on which this Sacrifice is to be offered.
4. We our selves live upon Alms; other creatures do Arg. 4 liberally contribute to our necessities; the Sun hath not its light for it self, but for us; it doth enrich us with its golden beams; the Earth brings us a fruitful crop; and to show how joyful a mother she is in bringing forth, the ⟨p. 212⟩