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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. The unmerciful man wants love to Christ; all men would be thought to love Christ, and would be very angry with them that should question their love; but do they love Christ who let the members of Christ starve? No, these love their money more than Christ, and come under that fearful Anathema, 1 Cor. 16.22.
Arg. 9 9. Lastly, I shall use but one argument more to persuade to works of mercy, and that is the reward which follows Alms-deeds; giving of Alms is a glorious work; and let me assure you, it is no unfruitful work*. Whatsoever is disbursed to the poor, is given to Christ, Mat. 25.40. Inasmuch as you have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. The poor mans hand is Christs Treasury*, and there is nothing lost that is put there. Quicquid in terra jacenti porrigitis, sedenti in caelo datis. The text saith the merciful ⟨p. 215⟩shall obtain mercy; in the Greek it is [Greek or Hebrew], they shall be bemercified. What is it we need most? is it not mercy? pardoning, and saving mercy? What is it we desire most on our death-bed? is it not mercy? Thou that showest mercy, shalt find mercy; thou that pourest in the oil of compassion to others, God will pour in the golden oil of salvation into thee, Matth. 7.2. The Shunamite woman showed mercy to the Prophet, and she received kindness from him another way, 2 Kings 4. She welcomed him to her house, and he restored her dead child to life; they that sow mercy, shall reap in kind, they shall obtain mercy; such is the sweetness and mercifulness of Gods nature, that he will not suffer any man to be a loser. No kindness showed to him shall be unregarded or unrewarded. God will be in no mans debt for a cup of cold water, he shall have a draught of Christs warm blood to refresh his soul,