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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.
SECT. 9.
Containing Directions in showing mercy.
Containing Directions in shewing mercy.
Before I conclude this Subject, let me lay down some Rules briefly concerning works of mercy.
BEfore I conclude this Subject, let me lay down some Rules briefly concerning works of mercy.
Rule. 1 1. Charity must be free. Deutr. 15.10. Thou shalt give, and thy heart shall not be grieved, &c. that is, thou shalt not be troubled at parting with thy money; he that gives grievingly, gives grudgingly; it is not a gift, but a tax; charity must flow like spring-water*; the heart must be the Spring, the hand the Pipe, the poor the Cistern; God loves a cheerful giver. Be not like the Crab, which hath all the ver-juice squeezed and pressed out. You must not give to the poor, as if you were delivering your purse on the High-way: Charity without alacrity, is rather a Fine than an Offering; 'tis rather doing of penance, than giving of alms; charity must be like the myrrh which drops from the Tree without cutting or forcing