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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.
4. An unbelieving heart is an impure heart. The §4Scripture calls it expressly [Greek or Hebrew], an evil heart of unbelief, Hebr. 3.12. An unbelieving heart is evil summo gradu, 'tis full of the poison of hell: Unbelief is omnium peccatorum colluvies, the root and receptacle of sin.
4. An unbelieving heart is an impure heart. The §4Scripture calls it expresly 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, an evil heart of unbelief, Hebr. 3.12. An unbelieving heart is evil summo gradu, 'tis full of the poyson of hell: Unbelief is omnium peccatorum colluvies, the root and receptactle of sin.
1. Unbelief is a God-affronting sin. 1. It puts §1the lye upon God; it calls in question his power*, mercy, truth. 1 John 5.10. He that believeth not, hath made God a liar. And can a greater affront be cast upon the God of glory? 2. It makes us trust to second causes, which is a setting the creature in the room of God. 2 Chron. 16.12. Asa in his disease sought not to the Lord, but to the Physicians. He relied more on the Physician, than upon God. Saul seeks to the Witch of Endor. O high affront, to lean upon the Reed, and neglect the Rock of Ages!
1. Unbelief is a God-affronting sin. 1. It puts §1