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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.
1. A sincere heart is a pure heart, Psal. 32.2. In whose spirit there is no guile. There are four Characters of a sincere-hearted Christian. 1. A sincere heart serves God with the whole heart.
First, He serves God with the heart. The Hypocrite doth but make a show of obedience, Jer. 12.2. Thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins; there may be a fair complexion, when the Lungs and Vitals are rotten. The Hypocrite is fair to look on, he hath a devout eye, but a hollow heart; but he who is sincere, his inside is his best side. In the Law God would have the inwards offered up, Levit. 4.11. A good Christian gives God the inwards; when he prays his heart prays, 1 Sam. 1.13. Hannah prayed in her heart. In his Thanksgivings the heart is the chief instrument of praise, Psal. 111.1. Then is the sweetest music when we make melody in our hearts to the Lord, Col. 3.16.
First, He serves God with the heart. The Hypocrite doth but make a shew of obedience, Jer. 12.2. Thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins; there may be a fair complexion, when the Lungs and Vitals are rotten. The Hypocrite is fair to look on, he hath a devout eye, but a hollow heart; but he who is sincere, his inside is his best side. In the Law God would have the inwards offered up, Levit. 4.11. A good Christian gives God the inwards; when he prays his heart prays,