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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.
6. A pure heart will have a pure life. 2 Cor. 7.1. Let us cleanse our selves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of the Lord. Where there is a good Conscience, there will be a good Conversation. Some bless God they have good hearts, but their lives are evil. Prov. 30.12. There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness. If the stream be corrupt, we may suspect the spring-head to be impure. Aaron was called the Saint of the Lord, Psal. 106.16. He had not only an holy heart, but there was a golden plate on his fore-head on which was written holiness to the Lord. Purity must not only be woven into the heart, but engraven upon the life. Grace is most beautiful when it shines abroad with its golden beams. The Clock hath not only its motion within, but the finger moves without upon the Dial: Pureness of heart shows it self upon the Dial of the Conversation.
6. A pure heart will have a pure life. 2 Cor. 7.1. Let us cleanse our selves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of the Lord. Where there is a good Conscience, there will be a good Conversation. Some bless God they have good hearts, but their lives are evil. Prov. 30.12. There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness. If the stream be corrupt, we may suspect the spring-head to be impure. Aaron was called the Saint of the Lord, Psal. 106.16. He had not only an holy heart, but there was a golden plate on his fore-head on which was written holiness to the Lord. Purity must not only be woven into the heart, but engraven upon the life. Grace is most beautiful when it shines abroad with its golden beams. The Clock hath not only its motion within, but the finger moves without upon the Dyal: Pureness of heart shews it self upon the Dyal of the Conversation.