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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. Purity of heart makes us like God; it was Adams unhappiness §4once, he aspired to be like God in omniscience; but we must endeavour to be like God in sanctity. Gods image consists in holiness; those who have not his image and superscription upon them, he will say, I know you not*. 1God delights in no heart but where he may see his own face, and likeness. You cannot see your face in a glass when it is dusty: Gods face cannot be seen in a dusty impure soul; a pure heart (like a clean glass) gives forth some idea and representation of God. There is little comfort in being like God in other things besides purity. Are we like God in that we have a being? So have stones. Are we like him in that we have motion? So have stars; are we like him in that we have life? so have trees and birds; Are we like him in that we have knowledge? so have Devils; there is no likeness to God will prove comfortable, and blissful, but our being like him in purity; God loves the pure in heart; lovers founded upon likeness.
4. Purity of heart makes us like God; it was Adams unhappinesse §4once, he aspired to be like God in omnisciencie; but we must endeavour to be like God in sanctity. Gods image consists in holinesse; those who have not his image and superscription upon them, he will say, I know you not*. 1God delights in no heart but where he may see his own face, and likenesse. You cannot see your face in a glasse when it is dusty: Gods face cannot be seen in a dusty impure soul; a pure heart (like a clean glasse) gives forth some idaea and representation of God. There is little comfort in being like God in other things besides purity. Are we like God in that we have a being? So have stones. Are we like him in that we have motion? So have stars; are we like him in that we have life? so have trees and birds; Are we like him in that we have knowledge? so have Divels; there is no likenesse to God will prove comfortable, and blisseful, but our being like him in purity; God loves the pure in heart; lovers founded upon likenesse.
- 1Chrysost.