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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. 1.
Setting forth the excellency of the Beatifical vision.
NOW concerning this blessed sight of God, it is so sublime and sweet, that I can but draw a dark shadow of it; we shall better understand it when we come to heaven; only at present I shall lay down these nine Aphorisms or Maxims.
1. Our sight of God in heaven shall be a transparent sight; here we see him per aenigma, through a glass darkly, 1 Cor. 13.12. But through Christ we shall behold God in a very illustrious manner; God will so far unveil himself, and show forth his glory, as the soul is capable to receive; if Adam had not sinned, yet it is probable he should never have had such a clear sight of God as the Saints in glory shall. 1 John 3.2. We shall see him as he is; now we see him as he is not; he is not mutable, not mortal; there we shall see him as he is, in a very transparent manner; then shall I know, even as also I am known, 1 Cor. 13.12. that is, clearly: Doth not God know us clearly and fully? then shall the Saints know him (according to their capacity) as they are known; as their love to God, so their sight of God shall be perfect.