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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.
3. LET me turn my self to the pure in heart. Use 3 1. Stand amazed at this privilege, that you who are worms crept out of the dust, should be admitted to the blessed sight of God to all Eternity; it was Moses his prayer, I beseech thee show me thy glory, Exod. 33.18. The Saints shall behold Gods glory; the pure in heart shall have the same blessedness that God himself hath; for what is the blessedness of God, but the contemplating his own infinite beauty.
3. LET me turn my self to the pure in heart. Use 3 1. Stand amazed at this priviledge, that you who are worms crept out of the dust, should be admitted to the blessed sight of God to all Eternity; it was Moses his prayer, I beseech thee shew me thy glory, Exod. 33.18. The Saints shall behold Gods glory; the pure in heart shall have the same blessedness that God himself hath; for what is the blessedness of God, but the contemplating his own infinite beauty.
2. Begin your sight of God here; let the eye of your faith be still upon God. Moses by faith saw him who is invisible, Hebr. 11.27. Oft look upon him with believing eyes, whom you hope to see with glorified eyes: Psal. 25. Mine eyes are ever towards the Lord; while others ⟨p. 268⟩are looking towards the Earth, as if they would fetch all their comforts thence, let us look up to heaven; there is the best prospect; the sight of God by faith would let in much joy to the soul. 1 Pet. 1.8. Though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable.