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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.
In the words there are three parts.
1. A Duty implied; viz. peaceable-mindedness. 2. A Duty expressed; to be Peace-makers. 3. A Title of honour bestowed; [Greek or Hebrew], They shall be called the children of God.
1. A Duty implied; viz. peaceable-mindedness. 2. A Duty expressed; to be Peace-makers. 3. A Title of honour bestowed; 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, They shall be called the children of God.
1. The Duty implied, peaceable-mindedness; for before men can make peace among others, they must be of ⟨p. 270⟩peaceable spirits themselves; before they can be promoters of peace, they must be lovers of peace.
Doctr. 1 Doctr. 1. That Christians must be peaceable-minded; this peaceableness of spirit is the beauty of a Saint, 'tis a jewel of great price. 1 Pet. 3.4. The ornament of a quiet spirit which is in the sight of God of great price. The Saints are Christs sheep,