A96093:897
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.
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, John 10.27. the sheep is a peaceable creature; they are Christs Doves, Cant. 2.14. therefore they must be sine fell, without gall; it becomes not Christians to be Ishmaels, but Solomons: Though they must be Lyons for courage, yet Lambs for peaceableness; God was not in the Earth-quake, nor in the fire, but in the still, small voice, 1 Kings 19.12. God is not in the rough, fiery spirit, but in the peaceable spirit. There is a four-fold peace that we must study and cherish.
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, John 10.27. the sheep is a peaceable creature; they are Christs Doves, Cant. 2.14. therefore they must be sine felle, without gall; it becomes not Christians to be Ishmaels, but Solomons: Though they must be Lyons for courage, yet Lambs for peaceableness; God was not in the Earth-quake, nor in the fire, but in the still, small voyce, 1 Kings 19.12. God is not in the rough, fiery spirit, but in the peaceable spirit. There is a four-fold peace that we must study and cherish.