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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.
Peaceableness a Saints Character.
Use 1 IT shows us the Character of a true Saint; he is [Greek or Hebrew],1 given to peace; he is the Keeper of the peace; he is filius pacis, a son of peace.
Use 1 IT shews us the Character of a true Saint; he is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉,1 given to peace; he is the Keeper of the peace; he is filius pacis, a son of peace.
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Caution. Not but that a man may be of a peaceable spirit, yet seek to recover that which is his due; if peace hath been otherwise sought, and cannot be attained, a man may go to Law, and yet be a peaceable man. It is with going to Law, as it is with going to War, when the Rights of a Nation are invaded; as