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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.
1. Take heed of those things which ⟨p. 282⟩will hinder it. There are several impediments of peace which we must beware of; and they are either outward or inward.
1. Outward; as whisperers, Rom. 1.29. There are some who will be buzzing things in our ears, purposely to exasperate and provoke; among these we may rank Tale-bearers, Lev. 19.16. The Tale-bearer carries reports up and down, the Devil sends his letters by this Post; the Tale-bearer is an Incendiary, he blows the coals of contention. Do you hear (saith he) what such an one faith of you? Will you put up such a wrong? will you suffer your self to be so abused? thus doth he by throwing in his fire-balls, foment differences, and set men together by the ears; we are commanded indeed to provoke one another to love, Hebr. 10.24. but nowhere to provoke to anger: We should stop our ears to such persons as are known to come on the Devils Errand.
1. Outward; as whisperers, Rom. 1.29. There are some who will be buzzing things in our ears, purposely to exasperate and provoke; among these we may rank Tale-bearers, Lev. 19.16. The Tale-bearer carries reports up and down, the Divel sends his letters by this Post; the Tale-bearer is an Incendiary, he blows the coals of contention. Do you hear (saith he) what such an one faith of you? Will you put up such a wrong? will you suffer your self to be so abused? thus doth he by throwing in his fire-balls, foment differences, and set men together by the ears; we are commanded indeed to provoke one another to love,