A96093:944
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. [Greek or Hebrew], envy; envy stirreth up strife; the Apostle hath linked them together: 1 Tim. 6.4. Envy, strife: Envy cannot endure a Superior; this made the Plebeian faction so strong among the Romans, they envied their Superiors: An envious man seeing another to have a fuller Crop, a better Trade, is ready to pick a quarrel with him. Prov. 27.4. Who can stand before envy? Envy is a vermin that lives on blood; take heed of it; peace will not dwell with this inmate.
3. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, envy; envy stirreth up strife; the Apostle hath linked them together: 1 Tim. 6.4. Envy, strife: Envy cannot endure a Superiour; this made the Plebeian faction so strong among the Romans, they envied their Superiours: An envious man seeing another to have a fuller Crop, a better Trade, is ready to pick a quarrel with him. Prov. 27.4. Who can stand before envy? Envy is a vermin that lives on blood; take heed of it; peace will not dwell with this inmate.
4. [Greek or Hebrew], Credulity. Prov. 14.15. The simple believeth every word. A credulous man is akin to a fool, he believes all that is told him, and this doth often create differences. As it is a sin to be a Tale-bearer, so it is a folly to be a Tale-believer. A wise man will not take a report at the first bound, but will sift and examine it before he gives credit to it.