A96093:965
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 which words the glorious privilege of the Saints is set down: Those who have made their peace with God, and labour to make peace among Brethren,* this is the great honour conferred upon them, They shall be called the children of God.
IN which words the glorious priviledge of the Saints is set down: Those who have made their peace with God, and labour to make peace among Brethren,* this is the great honour conferred upon them, They shall be called the children of God.
- *Per nomen pacifici itur ad nomen filii.
They shall be [called;] that is, they shall be so reputed and esteemed of God; God never miscalls any thing; he doth not call them children which are no children. Luk. 1.76. Thou shalt be called the Prophet of the highest, that is, thou shalt be so; they shall be called the children of God; that is, they shall be accounted and admitted for children.
Doctr. The Proposition resulting is this, That peace-makers are the children of the most High. God is said in Scripture to have many children.