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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.
4. By Visible profession; so God hath many children. Hypocrites forge a title of son-ship. Gen. 6.2. The sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair.
5. By Real Sanctification; so all the faithful are peculiarly and eminently the children of God.
That I may illustrate and amplify this, and that believers may suck much sweetness out of this Gospel-flower, I shall discuss and demonstrate these seven particulars.
That I may illustrate and amplifie this, and that believers may suck much sweetness out of this Gospel-flower, I shall discuss and demonstrate these seven particulars.
1. That naturally we are not the children of God. 2. What it is to be the children of God. 3. How we come to be made children. 4. The signs of Gods children. 5. The love of God in making us children. 6. The honour of Gods children. 7. The privileges of Gods children
1. That naturally we are not the children of God. 2. What it is to be the children of God. 3. How we come to be made children. 4. The signs of Gods children. 5. The love of God in making us children. 6. The honour of Gods children. 7. The priviledges of Gods children