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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.
2. When a man adopts, he adopts but one heir; but God adopts many. Hebr. 2.10. In bringing many sons to glory. Oh may a poor trembling Christian say, Why should I ever look for this privilege to be a child of God! 'tis true, if God did do as a man, if he did only adopt one son, then thou mightest despair; but he adopts millions, he brings many sons to glory; indeed this may be the reason why a man adopts but one, because ⟨p. 294⟩he hath not Estate enough for more; if he should adopt many, his Land would not hold out; but God hath Land enough to give to all his children. John 14.2. In my Fathers house are many Mansions.
2. When a man adopts, he adopts but one heir; but God adopts many. Hebr. 2.10. In bringing many sons to glory. Oh may a poor trembling Christian say, Why should I ever look for this priviledge to be a childe of God! 'tis true, if God did do as a man, if he did only adopt one son, then thou mightest despair; but he adopts millions, he brings many sons to glory; indeed this may be the reason why a man adopts but one, because ⟨p. 294⟩he hath not Estate enough for more; if he should adopt many, his Land would not hold out; but God hath Land enough to give to all his children. John 14.2. In my Fathers house are many Mansions.
3. Man when he adopts, doth it with ease; 'tis but sealing a Deed, and the thing is done; but when God adopts, it puts him to a far greater expense, it sets his wisdom on work to find out a way to adopt us; it was no easy thing to reconcile hell and heaven, to make the children of wrath, the children of the promise; and when God in his infinite wisdom had found out a way, it was no easy way, it cost God the death of his natural Son, to make us his adopted sons. When God was about to constitute us sons and heirs, he could not seal the Deed, but by the blood of his own Son; it did not cost God so much to make us creatures, as to make us sons: To make us creatures cost but the speaking of a word; to make us sons cost the effusion of blood.