The Beatitudes, Title page – Errata
THE BEATITUDES: OR A DISCOURSE Upon part of CHRISTS Famous Sermon ON THE MOUNT.
Whereunto 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.
foreign. Menand.
LONDON, Printed for Ralph Smith at the Bible in Cornhill, near the Royal Exchange. 1660.
TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE JOHN EARLE of CLARE, And his Vertuous and Pious Conſort, ELIZABETH Counteſſe of CLARE.
Right Honorable,
THE many civilities and favors, received from your Honours, have laid no ſmall obligations upon me; and I knew not wherein I might better teſtifie my gratitude to you both, than by preſenting you with ſomething of this kinde, as a ſpecimen of that ſolemne reſpect and ſervice which I owe to you. My Lord, the ſoul being a bloſſome of eternity, what ſhould ſo preponderate, and bear ſway with us as thoſe things which help to raiſe the ſoul to its full foreign of happineſſe, and ſet it off in its orient ſplendor! Blood may enoble, learning may adorn, but Religion puts the Garland of ſalvation upon a man. In this conſiſts true Wiſdom. foreign— My Lord, the ſtudy of this ſubject which I here offer to your view, will with the bleſſing of God much expedite and help forward the true progreſs of Religion. For the Author of this Sermon on the Mount, behold, a greater than Solomon is here; Chriſt himſelf is the Preacher; as his lips did ever drop like an hony-comb, ſo moſt eminently, in theſe Divine Aphoriſmes. The duties here enjoyned are weighty; the rewards annexed, glorious. Here we may ſee a Chriſtian clothed in his white linnen of purity, and ſcarlet-robe of Bleſſedneſſe. Here we may ſee grace and glory meeting together, and kiſſing each other. Let no man ever think to get heaven, who doth not aſcend this Jacobs ladder. *Gratia divina neceſſario requiritur ad beatitudinem conſequendam, Aquin.Would he be rich, he muſt be poor in ſpirit; would he enjoy happineſſe, he muſt eſpouſe holineſſe; My Lord, I could not be ſo exact as I deſired in diſcuſſing this ſubject, having much other work lying on my hands; but I know, ſuch is your noble candour, that you will rather cover than cenſure what you ſee amiſſe. I will not farther Preface it, but craving your Lordſhips patrociny, and favourable acceptance of theſe impolite labours of mine, I ſhall continue an earneſt Oratour at the throne of grace, for the diſtillation of all heavenly benedictions upon you, and your nobly deſcended family, and remaine
Your Lordſhips humble Servant in Chriſt, THOMAS WATSON. From my Study at Steph. Walbrook. July 6. 1660.
Mr. Watſon's Beatitudes
TO THE Reader.
Chriſtian Reader,
I Here preſent thee with a Subject full of Sweet Variety: This Sermon of Chriſt on the Mount, is a piece of Spiritual Needle-work, wrought about with divers Colours; here is both Utile, & Dulce. In this portion of Holy Scripture, thou haſt a Breviary of Religion; the Bible Epitomized. Here is a Garden of Delight, ſet with Curious Knots, where thou mayeſt pluck thoſe Flowers which will deck the Hidden man of thy heart. Here is the Golden Key which will open the gate of Paradiſe: Here is the conduit of the Goſpel, running Wine to cheer ſuch as are Poor in ſpirit, and Pure in heart: Here is the Rich Cabinet, wherein the Pearl of Bleſſedneſs is lock'd up: Here is the Golden Pot, in which is that Manna which will feed and refocillate the Soul unto Everlaſting life. In a word, here is away Chawlked out to the Holy of Holyes. Reader, how happy were it if while others take up their time and thoughts about Secular things, which Periſh in the uſing, thou couldeſt minde Eternity, and be guided by this Scripture-clue, which leads thee to the Beatifical viſionHoc patens unum miſeris aſylum. Boetius de Conſol.. If after God hath ſet life before thee, thou ſhalt indulge thy ſenſual appetite, and ſtill Court thy luſts, how inexcuſable will be thy neglect, and how unexpreſſible thy miſery? The Lord grant that while thou haſt an opportunity, and the wind ſerves thee, thou mayeſt not lye idle at anchor, and when it is too late, begin to hoyſe up Sailes for Heaven. Ob now Chriſtian, let thy Loines be girt, and thy Lamps burning, that when the Lord Jeſus, thy bleſſed Bridegroom ſhall Knock, thou mayeſt be ready to go in with him to the Marriage-ſupper, which ſhall be the Prayer of him who is
Thine in all true affection, and devotion, Tho. Watſon.
ERRATA.
Reader, be pleaſed diligently to Correct theſe miſtakes in the Printing, elſe the ſenſe cannot be clear.
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THE BEATITVDES, Or a Diſcourſe upon Chriſts Sermon ON THE MOUNT.
MATTH. 5.1, 2.
And ſeeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was ſet, his diſciples came unto him.
And he opened his mouth, and taught them.