By Thomas Watson
The outlet verses of the best-known of all Christ's sermons have been dealt with by way of many Puritans, for the Beatitudes gave complete scope to the mix of sound doctrine, useful knowledge and heart-searching program which characterised their preaching. to those common Puritan features Thomas Watson further yes of his personal: a grasp of a terse, lively variety and of a great thing about expression, he might communicate not just to win men's knowing but in addition to safe a spot for the reality of their thoughts. greater than such a lot of his new release he sought to followt the instance of Christ's educating by way of applying all demeanour of illustrative fabric from universal lifestyles, and with simplicity and beauty he spoke phrases hard to overlook. 200 years after Thomas Watson's dying, William Jay of bathtub stated that he may well visit anyone of his books and 'find it ever clean, pointed and instructive.'
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Therefore they cannot make one blessed or truly happy. If the heart is wounded—can we pour wine and oil into this wound? If God sets conscience to work, and it flies in a man's face, can worldly comforts take off this angry fury? Is there any harp to drive away the 'evil spirit'? Outward things can no more cure the agony of conscience than a silken stocking can cure a gouty foot. When Saul was 'greatly distressed' (1 Samuel 28:15), could all the jewels of his crown comfort him? If God is angry, whose 'fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him' (Nahum 1:6), can a wedge of gold be a screen to keep off this fire?
The graces of the Spirit are like a row of pearls which hang together upon the string of piety, and serve to adorn Christ's bride. This I note, to show you a difference between a hypocrite and a true child of God. The hypocrite flatters himself with a pretense of grace—but in the meantime he does not have a habit of all the graces. He does not have poverty of spirit, nor purity of heart; whereas a child of God has the habit of all the graces in his heart.
Has not God 'cursed the ground' because of sin? (Genesis 3:17). Yet many are digging for happiness here—as if they would fetch a blessing out of a curse! A man may as well think to extract oil out of a flint, or fire out of water—as blessedness out of earthly things. King Solomon had more worldly things, than any man. He was the most magnificent prince who ever held the scepter. For his parentage: he sprang from the royal line, not only that line from which many kings came—but of which Christ himself came.
