The Beatitudes

Name: The Beatitudes
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An exposition of Matthew 5:1-10

Author

Thomas Watson

Category Sermons/Expositions

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Weight	1.18 lbs
Dimensions	8.8 × 5.75 × 1.2 in
ISBN	9781848714366
Binding	Cloth-bound
Original Pub Date	1660
Banner Pub Date	1971
Page Count	352
Scripture	Matthew
Format	Book

Endorsements

‘What announces itself as an exposition of Matthew 5:1-10 turns out to be a digest of all the central Puritan teaching on the Christian life. The Beatitudes are treated as mineshafts into the whole economy of grace , as indeed they are.’ — J.I. PACKER

Book Description

The opening verses of the best-known of all Christ’s sermons were handled by many of the Puritans, for the Beatitudes gave full scope to the combination of sound doctrine, practical wisdom and heart-searching application which characterized their preaching. In addition to these general Puritan characteristics, Thomas Watson added certain of his own: a master of a terse, vigorous style and of a beauty of expression, he could speak not only to win men’s understanding but also to secure a place for the truth in their memories. More than most of his generation he sought to follow the example of Christ’s teaching by employing all manner of illustrative material from common life, and with simplicity and charm he spoke words not easy to forget. Two hundred years after Thomas Watson’s death William Jay of Bath said that he could go to any one of his books and ‘find it ever fresh, pointed and instructive.’

The Beatitudes, first published in 1660, has been one of the rarest of Watson’s works. In this edition the layout has been entirely revised and editorial notes supplied.

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		Page
	To the Reader	xi
1	INTRODUCTION	1
	The preacher: Christ and his qualifications	1
	The ministry does not ‘lie in common’	3
	The pulpit	4
	The occasion	5
	Ministers should embrace opportunities of service	5
	Exhortations to ministers	9
	Exhortations to the flock of God	10
2	THERE IS A BLESSEDNESS IN REVERSION	13
	Wherein blessedness does not consist	14
	Blessedness does not lie in externals	16
	Wherein blessedness consists	19
	Blessedness in practice	21
3	THE GODLY ARE IN SOME SENSE ALREADY BLESSED	25
	Evidences that the godly are already blessed	26
	Practical issues	28
4	BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT	31
	Various observations	31
	The meaning of ‘poor in spirit’	33
	Several questions propounded	34
	Why Christians must be ‘poor in spirit’	35
	Poverty of spirit is true riches	37
	How we may know whether we are ‘poor in spirit’	38
	Four persuasions to be ‘poor in spirit’	41
5	THE POOR IN SPIRIT ARE ENRICHED WITH A KINGDOM	43
	Saints glorified may be compared to kings	43
	The kingdom of heaven excels other kingdoms	46
	The kingdom of heaven is infallibly entailed upon the saints	47
	Corollaries and inferences from the above	48
	A scrutiny and trial whether we belong to the kingdom of heaven	50
	Serious exhortations to the wicked and to Christians	51
6	BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN	55
	A two-fold mourning which does not make us blessed	55
	The object of holy mourning	56
	A five-fold mourning which is spurious	57
	The right gospel-mourning	58
	The accompaniments of gospel-mourning	60
	We must mourn for the sins of others	65
	We must mourn for the miseries of the church	66
	The seasons of holy mourning	67
	The degrees of mourning	69
	The opposite to holy mourning	69
7	SUNDRY SHARP REPROOFS	71
8	MOTIVES TO HOLY MOURNING	75
	Eleven divine motives to holy mourning	75
	An objection answered	80
9	THE HINDRANCES TO MOURNING	81
	Nine hindrances considered	81
10	SOME HELPS TO MOURNING	89
11	THE COMFORTS BELONGING TO MOURNERS	89
	The relationship of comfort to mourning	91
	The nature of the comforts during the earthly life	93
	Three differences between true and false comfort	94
	Reasons why mourners may lack comfort	101
	The nature of the comforts in the world to come	104
	An exhortation to comfort	107
12	CHRISTIAN MEEKNESS	109
	Meekness towards God and towards man	109
	Meekness in the bearing of injuries	110
	Meekness in the forgiving of injuries	115
	Meekness in recompensing good for evil	117
	Meekness shows the character of a true saint	118
	Ten reasons why Christians should be meek	118
	How to attain the grace of meekness	126
13	THE NATURE OF SPIRITUAL HUNGER	129
	Hungering after righteousness	129
	A reproof for such as do not hunger after righteousness	131
	A reproof for such as hunger but not after righteousness	134
	Five signs of spiritual hunger	135
	Comforts for such as know spiritual hunger	136
	Six differences between spiritual and carnal hunger	137
	Believers’ objections answered	140
	A persuasion to spiritual hunger	141
	Helps to spiritual hunger	142
14	SPIRITUAL HUNGER SHALL BE SATISFIED	145
	God can fill the hungry soul: why and how he does so	146
	The objections of carnal and godly men considered	149
15	A DISCOURSE OF MERCIFULNESS	151
	The nature and source of mercifulness	152
	Mercy is to be extended to the souls of others	153
	Reproofs for such as have no mercy to souls	155
	Christians must be tender of one another’s names	157
	Mercy is to be extended to the estates, offences and wants of others	161
	A vindication of the Church of England and its doctrine of good works	166
	A check to the unmerciful	168
	Persuasions to mercifulness	171
	Nine persuasions to works of mercy	174
	Rewards for the merciful man in this life	178
	Six rules concerning works of mercy	180
16	A DESCRIPTION OF HEART-PURITY	185
	The nature of heart-purity	185
	Reasons for purity of heart	186
	Christians must not rest in outside purity	190
	Signs of an impure heart	190
	Seven signs of a pure heart	197
	Nine exhortations to heart-purity	205
	Eight means to be used to obtain heart-purity	209
17	THE BLESSED PRIVILEGE OF SEEING GOD EXPLAINED	213
	The sight of God in this life and in the life to come	213
	Nine excellencies of the beatific vision	214
	It is the sinner’s misery that he shall not see God	219
	We must labour to be rightly qualified for this vision	219
	A cordial for the pure in heart	220
18	CONCERNING PEACEABLENESS	221
	A four-fold peace	222
	Two reasons for peaceable-mindedness	223
	Peaceable-mindedness a saint’s character	224
	A reproof for such as are unpeaceable	225
	An exhortation to peaceable-mindedness (under 11 heads)	226
	Some helps to peaceable-mindedness	230
	All Christians must be peacemakers	233
19	THEY SHALL BE CALLED THE CHILDREN OF GOD	237
	By nature we are not children of God	238
	Children of God are made such by adoption and infusion of grace	238
	How we come to be children of God by faith	241
	Nine signs of divine sonship	243
	How Christians should bring up their children	253
	The love of God in making us his children	255
	The honour of God’s children	257
	Twelve high privileges of God’s children:	261
	God’s love towards them	261
	God bears with their infirmities	266
	God accepts of their imperfect services	266
	God provides for them	267
	God shields off dangers from them	268
	God reveals to them the great things of his law	268
	God gives them boldness in prayer	269
	God brings them into a state of freedom	270
	God makes them heirs apparent to the promises	271
	God gives them his blessing	272
	God works all things for their good	272
	God keeps them from perishing	275
20	EXHORTATIONS TO CHRISTIANS AS THEY ARE CHILDREN OF GOD	279
	Let us prove ourselves to be the children of God	279
	Let us carry ourselves as becomes the children of God	280
21	CONCERNING PERSECUTION	285
	Observations on persecution	285
	What is meant by persecution?	286
	Various kinds of persecution	286
	The causes of persecution	288
	The persecution of ministers	289
	The persecution that makes one blessed	292
	Lessons to be learned from persecution	296
	Two sharp reproofs	297
	Christians should possess themselves beforehand with thoughts of sufferings	299
	Christians must arm themselves for suffering:	300
	Labour to be persons rightly qualified for suffering	300
	Avoid those things which will hinder suffering	301
	Promote those things which will help you to suffer (especially self-denial):	303
	Inure yourselves to suffering	303
	Be well-skilled in the knowledge of Christ	304
	Prize every truth of God	304
	Keep a good conscience	305
	Make the Scripture familiar to you	305
	Get a suffering frame of heart	306
	Get suffering graces	311
	Treasure up suffering promises	316
	Set before your eyes suffering examples	318
	Lay in suffering considerations	319
22	AN APPENDIX TO THE BEATITUDES	329
	The Lord’s commandments are not grievous	329
	Eight particulars showing that God’s commands are not grievous	331
	Christ’s commands compared with:	334
	The law	335
	The commands of sin	336
	The torments of the damned	336
	The glory of heaven	337
	Various reproofs	338

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Robert Norman – September 5, 2020

Excellent book. Even when Watson gets a bit side-tracked in this book it doesn’t matter, because all of the content is absolute gold.
roger alan schofield – January 7, 2022

Our pastor ,Steve Dyer organised men of the church to study this book we are a small group who come together once a week , and all agree thomas watson has raised the bar with regard to understanding of this scripture , we love coming together to discuss how we are challenged by the depth of teaching ,we all agree how we have been taken to new depths in Gods word

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Endorsements ‘What announces itself as an exposition of Matthew 5:1-10 turns out to be a digest of all the central Puritan teaching on the Christian life. The Beatitudes are treated as mineshafts into the whole economy of grace , as indeed they are.’ — J.I. PACKER Book Description The opening verses of the best-known of all […]