Fri.-Sabbath, 1/29-31/16 Devotion

Praise God: Sunday is *almost* here! In order to prepare us for Sabbath church worship, here is Thomas Watson, that esteemed Puritan pastor, from his work, entitled, "The Beatitudes.” . . .

"Let us carry ourselves as the children of God in magnanimity and heroical-ness [heroism]. The saints are high-born. They are of the true bloodroyal, born of God. They must do nothing sneakingly or sordidly. They must not fear the faces of men. As said that brave-spirited Nehemiah, 'Shall such a man as I flee?' (Neh. 6:11)—so should a child of God say, 'Shall I be afraid to do my duty? Shall I unworthily comply and prostitute myself to the lusts and [opin-ions] of men?' The children of the Most High should do nothing to stain or dis-honor their noble birth. A king's son scorns to do anything that is below him."