Ebyafaayo bya Thomas Watson

Abasajja abamu bajjukirwa olw'ebyo bye baakola; Thomas Watson ajjukirwa olw'ebyo bye yayogera. Ebiwandiiko ku bulamu bwe bitono nnyo — tetumanyi na bukakafu gye yazaalibwa oba lwe yazaalibwa, era n'omwaka gw'okufa kwe gwamala ebbanga ddene nga gulowoozebwa bubi. Ekyasigalawo mu kifo ky'ebyo ddoboozi lye: eddoboozi ery'ebbugumu, ery'obumpi, erisikiriza mu ngeri ey'ekitalo, omubuulizi eyasobola okuteeka mu sentensi emu ebisingawo ku ebyo abayivu abangi bye baateeka mu lupapula lulamba. Nga wayiseewo emyaka ebikumi bisatu n'ekitundu, ali mu Bapuritaani abasomebwa ennyo okusinga abalala bonna, era kumpi buli kimu kye tumwagalira kiri ku mpapula.

Obulamu obuwandiikibwako obutono

Watson yazaalibwa nga mu 1620 — ennaku eyo ya kulowoozebwa bulowoozebwa, era ekifo kye yazaalirwamu tekikakafu, wadde nga Yorkshire y'etera okuwaayo. Ku bazadde be, ku buto bwe, ne ku kukyuka kwe eri Katonda, mu butuufu tetumanyiiko kintu. Kino si kiremya kya muwandiisi wa byafaayo wabula bwe biri ebiwandiiko byennyini; Charles Spurgeon, eyakola ku bitabo bya Watson nga wayiseewo emyaka ebikumi bibiri era n'anoonya n'obunyiikivu ebikwata ku ye, yasalawo mu bwerufu nti ekiseera kye yazaalirwamu n'ekyo kye yafiiramu “tekyogeddwako wonna.”

Alabikira mu maaso gaffe olubereberye mu Emmanuel College, Cambridge — ekifo ekikulu ekyakuza Obupuritaani, ekyazaala Abapuritaani n'abataakkiriza kkanisa ya gavumenti abasinga obungi ku abo amasomero omusanvu amalala ge gaawa nga gagattiddwa wamu, ng'omu ku baali mu mulembe ogwo bwe yakyogerako. Yaggya diguli ye esooka mu 1639 n'eyokubiri mu 1642, era yaleka erinnya ery'omuyizi omunyiikivu ennyo. Erinnya eryo lisaanidde okulowoozebwako. Obumpi n'obwangu bw'ebiwandiiko bye eby'oluvannyuma — okuwulira nti akwogerako mu kifo ky'okukusomesa — tebyava ku birowoozo ebyangu. Kwali kuyiga okwafunibwa n'okutegana naye ne kwambalibwa mu bwangu: Olwebbulaniya n'Oluyonaani n'ebiwandiiko bya bajjajja b'ekkanisa byasekulwa okutuusa lwe byafuluma nga Lungereza lwa bulijjo. Okumala ekiseera yabeera mu maka ga Lady Mary Vere, nnamwandu wa Sir Horace Vere, ekifo ekyamanyibwa ng'obuddukiro bw'okutya Katonda okw'Ekipuritaani.

Emyaka kkumi n'omukaaga e Walbrook

Mu 1646 Watson yajja e St Stephen’s, Walbrook, wakati mu kibuga London, olubereberye ng'omusomesa era oluvannyuma ng'omukulembeze w'ekkanisa. Yamalayo emyaka nga kkumi n'omukaaga, era ekkanisa yajjulanga bulijjo. Nga mu 1647 yawasa Abigail Beadle, muwala wa John Beadle, omuweereza Omupuritaani ow'e Essex; baazaala abaana abatali batono ku musanvu mu myaka kkumi n'esatu, era bana ku abo baafa nga bakyali bato. Ekyo eky'enkomerero kiwandiikibwa mu kigambo kimu kyokka, olwo ebiwandiiko ne bikibikkako — naye omusajja eyawandiika n'ekisa ekingi bwe kityo ku kubonaabona okukolera awamu okuleeta obulungi, yali aziise abaana be bana nga tannawandiika na lunyiriri lumu ku nsonga eyo.

Abaamuwuliriza baawa okubuulira kwe omuwendo. Naye ab'omulembe gwe, mu ngeri ey'ekyewuunyo, baawa okusaba kwe omuwendo ogusingawo. Edmund Calamy, mu bujulizi bwe ku baweereza abaagobebwa, yamuyita omusajja ow'okuyiga okungi era omubuulizi ow'amagezi, era n'alonda ekirabo kimu okusinga ebirala byonna: yali “akwatiikiridde mu kirabo ky'okusaba.” Calamy yawaayo olugero ng'obukakafu.

Mu Tower, ne mukwano gwe ku katala k'okutta

Watson yali Mupresbiteeriyaani, era ng'awagira kabaka. Yawakanya okuttibwa kwa Charles I, era mu 1651 yayingizibwa mu lukwe olwakulemberwa Christopher Love olw'okukomyawo Charles II. Yasibirwa ekyo awamu ne Love ne William Jenkyn. Love yatemwako omutwe. Watson yasaba okusaasirwa n'ateebwa nga June 30, 1652, era n'azzibwa mu butongole mu buweereza bwe mu St Stephen’s.

Kino kye kimu ku bintu eby'ekyewuunyo ebisinga obukalu mu bulamu bwe. Omusajja eyeewaayo okusibwa olw'ensonga y'ab'olulyo lwa Stuart, era n'alaba mukwano gwe ng'afiirira ensonga eyo, ye yandigobeddwa mu kifo kye eky'okubuuliriramu emyaka kkumi oluvannyuma, kabaka oyo yennyini gwe yabonaabona okukomyawo.

Bartholomew Omuddugavu

Act of Uniformity eya 1662 yasaba abaweereza okugoberera enkola Watson gye yali tasobola kukkiriza, era nga August 24 — ku lunaku lwa St Bartholomew — abaweereza nga enkumi bbiri baagobebwa mu mirimu gyabwe. Obwesigwa bwe tebwagasa kintu. Nga Spurgeon bwe yakyogera, yali awakanyizza okuttibwa kwa Kabaka era ng'ayingidde mu lukwe lwa Love olw'okukomyawo Charles II, “naye ebyo byonna tebyagasa kintu, yali Mupuritaani”.

Okubuulira kwe okusatu okw'okusiibula kwasigalawo, kwe yabuulira ekibiina ekyali kimanyi nti kimufiirwa. Mu kw'okubiri, ku 2 Abakkolinso 7:1, yayogera ku myaka kkumi n'omukaaga gye yamala nabo n'obwesimbu obutakaddiwa.

Kaakano mmaze emyaka nga kkumi n'omukaaga nga mbaweereza; era nsanyuka era neebaza Katonda nti siyinza kugamba nti, gye nkoma okubaagala okusingawo, gye kukoma okwagalibwa kwange okukendeera: mfunye obubonero bungi obw'olwatu obw'okwagala okuva gye muli.

— Thomas Watson, Farewell Sermon at St Stephen’s, Walbrook (August 17, 1662)

Teyakkiriza kusuubiza nti yandyeyongedde okubabuulira, era teyakkiriza kusuubiza nti yandikomye: “Njagala okukulemberwa akaguwa ka ffeeza ak'ekigambo kya Katonda n'okulabirira kwe.” Bwe yalaba ebigambo by'Etteeka nti abaweereza abaagobebwa balina okutwalibwa ng'abafu, yagamba nti bwe kiba nga kimugwanidde okufa, yandibalese obusika — era n'abawa ebiragiro amakumi abiri, ng'abakubiriza okubikuuma “ng'amayinja ag'omuwendo amangi mu kasanduuko k'ebifuba byammwe.” Awo n'abagamba nti amaanyi ge gaali kumpi okuggwaawo.

Okubuulira mu matongo

Bwe yamala okugobebwa, Watson yabuuliriranga buli we yasobolera obulungi — mu byagi, mu bifumbiro, mu bisenge eby'ebweru, mu biwonvu ne mu bibira, eri obukuŋŋaana obutono obutakkirizibwa nga wansi w'okutiisibwatiisibwa kw'okutanzibwa n'okusibwa. Awo mu 1666 Omuliro Omunene ne gwokya Ekibuga, ne St Stephen’s Walbrook wamu nakyo. Oluvannyuma lw'ekyo, amakkanisa g'ebitundu nga gaayidde, Watson n'abataakkiriza kkanisa ya gavumenti bannaawe baateekateeka ebisenge ebinene ku lw'abo bonna abaayagala okujja. Waliwo ekituukirawo mu kyo: omusajja eyasibirwa ebweru w'ekkanisa ye yawangaala okusinga ekizimbe, era n'ayongera okubuulira mu matongo gaakyo.

Wansi wa Declaration of Indulgence eya 1672 yafuna olukusa olw'ekisenge ekinene ekya Crosby House mu Bishopsgate Street, era nannyini kyo, Sir John Langham, yali awagira ensonga y'abataakkiriza kkanisa ya gavumenti. Yabuulira eyo emyaka mingi, era okuva mu 1675 n'agabana ekifo eky'okubuuliriramu ne Stephen Charnock okutuusa Charnock lwe yafa mu 1680 — abasajja babiri ab'amagezi agasingayo mu mulembe ogwo mu buweereza bumu.

Eddagala ery'ebiseera eby'obuzibu

Mu 1663, omwaka ogwaddirira ogwo lwe yafiirwa buli kimu, Watson yafulumya A Divine Cordial — ekimanyiddwa kaakano nga All Things for Good — okunnyonnyola kwa Abaruumi 8:28. Kirungi okujjukira ekiseera kye kyafulumiramu. Kuno si kubudaabuda okuva mu kifo eky'emirembe; ono muweereza eyali yaakasirisibwa ng'agamba abantu be nti okulabirira kwa Katonda okwali kwakamenya obulamu bwe tekwali kwabuze mu bufuzi.

Ebintu ebiwera eby'obutwa bwe biteekebwa awamu, ne bigeraageranyizibwa n'obukugu bw'omukugu w'eddagala, bikola eddagala ery'amaanyi ennyo, era bikolera awamu okuleeta obulungi bw'omulwadde. Bwe kityo n'okulabirira kwa Katonda kwonna, nga kugeraageranyizibwa era nga kutukuzibwa mu ngeri ey'obwakatonda, kukolera awamu okuleetera abatukuvu ekisinga obulungi.

— Thomas Watson, A Divine Cordial (1663)

Oyo ye Watson yennyini: ekifaananyi eky'awaka, ekyetegerezebwa bulungi, ekisitula obuzito obusinga ku ekyo ekiva mu kuwakana. Takusaba kwefuula nti ebintu ebyo si butwa. Akusaba weesige omukugu w'eddagala.

Katonda awoomya obulumi obw'ebweru n'emirembe egy'omunda. … Oluvannyuma lw'eddagala erikaawa, Katonda awa sukaali. Pawulo yalina ennyimba ze ez'omu kkomera. Oluga lwa Katonda lulina omubisi gw'enjuki ku nkomerero yaalwo.

— Thomas Watson, A Divine Cordial (1663)

Ku kusaba — ekirabo ab'omulembe gwe kye baalaba mu ye — naye yali munnyonnyofu mu ngeri y'emu. Kwe “kisumuluzo ekiggulawo eggwanika ery'okusaasira kwa Katonda”; kwe “mmundu y'Omukristaayo, gy'akuba ku balabe be”; kwe “ddagala erisinga byonna ery'emmeeme.” Era, mu bwangu ennyo: “Okusaba kukuuma omutima nga guggule eri Katonda, era nga guggaddwa eri ekibi.”

Barnston

Ku nkomerero obulamu bwe ne bumuggwaamu amaanyi, n'awummula n'agenda e Barnston mu Essex, ensi ya mukyala we. Yafiira eyo mu bwangu mu 1686, era yaziikibwa nga July 28 mu ntaana ya John Beadle, sezaala we.

Obulamu obuwanvu oluvannyuma lw'okufa

Omulimu gwa Watson ogusinga obukulu gwafuluma oluvannyuma lw'okufa kwe: A Body of Practical Divinity, okubuulira kikumi mu nsanvu mu mukaaga ku Westminster Shorter Catechism, okwafulumizibwa mu 1692 n'obujulizi bw'abaweereza abakulembeze amakumi abiri mu bataano. Kyafuuka okuyigiriza kw'abantu ba bulijjo, ekyasangibwanga mu mirembe mingi mu bisulo by'abalimi Abasukoti — ekitabo ekinene ekyayigiriza abatasoma okulowooza.

Obuyinza bw'ebiwandiiko bye bwatuuka wala okusinga bwe yali ayinza okumanya. Philip Doddridge awandiika nti mu July 1719, omuserikale omuvubuka omwonoonefu ayitibwa James Gardiner, ng'atta essaawa nga tannagenda mu kukwana kwe okw'ettumbi, yaggulawo obutafaayo ekitabo nnyina kye yali ateeseeteese mu migugu gye — ekitabo kya Watson The Christian Soldier; or, Heaven Taken by Storm. Ebyo Gardiner bye yannyonnyola oluvannyuma — ekitangaala eky'amaanyi, okwolesebwa kwa Kristo eyakomererwa, n'eddoboozi eribuuza “Ggwe omwonoonyi, ebyo nnabibonerera ggwe, era bino bye bisasula byo?” — bya mu bujulizi bwa Gardiner so si mu byafaayo by'obulamu bwa Watson. Naye omuweereza eyagobebwa, ng'amaze emyaka amakumi asatu mu ntaana, yali akyabuulira.

Spurgeon, eyakola okusinga omuntu yenna okumuzza mu bulamu, yamusalira nti yali “omumpi, ow'amaanyi, ow'ebifaananyi, era asikiriza ebirowoozo,” ng'agatta “enjigiriza entuufu, obumanyirivu obukebera omutima, n'amagezi ag'omu bulamu obwa buli lunaku.” Omukulu w'essomero lye, George Rogers, yakyogera mu bwerufu obusingawo: “Simanyi mulimu gwonna ogulimu ebisaanira okubuulira ebingi bwe bityo mu kifo ekitono bwe kityo.” Owen ne Howe ne Charnock we balina okusimibwa ng'amayinja mu kirombe, Watson akukwasa ejjinja nga limaze okutemebwa.

Tetusobola kukubuulira gye yazaalirwa, oba engeri gye yajjira eri Kristo, oba bwe yali afaanana ng'otudde naye ku mmeeza. Omusajja yennyini yaggwaawo kumpi kyonna. Naye ggulawo All Things for Good era ali omwo mulamba — nga tayanguyiriza, nga wa kwagala, ng'akwata ku mubisi gw'enjuki ne ku mpiiri ne ku ddagala erikaawa, ng'amaliridde nti tosaanidde kwetta na kweraliikirira. Ku bulamu obuwandiikibwako obutono bwe butyo, kya kisa eky'ekyewuunyo nti ekisingayo obulungi kye kyasigalawo.