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The spiritual watchThe spirituall vvatch
The spiritual watch, or Christs general watch-word A meditation on Mark. 13. 37. By Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith.The spirituall vvatch, or Christs generall watch-word A meditation on Mark. 13. 37. By Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith.
London: printed by Edward Griffin for William Bladen, 1619
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
There are both affirmative and negative signs of the one; there may be affirmative, but there are no negative signs of the other. Of the general day of Doom there are some affirmative signs; such as argue the near approaching of it, uas the tenderness of the bough and the sprouting out of the figtree doth the Summers approach. And there are some negative signs; such as xtill they come that day shall not be, as ythe gathering in of the Jews again; ⟨p. 86⟩and zthe destruction of the Beast and the woman that sitteth on her.
There are both affirmatiue and negatiue signes of the one; there may be affirmatiue, but there are no negatiue signes of the other. Of the generall day of Doome there are some affirmatiue signes; such as argue the neere approaching of it, uas the tendernes of the bough and the sprouting out of the figtree doth the Summers approach. And there are some negatiue signes; such as xtill they come that day shall not bee, as ythe gathering in of the Iewes againe; ⟨p. 86⟩and zthe destruction of the Beast and the woman that sitteth on her.