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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.
Hereupon he taketh occasion to nexhort his Disciples whom he then spake to, and ous all in and by them, unto circumspection and wariness, unto vigilancie and watchfulness: pthat since such a day must once come, and they know not how soon it may come, wherein they shall all be called to give up their accounts, that therefore they live in a continual expectation of it, in a perpetual preparation for it; that whensoever it shall come, they may be found ready and fit for it.
Hereupon he taketh occasion to nexhort his Disciples whom he then spake to, and ovs all in and by them, vnto circumspection and warinesse, vnto vigilancie and watchfulnesse: pthat since such a day must once come, and they know not how soone it may come, wherein they shall all be called to giue vp their accounts, that therefore they liue in a continuall expectation of it, in a perpetuall preparation for it; that whensoeuer it shall come, they may be found ready and fit for it.
- nMark 1•. 33. Matth. 24. 42.
- oNon illis solis dixit, quibus tunc audientibus loquebatur, sed illis etiam qui suerunt post illos ante nos, & ad nosipsos, & qui erant post nos usque ad novissimii eius aduentum, August. epist. 80.Non illis solis dixit, quibus tunc audientibus loquebatur, sed illis etiam qui suerunt post illos ante nos, & ad nosipsos, & qui erant post nos vsque ad nouissimii eius aduentum, August. epist. 80.