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The Christian's charter showing the privileges of a believerThe Christian's charter shewing the priviledges of a believer
The Christian's charter showing the privileges of a believer by Thomas Watson.The Christian's charter shewing the priviledges of a believer by Thomas Watson.
London: printed by T.R. & E.M. for Ralph Smith, 1654
THE CHRISTIANS Charter. › Chapter 6: The first Prerogative; To Come.
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.
Quest. But who shall have this privilege? Answ. death is certain: but there are only two sorts of Persons, to whom we may say, Death is yours. 'Tis your preferment.
Quest. But who shall have this priviledge? Answ. death is certaine: but there are only two sorts of Persons, to whom we may say, Death is yours. 'Tis your preferment.
1. Such as die daily: We are not borne Angels, die we must; Therefore we had need carry always a deaths-head about us. The Basilisk if it see a man first, it kills him; but if he see it first, it doth him no hurt: The Basilisk death, if it sees us first, before we see it, 'tis dangerous: but if we see it first by ⟨p. 79⟩meditating upon it, it doth us no hurt: study death, often walk among the Tombs. It is the thoughts of death before-hand, that must do us good. In a dark night, one Torch carried before a man, is worth many Torches carried after him: one serious thought of death before-hand, one tear shed for sin before death, is worth a thousand shed after, when it is too late. 'Tis good to make Death our familiar, and in this sense to be in Deaths oft: *that if God should presently seal a lease of ejectment, if he should send us a Letter of Summons this night to surrender, we might have nothing to do but to die.
1. Such as die daily: We are not borne Angels, die we must; Therefore we had need carry alwayes a deaths-head about us. The Basilisk if it see a man first, it kills him; but if he see it first, it doth him no hurt: The Basilisk death, if it sees us first, before we see it, 'tis dangerous: but if we see it first by ⟨p. 79⟩meditating upon it, it doth us no hurt: study death, often walke among the Tombs. It is the thoughts of death before-hand, that must do us good. In a dark night, one Torch carried before a man, is worth many Torches carried after him: one serious thought of death before-hand, one teare shed for sinne before death, is worth a thousand shed after, when it is too late. 'Tis good to make Death our familiar, and in this sense to be in Deaths oft: