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The fight of faith crowned, or, A sermon preached at the funeral of that…
The fight of faith crowned, or, A sermon preached at the funeral of that eminently holy man Mr. Henry Stubs by Tho. Watson ...
London : Printed and are to be sold by Joseph Collier ..., 1678
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2. Branch. Strive for this Crown*. I have read of those who travel in long Pilgrimages to the holy Land, they have hard lodgings, and pass through a number of dangers; and at the end of their journey pay a large tribute at the Pisan Castle to the Turks; and when they come thither, they see only a bare sepulchre, where it is supposed their Saviour lay. Did they take such pains to gratify their superstitious devotion? What Herculean labour then should a Christian undertake in his journey to the true land of promise, whereby he shall both see and enjoy his Saviour, and not enter into his Sepulchre, but Palace, and be eternally crowned with the delights of the Jerusalem abo[…]
2. Branch. Strive for this Crown*. I have read of those who travel in long Pilgrimages to the holy Land, they have hard lodgings, and pass through a number of dangers; and at the end of their journy pay a large tribute at the Pisan Castle to the Turks; and when they come thither, they see only a bare sepulchre, where it is supposed their Saviour lay. Did they take such pains to gratifie their superstitious devotion? What Herculean labour then should a Christian undertake in his journy to the true land of promise, whereby he shall both see and enjoy his Saviour, and not enter into his Sepulchre, but Palace, and be eternally crowned with the delights of the Jerusalem abo〈…〉
- *Sen. Herc. Fur. Non est ad astra mollis è terris via.
[…] we but take as much pains for Heaven, as ⟨p. 22⟩others do for the world, undoubtedly we might obtain it, Phil. 3. 15