A65299:104
Heaven taken
Heaven taken by storm, or, The holy violence a Christian is to put forth in the pursuit after glory by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed by R.W. for Tho. Parkhurst, 1670
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
1. It is God that speaks to us. If a Judge give a charge upon the bench, all listen. If a King speaks, all give attention. When we come to the Word, we should think thus with our selves, We are to hear God in this Preacher. Therefore Christ is said, Now to speak to us from Heaven, Heb. 12. 25. Christ speaks in his Ministers, as a King speaketh in the person of his Ambassador. When Samuel knew it was the Lord that spake to him, he lent an ear, 2. Sam. 3. 5. Speak Lord thy Servant heareth. They who slight God speaking in his Word, shall hear him speaking in his wrath, Psalm 2. 5. Then shall he speak to them in his wrath.
1. It is God that speaks to us. If a Judge give a charge upon the bench, all listen. If a King speaks, all give attention. When we come to the Word, we should think thus with our selves, We are to hear God in this Preacher. Therefore Christ is said, Now to speak to us from Heaven, Heb. 12. 25. Christ speaks in his Ministers, as a King speaketh in the person of his Embassadour. When Samuel knew it was the Lord that spake to him, he lent an ear, 2. Sam. 3. 5. Speak Lord thy Servant heareth. They who slight God speaking in his Word, shall hear him speaking in his wrath, Psalm 2. 5. Then shall he speak to them in his wrath.
2. Let us consider the weightiness of ⟨p. 32⟩the matters delivered to us*