A65299:105
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.
2. Let us consider the weightiness of ⟨p. 32⟩the matters delivered to us*. As Moses said to Israel, Deut. 30. 19. I call Heaven and Earth to Record this day, that I hav• set before you life and death. We preach to men, of Christ, and the Eternal Recompenses; here are the magnalia Legis, the weighty matters of the Law; and doth not all this call for serious attention? There is a great deal of difference between a Letter of news read to us, and a Letter of special business, wherein our whole Land and Estate is concerned. In the Word preached, our Salvation is concerned; here we are instructed to the Kingdom of God, and if ever we will be serious, it should be now, Deut. 32. 47. It is not a vain thing for you, because it is your life.
2. Let us consider the weightiness of ⟨p. 32⟩the matters delivered to us*. As Moses said to Israel, Deut. 30. 19. I call Heaven and Earth to Record this day, that I hav• set before you life and death. We preach to men, of Christ, and the Eternal Recompences; here are the magnalia Legis, the weighty matters of the Law; and doth not all this call for serious attention? There is a great deal of difference between a Letter of news read to us, and a Letter of special business, wherein our whole Land and Estate is concerned. In the Word preached, our Salvation is concerned; here we are instructed to the Kingdom of God, and if ever we will be serious, it should be now, Deut. 32. 47. It is not a vain thing for you, because it is your life.