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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.
Prayer without fervency and violence, 1is no prayer; it is speaking, not praying. Lifeless prayer is no more prayer, than the picture of a man is a man. To say a prayer, is not to pray, Aschanius taught his Parrot the Lords Prayer. St. Ambrose saith well, It is ⟨p. 37⟩the life and affection in a duty that baptizeth 2it, and gives it a name. 'Tis the violence and wrestling of the affections that makes it a prayer, else it is no prayer. But a man may say as Pharaoh, I have dreamed a dream, Gen. 41. 15.
Prayer without fervency and violence, 1is no prayer; it is speaking, not praying. Liveless prayer is no more prayer, than the picture of a man is a man. To say a prayer, is not to pray, Aschanius taught his Parrot the Lords Prayer. St. Ambrose saith well, It is ⟨p. 37⟩the life and affection in a duty that baptizeth 2it, and gives it a name. 'Tis the violence and wrestling of the affections that makes it a prayer, else it is no prayer. But a man may say as Pharaoh, I have dreamed a dream, Gen. 41. 15.
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