A65299:143
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
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But where is the meditating Christian? Here I might lament the want of holy meditation. Most people live in a hurry; they are so distracted with the cares of the world, that they can find no time to meditate; or scarce ask their Souls […] they do. We are not like the Saints in former Ages. David did meditate in Gods Precepts, Psal. 119. 15. Isaac walked in the evening to meditate, Gen. 24. 63. He did take a turn with God. What devout meditations do we read in St. Austin and Anselm? But it is too much out of date among our modern Christians.
But where is the meditating Christian? Here I might lament the want of holy meditation. Most people live in a hurry; they are so distracted with the cares of the world, that they can find no time to meditate; or scarce ask their Souls 〈…〉 they do. We are not like the Saints in former Ages. David did meditate in Gods Precepts, Psal. 119. 15. Isaac walked in the evening to meditate, Gen. 24. 63. He did take a turn with God. What devout meditations do we read in St. Austin and Anselm? But it is too much out of date among our modern Christians.
—Terras Astraea reliquit.—
Those Beasts under the Law which did not chew the cud were unclean. Such as do not chew the cud by holy meditation, are to be reckoned among the unclean. But I shall rather turn my lamentation into a persuasion, entreating Christians ⟨p. 53⟩