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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
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And that we •ay go on the more successively in this work, let us desire God to help us to find out our hearts, Job 34. 32. That which I see not, teach thou me. Lord, take off the veil; show me my heart; let me not perish through mistake, or go to Hell with hope of Heaven.*
And that we •ay go on the more successively in this work, let us desire God to help us to find out our hearts, Job 34. 32. That which I see not, teach thou me. Lord, take off the vail; shew me my heart; let me not perish through mistake, or go to Hell with hope of Heaven.*
- *Plurimi, spe periclitantur. Aug 6 Duty.
The sixth duty wherein we must offer violence to our selves, is, The Religious sanctifying of the Lords day. That there should be a day of holy rest dedicated to God, appears from the institution. Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day. Our Christian Sabbath comes in the room of the Jewish Sabbath: it is called [Greek or Hebrew], the Lords day, Rev. 1. 10. from Christ the Author of it. Our Sabbath is altered by Christ's own ⟨p. 64⟩appointment. He arose this day out of the grave, and appeared on it often to his Disciples, 1 Cor. 16. 1. To intimate to them (saith Athanasius) that he transferred the Sabbath to the Lords day. And St. Austin saith, That by Christ's rising on the first day of the week, it was consecrated to be the Christian Sabbath in remembrance of his Resurrection