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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.
1. Sometimes by striving, Luk. 13. 24. Strive to enter in at the strait gate. The Greek word is [Greek or Hebrew], Strive as in an Agony.
1. Sometimes by striving, Luk. 13. 24. Strive to enter in at the strait gate. The Greek word is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Strive as in an Agony.
2. Wrestling, which is a violent exercise, Ephes. 6. 12. We are to wrestle with a body of sin, and with the powers of Hell.
3. Running in a Race, 1 Cor. 9. 24. So run that ye may obtain. We have a long Race from Earth to Heaven, and but a little time to run; it will soon be sun-set. Therefore so run. In a Race there's not only laying aside all weights that hinder; but a putting forth all the strength of the body; a straining every joint that men may press on with all swiftness to lay hold on the prize. Thus Saint Paul presseth [Greek or Hebrew], towards the mark, Phil. 3. 14. Alas, where is this holy violence to be found?