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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.
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?
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 joynt that men may press on with all swiftness to lay hold on the prize. Thus Saint Paul presseth 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, towards the mark, Phil. 3. 14. Alas, where is this holy violence to be found?