Heaven taken

Name: Heaven taken
Author: Thomas Watson

Heaven taken by storm, or, The holy violence a Christian is to put forth in the pursuit after glory by Thomas Watson ...

Thomas Watson d. 1686London: printed by R.W. for Tho. Parkhurst, 1670

[16], 216 p. · 44k words · Wing W1128 · ESTC R9123

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HEAVEN taken by Storm.

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1. Men are violent for their drunken lusts. Though death be in the cup, they will drink it off. One having almost lost his eye-sight, the Physician told him there was no cure for him, unless he would leave off his excessive drinking¹; then saith he, Farewell sweet light: he would rather lose his eye-sight than leave his drinking.

1. Men are violent for their drunken lusts. Though death be in the cup, they will drink it off. One having almost lost his eye-sight, the Physitian told him there was no cure for him, unless he would leave off his excessive drinking¹; then saith he, Farewell sweet light: he would rather lose his eye-sight than leave his drinking.

1* Vale lumen amlcum.

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2. They are violent for their unclean lusts. Men are said to burn in lusts, Rom. 1. 27. The Apostle intimateth that lust is a kind of fever. Feverish heats are not more pernicious to the body, than lust is to the soul. O what folly is it, for a drop of pleasure to drink a Sea of wrath^*.

2. They are violent for their unclean lusts. Men are said to burn in lusts, Rom. 1. 27. The Apostle intimateth that lust is a kind of feavour. Feavourish heats are not more pernicious to the body, than lust is to the soul. O what folly is it, for a drop of pleasure to drink a Sea of wrath^*

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