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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. Do we set time apart to call our selves to an account, and try our evidences for Heaven, Psal. 77. 6. My Spirit made diligent search. Do we take our hearts as a Watch all in pieces, to see what is amiss and mend it. Are we curiously inquis•ive into the state of our ⟨p. 119⟩souls? Are we afraid of painted grace, as of painted happiness?
3. Do we use violence in prayer? Is there fire in our Sacrifice? Doth the wind of the Spirit filling our sails, cause groans unutterable? Rom. 8. 26. Do we pray in the morning as if we were to die at night?
4. Do we thirst for the living God? Are our souls big with holy desires, Psal. 73. 25. There is none upon earth my soul desires besides thee. Do we desire holiness as well as Heaven? Do we desire as much to look like Christ, as to live with Christ? Is our desire constant? Is this spiritual pulse ever beating?