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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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1. There shall be a freedom from sin; here sin keeps house with us; it is as natural to us to sin, as to breath. The soul that is most refined, and clarified by grace, is not without some dregs of corruption. St. Paul cried out of a Body of sin. He who is inoculated into Christ hath still a taste and relish of the wild Olive. But when we ascend to the heavenly Kingdom, this mantle of sin shall drop off. That Kingdom is so pure, that it will not mix with any corruption, Rev. 21. 27. A sinful thought shall not creep in there. There is beauty which is not stained with lust, and honour which is not swelled with pride.
1. There shall be a freedom from sin; here sin keeps house with us; it is as natural to us to sin, as to breath. The soul that is most refined, and clarified by grace, is not without some dregs of corruption. St. Paul cryed out of a Body of sin. He who is inoculated into Christ hath still a taste and rellish of the wild Olive. But when we ascend to the heavenly Kingdom, this mantle of sin shall drop off. That Kingdom is so pure, that it will not mix with any corruption, Rev. 21. 27. A sinful thought shall not creep in there. There is beauty which is not stained with lust, and honour which is not swelled with pride.
2. In that blessed Kingdom there shall be freedom from the assaults of the Red Dragon. 'Tis sad to have Satan daily soliciting us by his temptations, and labouring to trepan us into sin. Temptation is the Devil's Powder-plot, to blow up the fort-royal of our graces; ⟨p. 146⟩but this is the blessed freedom of the heavenly Kingdom, it is not capable of temptation. The old Serpent is cast out of Paradise.
2. In that blessed Kingdom there shall be freedom from the assaults of the Red Dragon. 'Tis sad to have Satan daily soliciting us by his temptations, and labouring to trappan us into sin. Temptation is the Devil's Powder-plot, to blow up the fort-royal of our graces;