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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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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; ⟨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.
3. In that blessed Kingdom, there shall be freedom from divisions. In this world, God's own Tribes go to war. Ephraim envies Judah, and Judah vexeth Ephraim. The Soldiers Spear pierced Christ's side; but the divisions of Saints pierce his heart. Christ prayed that all his people might be one, as he and his Father are one, Joh. 17. 21. But how do Christians by their discords and animosities go about what in them lies to frustrate Christs Prayer. But in the Kingdom of Heaven there is perfect love, which, as it casts out fear, so strife. Those Christians that could not live quietly together here, in that Kingdom shall be united. There Calvin and Luther are agreed. In that celestial Kingdom there shall be no vilifying or slandering one another, or raking into those sores which Christ died to heal. Christians that could not pray together, shall sing together in that glorious quire: there shall not be one jarring string in the Saints music.