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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4. In that heavenly Kingdom there shall be freedom from all molestations. Our lives now are interlined with troubles, Psal. 31. 10. My life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing^*. There are many things to occasion disquiet: Sometimes poverty afflicts; sometimes sickness tortures; sometimes unkindness of friends breaks the heart. Our lives, like the Irish Seas, are full of tempests; but in the Kingdom of Heaven is nothing to administer grief; there all is serene and calm; nothing within to humble, or without to molest.

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2. The Royalties and excellencies ¹of that Kingdom are great. We may say of Heaven, as it was said of Laish, Judg. 18. 9, 10. We have seen the Land, and behold it is very good; a place where there is no want of any thing.

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