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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.
1. Ask.] Ask with importunity. A faint asking begs a denial*. King Ahasuerus stood with his golden Sceptre, and said to Queen Esther, Ask and it shall be given to half of the Kingdom. But God saith more, Ask and he will give the ⟨p. 152⟩whole Kingdom, Luke 12. 32. It is observable, the door of the tabernacle was not of brass, but had a thin covering, a veil, that they might easily enter into it: So the door of Heaven is through Christ's blood made easy, that our prayers put up in fervency may enter. Upon our asking, God hath promised to give his Spirit, Luke 11. 13. And if he gives his Spirit, he will give the Kingdom: the Spirit first anoints, 1 John 2. 27. and after its anointing Oil comes the Crown.
1. Ask.] Ask with importunity. A faint asking begs a denial*. King Ahashuerus stood with his golden Scepter, and said to Queen Esther, Ask and it shall be given to half of the Kingdom. But God saith more, Ask and he will give the ⟨p. 152⟩whole Kingdom, Luke 12. 32. It is observable, the door of the tabernacle was not of brass, but had a thin covering, a vail, that they might easily enter into it: So the door of Heaven is through Christ's blood made easie, that our prayers put up in servency may enter. Upon our asking, God hath promised to give his Spirit, Luke 11. 13. And if he gives his Spirit, he will give the Kingdom: the Spirit first anoints, 1 John 2. 27. and after its anointing Oyl comes the Crown.