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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. The pref• or introduction; from 1the days of J• the Baptist until now. John Baptist was a zealous Preacher, a Boanerges, or Son of Thunder; and after his Preaching, People began to be awakened out of their si•s.
1. The pref• or introduction; from 1the dayes of J• the Baptist until now. John Baptist was a zealous Preacher, a Boanerges, or Son of Thunder; and after his Preaching, People began to be awakened out of their si•s.
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Hence learn, what kind of Ministry is ⟨p. 4⟩like to do most good, namely, That which works upon the Consciences of men. John Baptist did lift up his voice like a Trumpet, he preached the Doctrine of Repentance with power, Mat. 3. 2. Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand: He came hewing and cutting down mens sins, and afterwards preached Christ to them. First, He poured in the Vinegar of the Law, then the Wine of the Gospel. This was that preaching made men studiously seek after Heaven: John did not so much preach to please, as to profit; he chose rather to discover mens sins, than to show his own eloquence. That is the best looking-glass, not which is most gilded, but which shows the truest face. That Preaching is to be preferred, which makes the truest discovery of mens sins, and shows them their hearts. John Baptist was a burning and a shining light; he did burn in his Doctrine, and shine in his Life; and from that time men pressed into Heaven.