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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.
Read the Word as a Book of Evidences. ⟨p. 26⟩1How carefully doth one read over his Evidences? Would you know whether God be your God? Search the Records of Scripture, 1 Jo•. 3. 24. Hereby we Know he abides in us by his Spirit he hath given us. Would you know whether you are •eirs of the Promise? you must find it in these sacred Writings, 2 Thes. 2. 13. He hath chosen us to salvation through sanctification. They who are vessels of grace, shall be vessels of glory.
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Look upon the Word as a spiritual 1Magazine, out of which you fetch all your weapons to fight against sin and Satan. 1. Here are weapons to fight against sin. The Word of God is a consecrated sword, that cuts asunder the lusts of the heart. When pride begins to list up it self, the Sword of the Spirit destroys this sin, 1 Pet. 5. 5. God resists the proud. When passion vents it self, the Word of God, like Hercules-club, beats down this angry Fury, Eccles. 5. 9. Anger rests in the bosom of fools. When Lust boils, the Word of God cools that intemperate heat, Ephes. 5. 5. No unclean person hath any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ. 2. Here are weapons to ⟨p. 27⟩fight against Satan. The Word fenceth off temptation. When the Devil tempted Christ, he three times wounded the old Serpent