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The holy longing
The holy longing: or, The saints desire to be with Christ: delivered in a sermon at Al-hallows Lombard-street, Aug. 24. 1658. At the funeral of Mr. Jacob Stock. / By Thomas Watson minister of Stephens Walbrook in the city of London.The holy longing: or, The saints desire to be with Christ: delivered in a sermon at Al-hallows Lumbard-street, Aug. 24. 1658. At the funeral of Mr. Jacob Stock. / By Thomas Watson minister of Stephens Walbrook in the city of London.
London: printed by E.M. for Ralph Smith, 1659
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. Paul doth not say I desire to depart and be in heaven, but to be [Greek or Hebrew] with Christ; it is Christs presence makes heaven,* as the Kings presence makes the Court. 'Tis not the Cherubims or Seraphims which make Paradise; the ⟨p. 8⟩Lamb is the light thereof, Rev. 21. 23.
1. Paul doth not say I desire to depart and be in heaven, but to be 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 with Christ; it is Christs presence makes heaven,* as the Kings presence makes the Court. 'Tis not the Cherubims or Seraphims which make Paradise; the ⟨p. 8⟩Lamb is the light thereof, Rev. 21. 23.
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2. From the connection of the words, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ; we clearly see that the soul of a believer doth not sleep in the body after death, (a drowsy opinion) but goes immediately to Christ.* Upon the divorce of the soul from the body, there follows an Espousal of the soul to Christ,