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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
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And indeed no wonder a true Saint doth desire a dismiss, and is so earnest to have his Pass to be gone from hence;* if we consider how beneficial death is to a child of God, it puts a period to all his evils: in particular, there are ten evils that death will put an end to.
And indeed no wonder a true Saint doth desire a dismisse, and is so earnest to have his Passe to be gone from hence;* if we consider how beneficial death is to a child of God, it puts a period to all his evils: in particular, there are ten evils that death will put an end to.
- *Ab hoc corpore suga & elapsio pro summo munere desideratur. Austin.
1. Death will put an end to a believers sins. Sin is the great incendiary, it doth us all the mischief. Sin may be compared to the Planet Saturn, which hath a malignant influence; it is the womb of our sorrows, ⟨p. 15⟩and the grave of our comforts.*
1. Death will put an end to a believers sinnes. Sinne is the great incendiary, it doth us all the mischief. Sinne may be compared to the Planet Saturn, which hath a malignant influence; it is the wombe of our sorrows, ⟨p. 15⟩and the grave of our comforts.*
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