The Holy Longing, Title page – Errata
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.
I would not live alwayes
,
Job 7. 16.
In this we groan earneſtly, deſiring to be cloathed upon with our houſe which is from heaven,
2 Cor. 5. 2.
Mors porta gloriae.
Bernard.
London, Printed by E. M. for Ralph Smith, at the ſign of the Bible in Corn-hill, near the Royal Exchange. 1659.
TO THE VERTUOUS, His much eſteemed Friend, Mrs. ELIZABETH STOCK.
Loving friend,
THough I was put upon ſome ſtraits of time, (other occaſions intervening when this Sermon was to be preached) yet at your requeſt to me to publiſh it, and the deſire of ſome of your Relations to whom I ſtand obliged, I knew not how in civility to deny. The ſubject of this following diſcourſe, is, The Saints deſire to be with Chriſt; and ſurely if Chriſt be all in all, Col. 3. 11. all marrow and ſweetneſſe, no wonder that they who can claim a propriety, deſire poſſeſſion, and thirſt after the embraces of that dear Saviour, in whoſe preſence is fulneſs of joy *Pſ. 16. 1….as touching the preſent ſad providence wherewith the Lord hath exerciſed you, let not your heart deſpond; though God allowes you tears, yet you may not mourn without hope, nor beyond meaſure; let them that weep, be as if they wept not, 1 Cor. 7. 30. If God hath given you Chriſt, you have enough, you need not envy any living, or over-grieve him who is dead*In uno ſalvatore omnes florent gemmae ad ſalutem.; The ſtar-light of Relations is ſuperabundantly recompenced with the golden beams of this Sunne of righteouſneſſe. If theſe few lines enſuing may do good to any, adding ſome holy oyle to the flame of their affections, ungluing them from the world, and fixing their hearts more upon the Lord Jeſus, I have what I aimed at; I ſhall leave all to the bleſſing of the Almighty, and reſt,
From my Study at Stephens Walbrook. Novemb. 3. 1658. Yours, In all Chriſtian ſervice, THOMAS WATSON.
ERRATA.
PAg. 16. for foreign read foreign. for foreign r. foreign. p. 17. for foreign r. foreign.