Pray for Quickening Grace
The more lazy a Christian’s desires are, the more lively his corruptions. The weaker the body grows, the stronger the disease grows. O therefore pray for quickning grace, Psalm 143:11. Beg fresh gales of the Spirit to blow upon you. Never leave till you have recovered that holy violence which once you had.
The Christian Soldier, or Heaven Taken by Storm
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Thomas Watson, The Christian Soldier, or Heaven Taken By Storm (New York: Robert Moore, 1816)