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A glance of Heaven, or, A precious taste of a glorious feastA glance of Heaven, or, A pretious taste of a glorious feast
A glance of Heaven, or, A precious taste of a glorious feast wherein thou mayst taste and see those things which God hath prepared for them that love him / By R. Sibs ...A glance of Heaven, or, A pretious taste of a glorious feast wherein thou mayst taste and see those things which God hath prepared for them that love him / By R. Sibs ...
London: printed by E. G. for John Rothwell, 1638London: printed by E. G. for Iohn Rothwell, 1638
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.
Now if we would know if we have this judgement, we may know it by our choice; this valuing it is known by choice: for what a man esteems and values highly, he makes choice of above all things in the world. What men make choice of, is seen by their courses: we see it in holy ⟨p. 169⟩Moses, Heb. 11.1 he had a high esteem of the estate of Gods people that afflicted people: as afflicted as they were, yet he saw they were Gods people, in covenant with him, and more regarded of him, than all the people in the world besides: and upon his estimation he made a choice, he chose rather to suffer afflictions with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season His choice followed his esteem: so if we value and esteem God, and religion, and love God above all things, we will make choice of the Lord. As Saint Peter saith, John 6.2 when Christ asked them, Will you also forsake me? saith he, Lord, ⟨p. 170⟩whither shall we go? We have made choice of thee, whither shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. Let us do that in truth, that he for a time failed to do, when he said, Though all forsake thee, yet will not I. If we make this choice of Christ, from the truth of our hearts, this shows our esteem.
Now if we would know if we have this judgement, wee may know it by our choyce; this valuing it is known by choyce: for what a man esteemes and values highly, hee makes choyce of above all things in the world. What men make choyce of, is seene by their courses: we see it in holy ⟨p. 169⟩Moses, Heb. 11.1 hee had a high esteeme of the estate of Gods people that afflicted people: as afflicted as they were, yet hee saw they were Gods people, in covenant with him, and more regarded of him, than all the people in the world besides: and upon his estimation hee made a choyce, hee chose rather to suffer afflictions with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sinne for a season His choyce followed his esteeme: so if we value and esteeme God, and religion, and love God above all things, we wil make choice of the Lord. As Saint Peter sayth,