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The excellency of a gracious spirit Delivered in a treatise upon the 14. of…The excellency of a gracious spirit Deliuered in a treatise upon the 14. of…
The excellency of a gracious spirit Delivered in a treatise upon the 14. of Numbers, verse 24. By Jer. Burroughs minister of Gods Word.The excellency of a gracious spirit Deliuered in a treatise upon the 14. of Numbers, verse 24. By Ier. Burroughes minister of Gods Word.
London: printed by Miles for R. Dawlman, 1639
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.
Let me in the name of the Lord plead with you for more honour and service for the Lord, than he hath from others.
First, your birth is from him, you are borne of God in another manner 1than others are, and therefore it must not be with you as it is with others. Men of high birth will not live as other men do. Hence we read of ⟨p. 182⟩a custom amongst the Heathen, they were wont to derive the pedigree of their valiant men from their gods; to this end, though the thing were not true, yet they believing themselves to be a Divine off-spring, they might upon confidence there of, undertake higher attempts than others, with the more boldness: Much higher things should those endeavour after, who are indeed borne of God.
First, your birth is from him, you are borne of God in another manner 1than others are, and therefore it must not be with you as it is with others. Men of high birth will not live as other men doe. Hence we read of ⟨p. 182⟩a custome amongst the Heathen, they were wont to derive the pedigree of their valiant men from their gods; to this end, though the thing were not true, yet they beleeving themselves to be a Divine off-spring, they might upon confidence there of, undertake higher attempts than others, with the more boldnesse: Much higher things should those endeavour after, who are indeed borne of God.
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