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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.
Fourthly, and yet further, the soul that is willing to follow God 1in all duties, will follow him in Commandments that are accounted little Commandments: God expects faithfulness in little things; God prizes every tittle of his Law more worth than heaven and earth, howsoever we may sleight many things in it, and think them too small to put any great bond upon us. Christ saith, that, Heaven and earth shall pass away, but not one jot or tittle of his ⟨p. 261⟩Word. As if he should say, If Heaven and earth were in one balance, and any jot or tittle of my Word in another, and if one of them must needs perish, I had rather that Heaven and earth should perish, than that one jot or tittle of my Word should fail: The Authority of Heaven puts weight on things, that are never so little in themselves. If mans authority do this, how much more Divine? Man cannot bear disobedience in little things; though the things be very small in themselves, yet if commanded by Authority, it is justly expected that they should be much regarded. Shall mans authority make small things to be accounted great, and shall Gods Authority do nothing? Obedience in small things is due to Magistrates, much more to God: Give to Caesar the things that are Caesars, and to God the things that are Gods, Matth, 22. 21. It is observable in that place, the Article is twice repeated in the Greek Text, when he speaks of ⟨p. 262⟩God, more than when he speaks of Caesar: showing, that our especial 2care should be to give God his due.
Fourthly, and yet further, the soule that is willing to follow God 1in all duties, wil follow him in Commandements that are accounted little Commandements: God expects faithfulnesse in little things; God prizes every tittle of his Law more worth than heaven and earth, howsoever wee may sleight many things in it, and think them too small to put any great bond upon us. Christ saith, that, Heaven and earth shall passe away, but not one jot or tittle of his