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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
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5 Then doth the heart fully follow 1after the Lord, when it is indeed willing to search fully into every truth, that yet it doth not fully know, with a readiness to lie under the power of it: Such a man is not afraid of any truth of God, lest it should put him upon that he hath no mind to, as Ahab was afraid to enquire of Michaiah what the mind of God was, because he was never wont to prophesy good unto him; but that man who follows the Lord fully, doth always account the word of the Lord to be good to him, as Mic. 2. 7. Do not my words do good to him that walks uprightly? He saith to the Lord as Elihu, Job 34. 32. That which I see not, teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. Lord, that which I know not, do thou teach me; and wherein I have failed, I shall conscionably endeavour to reform. Oh! let the Word ⟨p. 277⟩of God be glorified for ever, whatsoever becomes of me; let it come in the full latitude of it, my soul shall yield to it; my heart is prepared to submit to whatsoever truth God shall make known to me.
5 Then doth the heart fully follow 1after the Lord, when it is indeed willing to search fully into every truth, that yet it doth not fully know, with a readinesse to lie under the power of it: Such a man is not afraid of any truth of God, lest it should put him upon that he hath no mind to, as Ahab was afraid to enquire of Michaiah what the mind of God was, because hee was never wont to prophecie good unto him; but that man who followes the Lord fully, doth alwayes account the word of the Lord to be good to him, as Mic. 2. 7. Doe not my words doe good to him that walkes uprightly? Hee saith to the Lord as Elihu, Iob 34. 32. That which I see not, teach thou mee: if I have done iniquitiy, I will doe no more. Lord, that which I know not, doe thou teach me; and wherein I have failed, I shall conscionably endeavour to reforme. Oh! let the Word