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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.
The doubleness of a mans heart consists not so much in that it is otherwise within, than that it appears outward, but in that it is divided to divers objects; it doth not fix upon God as the only object: and as double-minded men have double objects, so they have double motions: as the Planets that are carried in their motion one way by the Heavens, but have besides a private motion ⟨p. 289⟩of their own; so, many are carried to God by some external, yea, it may be, internal Motives; but yet they have a private motion of their own another way to other things; God alone is not the Centre of their hearts.
The doublenesse of a mans heart consists not so much in that it is otherwise within, than that it appears outward, but in that it is divided to divers objects; it doth not fixe upon God as the onely object: and as double-minded men have double objects, so they have double motions: as the Planets that are carryed in their motion one way by the Heavens, but have besides a private motion ⟨p. 289⟩of their owne; so, many are carried to God by some externall, yea, it may bee, internall Motives; but yet they have a private motion of their owne another way to other things; God alone is not the Center of their hearts.
Eighthly, the soul then follows 1God fully, when it carries through the work it undertakes, against all discouragements and hinderances: As a Ship coming with full sail, bears all down before it. It doth not only work, but works thoroughly, works out that it doth. As Phil. 2. 12. Work out your salvation; work till you get the work through: This 2soul works after God in his ways, and that with power; though it finds no good comes in by them for the present, though it hath wrought a long time, and yet sees nothing coming in; yet it murmurs not, it repines not, it repents not of any thing it hath done for God; it complains not with those Hypocrites, Isaiah 58. 3. Wherefore have we fasted, and thou