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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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And further, all that God hath, is for their good; the heavens, and earth, and all Creatures are theirs, and work continually for them: Hosea 2. 21. 22. I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth, and the earth shall hear the Corn, and the Wine, and the Oil, and they shall hear Jezreel: 1 Cor. 3. 22, 23: The world, life, death, things present, things to come, all are yours, and ye are Christs, ⟨p. 375⟩and Christ is Gods: Rom. 8. 28. And we know that all things work together for good, to them that love God. This is a mystery that the world is not acquainted with, but we know it, saith the Apostle. The world may think, that things work against us; yea, all things in the world seem to work against us; but we know that all things do work for good, & they work together for good; though some particular things considered apart, may work for good to other men; yet take all together, and they work their ruin; but altogether works for good to us; although the good doth not seem yet to come forth, yet it is a working for us; stay but till the work be done, and it will appear: Good it will be, though it may be not the same good that we think of, yet a good that will be better for us; a greater good than we imagined or desired. Now then, if all that is Gods be for thee, and works thus fully for thee, is there not reason then, that all that is thine ⟨p. 376⟩should be for God, and work as fully for him? Thine did I say? the truth is, there is nothing thine; for all is Gods; God hath a greater propriety in, and right to whatsoever thou art, and hast, than thy self; but God is pleased to let it be called thine, that thou mayest freely give it to him: and if it be his own, why should he not have it fully? If he thus enlargeth himself towards thee, how unequal is it, that thou shouldest be scant in thy service to him, and in thine honouring of him?
And further, all that God hath, is for their good; the heavens, and earth, and all Creatures are theirs, and worke continually for them: