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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.
That sweet and blessed comfort, that the full following of the Lord brings at death, is enough to recompense all the trouble and hardship, that we meet withal in our way, while we are following of him: This hath caused many Saints of God to ⟨p. 389⟩lie triumphing, when they have been upon their death-beds, blessing the Lord that ever they knew his ways, that ever he drew their hearts to follow after him in them.
That sweet and blessed comfort, that the full following of the Lord brings at death, is enough to recompence all the trouble and hardship, that wee meet withall in our way, while we are following of him: This hath caused many Saints of God to ⟨p. 389⟩lie triumphing, when they have been upon their death-beds, blessing the Lord that ever they knew his wayes, that euer he drew their hearts to follow after him in them.
When Hezekiah received the message of death, Isaiah 38. 2, 3, he turned his face to the wall, and said, Remember, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight; and Hezekiah wept sore: O the sweetness that possessed the heart of Hezekiah, which did flow from the testimony of his conscience, that he had fully walked after the Lord with a perfect heart! the verb there, I have walked, 1is in that Mood in the Original, that adds to the signification of it; It signifies, I have continually without ceasing walked.
When Hezekiah received the message of death, Esay 38. 2, 3, he turned his face to the wall, and said, Remember, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight; and Hezechiah wept sore: O the sweetnesse that possessed the heart of Hezekiah, which did flow from the testimony of his conscience, that hee had fully walked after the Lord with a perfect heart! the verbe there, I have walked,