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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.
And lastly, to name no more, (though there be many more expressions in Scripture to set this out) they apply their hearts to it, to fulfil it always even to the end, Psal. 119. 103.
And lastly, to name no more, (though there be many more expressiōs in Scripture to set this out) they apply their hearts to it, to fulfill it alwaies even to the end, Psal. 119. 103.
Fifthly, This choiceness of spirit 1causeth a man to look to his duty, and not to regard what may follow. The thing that hinders most in their following the Lord, it is want of this; it is not want of conviction what should be done, but the reasonings ⟨p. 412⟩of their heart, about the hard and troublesome consequences that will follow, if the things be done: But a true gracious heart saith only, Let me know what is my duty, let the right be done, though heaven and earth meet together.
Fifthly, This choicenesse of spirit 1causeth a man to looke to his duty, and not to regard what may follow. The thing that hinders most in their following the Lord, it is want of this; it is not want of conviction what should be done, but the reasonings ⟨p. 412⟩of their heart, about the hard and troublesome consequences that will follow, if the things bee done: But a true gracious heart saith onely, Let mee know what is my duty, let the right bee done, though heaven and earth meet together.