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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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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.
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Sixthly, The choiceness of a mans 1spirit causeth a man, that if he doth look at any consequences, that may follow upon his way, he looks only at the last issue of all, what his way will prove in his last conclusion; how things will go with him when he comes to the last trial, what will be the ultimate end of all: Will it then be peace? shall I then be glad of these ways I now walk in?