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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.
Secondly, labour to keep conscience 1clear, take heed of pollution there, take heed of a breach in thy spirit there, for that will weaken it much: conscience is the strong Tower of thy soul, if the Truth of God be got out there, the strength of the soul is gone.
Secondly, labor to keep conscience 1clear, take heed of pollution there, take heed of a breach in thy spirit there, for that will weaken it much: conscience is the strong Tower of thy soule, if the Truth of God be got out there, the strength of the soule is gone.
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Thirdly, labour to keep thy heart low and humble; when the flesh swells, 1it cannot bear any hard thing upon it: though a member grows bigger when it swells, yet it grows weaker; so it is with the soul.
Thirdly, labour to keepe thy heart low and humble; when the flesh swels, 1it cannot beare any hard thing upon it: though a member growes bigger when it swels, yet it growes weaker; so it is with the soule.
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Fourthly, labour to keep the spirit