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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.
Sixthly, though sublime & raised 1as before, yet withal it is an humble, broken, and contrite spirit, one who is poor in spirit; this, a blessed conjunction indeed; though it thinks it self too good for any lust, yet not too good to be subject to the least Commandment; though will not be under the power of any creature, yet will lie flat and trembling under the least word of the Lord, Esa. 66. 2. Though not satisfied with mean things, yet accounts it self less than the least of all Gods Mercies. How sublime was Pauls spirit, when he accounted all things dung, yet himself could be contented to be accounted an off-scouring for Christ? the sublimity of his spirit was not a greater glory to him in the one, than the humility of ⟨p. 58⟩it was in the other. Though a godly man minds high things above others, yet can be well contented to be used in the meanest services for the good of others; though he be raised above the world, yet judges himself less than the least of the Saints: Though he aims at the highest pitch of godliness, yet bless God for, and makes much of the least breathings of his Spirit; and such a heart is precious indeed in Gods eyes: this, O Lord, thou canst not despise, Psa. 51. 17. so the words are. God can despise Kings and Emperors, God can despise the glory and lustre of the world; but a humble broken spirit, the Lord cannot despise. There is no object that God accounts worth the looking at in the world, but such a one: Esa. 66. 2. To him will I look, says God. The highest heavens, and the lowest heart, are the two places of Gods most glorious residence.
Sixthly, though sublime & raised 1as before, yet withal it is an humble, broken, and contrite spirit, one who is poor in spirit; this, a blessed cōjunction indeed; though it thinks it self too good for any lust, yet not too good to be subject to the least Commandemēt; though will not be under the power of any creature, yet will lie flat and trembling under the least word of the Lord,