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The difference between the spots of the godly and of the wicked preached
The difference between the spots of the godly and of the wicked preached by Mr. Jeremiah Burroughs at Cripple Gate.
London : s.n., 1668
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Lastly, Their very sin makes them to long for Heaven: O wretched man that I am! saith Paul, who shall deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ, &c. O! he flies to Christ, and he desires to be present with Christ: & so the Saints they long for Heaven upon this ground above all other grounds and reasons, namely, because they know they shall never be delivered from the body of sin and death that they carry about with them, till they come to Heaven, and therefore they prise the state of Heaven as a glorious state, because they shall never sin more against God:—I put it now, in the name of God, to your consciences this day; you say you hope to go to Heaven, what's that for which you prise Heaven most? why, a gracious heart would say, O Lord, though I endure some sorrows and afflictions here, yet thou knowest that the great burden of all, it is the burden of my sin; and when I shall be taken out of this world, I know I shall never sin more, never sin more against thee. O that day! when shall that day come that my soul ⟨p. 89⟩shall never sin more against that God that I do love? Thou that knowest all things, knowest, that this is my desire after Heaven upon this ground, above all other grounds whatsoever: Are you able to say so as in the presence of God? this would be a good argument indeed, that though there be some spots, yet they may be the spots of Gods Children: And if it be so with thee, then attend to the next point, and that is—
Lastly, Their very sin makes them to long for Heaven: O wretched man that I am! saith Paul, who shall deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ, &c. O! he flies to Christ, and he desires to be present with Christ: & so the Saints they long for Heaven upon this ground above all other grounds and reasons, namely, because they know they shall never be delivered from the body of sin and death that they carry about with them, till they come to Heaven, and therefore they prise the state of Heaven as a glorious state, because they shall never sin more against God:—I put it now, in the name of God, to your consciences this day; you say you hope to go to Heaven, what's that for which you prise Heaven most? why, a gracious heart would say, O Lord, though I endure some sorrows and afflictions here, yet thou knowest that the great burden of all, it is the burden of my sin; and when I shall be taken out of this world, I know I shall never sin more, never sin more against thee. O that day! when shall that day come that my soul