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Moses his choice with his eye fixed upon Heaven, discovering the happy condition of…
Moses his choice with his eye fixed upon Heaven, discovering the happy condition of a self-denying heart, delivered in a treatise upon Hebrews II, 25, 26 / by Jeremiah Burroughs.
London: printed by John Field, 1650
Moses his Choice. › Part 3 › Chapter 39: There is glorious reward for the people of God.
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That there is a reward. Certainly, there is a more blessed condition for Gods people hereafter, they have 1not received that which is prepared for them, there are other manner of things to be revealed, then those that you see. Psal. 58. 11. Verily there is a reward for the righteous; surely it is so: notwithstanding a carnal sensual heart doth not see it, yet verily there is a reward; though the ways of Gods providence do seem outwardly to work otherwise, yet surely there is a reward: notwithstanding our unbelieving hearts are ready to question it, yet surely there is a reward, verily there is a reward for the righteous. There is a great deal of power in this one thing to raise up our hearts from the creature, from grovelling here below, ⟨p. 479⟩to make us at least to look upward to know our happiness is not here, to know that there are glorious things to be expected, and that appears:
That there is a reward. Certainly, there is a more blessed condition for Gods people hereafter, they have 1not received that which is prepared for them, there are other maner of things to be revealed, then those that you see. Psal. 58. 11. Verily there is a reward for the righteous; surely it is so: notwithstanding a carnal sensual heart doth not see it, yet verily there is a reward; though the ways of Gods providence do seem outwardly to work otherwise, yet surely there is a reward: notwithstanding our unbelieving hearts are ready to question it, yet surely there is a reward, verily there is a reward for the righteous. There is a great deal of power in this one thing to raise up our hearts from the creature, from grovelling here below, ⟨p. 479⟩to make us at least to look upward to know our happiness is not here, to know that there are glorious things to be expected, and that appears:
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