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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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Sixthly, certainly there are glorious and great things 1for mankind, in that God hath raised the nature of man unto such a height, as he hath done in Christ; namely, to unite mans nature unto himself, unto the second person of the Trinity, and that with the nearest union that possibly can be; namely, an hypostatical union: certainly then God intends great things for the children of men, for that nature, that is one person with the Divine nature. This is such a great work of God, as all other of the works of God are darkened in the honour of this great work.
Sixthly, certainly there are glorious and great things 1for mankinde, in that God hath raised the nature of man unto such a heighth, as he hath done in Christ; namely, to unite mans nature unto himself, unto the second person of the Trinity, and that with the nearest union that possibly can be; namely, an hypostatical union: certainly then God intends great things for the children of men, for that nature, that is one person with the Divine nature. This is such a great work of God, as all other of the works of God are darkned in the honor of this great work.
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Seventhly, the great purchase that Jesus Christ hath made, in that he hath been content to leave so much 1glory, certainly this was to purchase great glory; and in that he was content to be made a curse for mans-sin, and to shed his blood, and to give his life for man, surely this was not only to purchase outward comforts in the world, it was to purchase higher things; and therefore great must needs be the fruit of the purchase of the blood of Christ; and therefore great are the things that are to be revealed hereafter.