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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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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.
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 onely 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.
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Eighthly, there are in Scripture many glorious promises which yet are not fulfilled, abundant rich and 1glorious promises, that have infinite treasures of good in them, there must be a time of fulfilling of them all, to the utmost extent of them: and therefore certainly there are great things to be revealed hereafter. Thy word O Lord is settled for ever in Heaven, Psal. 119. 89.
Eighthly, there are in Scripture many glorious promises which yet are not fulfilled, abundant rich and