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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
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.
Fourthly, I never find that the Scripture does accuse any of Hypocrisy, of unsoundness, and not 1to have truth of grace merely for this, because that they did aim at the reward which is in Heaven, for that they did; you shall find in Scripture many are discovered for hypocrites, for looking at the glory of the world as their aim, for seeking of riches and credit; but give me an instance where any is accused for unsoundness, for seeking of immortality, and eternity, and happiness; this is that which troubles many Christians, that which they do is out of self-love, and they aim at themselves; God did never discover any to be unsound upon this ground, and therefore we should be cautious in accusing our selves ⟨p. 488⟩of this, as many do, because, for the present they cannot see how they go further then seeking of themselves, though we cannot see how we do go further, yet it is an argument we do go further, if we get up to this. Paul made it a mighty work of grace in him, that he could have his heart taken off from all temporal things that are seen, and to look at eternal things that were not seen.
Fourthly, I never finde that the Scripture does accuse any of Hypocrisie, of unsoundness, and not 1to have truth of grace meerly for this, because that they did aym at the reward which is in Heaven, for that they did; you shall finde in Scripture many are discovered for hypocrites, for looking at the glory of the world as their aym, for seeking of riches and credit; but give me an instance where any is accused for unsoundness, for seeking of immortallity, and eternity, and happiness; this is that which troubles many Christians, that which they do is out of selflove, and they aym at themselves; God did never discover any to be unsound upon this ground, and therefore we should be cautious in accusing our selves ⟨p. 488⟩of this, as many do, because, for the present they cannot see how they go further then seeking of themselves, though we cannot see how we do go further, yet it is an argument we do go further, if we get up to this. Paul made it a mighty work of grace in him, that he could have his heart taken off from all temporal things that are seen, and to look at eternal things that were not seen.