A30592:1101
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
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Secondly, this reward, certainly it is that which is ⟨p. 495⟩1beyond all the expression that we have in Scripture of it: Great things are spoken in the word, but there is more to be revealed and to be enjoyed, then is yet revealed in all the Book of God, Isa. 64. 4. For since the beginning of the world, men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, besides thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. And therefore in 2 Thess. 1. 10. it is said, Christ shall come to be glorified in his Saints, and to be admired in all them that believe: Now the cause of admiration, it is the sight of something more then was known before, that was not thought of, and was not understood; even then at the first coming of Christ, he shall appear in so much glory, as he shall be admired; as if the Saints should say, We heard much concerning Christ and his glory, but we never thought that there was so much glory in Jesus Christ, as now we find; and therefore we stand admiring at the glory of Christ.
Secondly, this reward, certainly it is that which is ⟨p. 495⟩1beyond all the expression that we have in Scripture of it: Great things are spoken in the word, but there is more to be revealed and to be enjoyed, then is yet revealed in all the Book of God, Isa. 64. 4. For since the beginning of the world, men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, besides thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. And therefore in 2 Thess. 1. 10. it is said, Christ shall come to be glorified in his Saints, and to be admired in all them that believe: Now the cause of admiration, it is the sight of something more then was known before, that was not thought of, and was not understood; even then at the first coming of Christ, he shall appear in so much glory, as he shall be admired; as if the Saints should say, We heard much concerning Christ and his glory, but we never thought that there was so much glory in Jesus Christ, as now we finde; and therefore we stand admiring at the glory of Christ.