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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.
Again, here we see and desire many good things 1that we do not enjoy and possess; but hereafter we shall see no good, nor desire any good, nor will any good, but we shall have it: And as God ⟨p. 507⟩said concerning the Land of Canaan, unto the children of Israel, in Deut. 11. 24. Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread, shall be yours; so in heaven, whatsoever the Saints see they shall have: Here we may will a thing, and will it lawfully, and yet it may be cross unto Gods secret will, and it shall never come to pass; the reason is, because the rule of our wills is Gods Commandment, and not his secret will; as David did will to build God a house, and God commends him for it, and yet God did not will it: And a child may will the life of his parent, and yet God may will his parent shall not live, and yet he is not to be blamed, because he wills according to the rule; but hereafter God shall so far reveal his will to us, and our wills shall be so fully united to God, that there shall not be the least crossing between any thing that we will, and that God wills.
Again, here we see and desire many good things 1that we do not enjoy and possess; but hereafter we shall see no good, nor desire any good, nor will any good, but we shall have it: And as God ⟨p. 507⟩said concerning the Land of Canaan, unto the children of Israel, in Deut. 11. 24. Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread, shall be yours; so in heaven, whatsoever the Saints see they shall have: Here we may will a thing, and will it lawfully, and yet it may be cross unto Gods secret will, and it shall never come to pass; the reason is, because the rule of our wills is Gods Commandment, and not his secret will; as David did will to build God a house, and God commends him for it, and yet God did not will it: And a childe may will the life of his parent, and yet God may will his parent shall not live, and yet he is not to be blamed, because he wills according to the rule; but hereafter God shall so far reveal his will to us, and our wills shall be so fully united to God, that there shall not be the least crossing between any thing that we will, and that God wills.