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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 48: The blessedness of communion with God.
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Thirdly, in communion, there is the communication of what one have unto another; where there is 1right communion, there is a communication on both parts; if on receive good, and the other do not labour to communicate, it is not communion. Now there is a glorious communication on Gods part: First, immediate: Secondly, full: Thirdly, free: Fourthly, everlasting. First, immediate; whereas here God communicates himself through creatures, or through ordinances, there are conduits of conveyance; for there is such distance between God and us, that we cannot expect that immediate conveyance of Gods goodness, and of himself to us here, as we shall have in heaven.
Thirdly, in communion, there is the communication of what one have unto another; where there is 1right communion, there is a communication on both parts; if on receive good, and the other do not labor to communicate, it is not communion. Now there is a glorious communication on Gods part: First, immediate: Secondly, full: Thirdly, free: Fourthly, everlasting. First, immediate; whereas here God communicates himself through creatures, or through ordinances, there are conduits of conveyance; for there is such distance between God and us, that we cannot expect that immediate conveyance of Gods goodness, and of himself to us here, as we shall have in heaven.
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Secondly, the fullness of Gods communication: 1Suppose that God should draw out all that beauty, sweetness, goodness, and power that he hath communicated in all creatures in the world, and bring the quintessence of all, and communicate that unto the soul of one Saint, certainly it would not serve the turn, for the happiness of one Saint, there must be a greater communication: But conceive, if we see one creature have so much power in it by its influence upon the dunghill, as to produce such a glorious creature as life, which is the most glorious thing that ever God did make. Saint Augustine says, There is more glory in the life of a