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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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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 ⟨p. 563⟩fly, then in the Sun in the Firmament: Now if the Sun have such power to produce life from a piece of dirt, what power shall the influence of an infinite God have upon a glorified soul? No marvel though the Scripture says. That eye hath not seen, neither ear hath heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man, to conceive what God hath prepared for them that love him.
Secondly, the fulness 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 dunghil, 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 ⟨p. 563⟩flie, then in the Sun in the Firmament: Now if the Sun have such power to produce life from a piece of dirt, what power shall the influence of an infinite God have upon a glorified soul? No marvel though the Scripture says. That eye hath not seen, neither ear hath heard, neither hath it entred into the heart of man, to conceive what God hath prepared for them that love him.
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