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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.
The first is, The reflect act of the soul, whereby it comes to know what it hath; it hath a God, and it 1knows it, by a reflect act; and upon this it is, that there is no creature can be said to enjoy a thing properly, but the rational creature; the beasts and plants have many things communicated to them, but they have no reflect act to know what they have, this is proper to the rational creature. If one have never so great a good, if he were ignorant of it, and did not know it, he could not be said to enjoy it: As one that hath an inheritance given him, if he knows not of it, he is far enough from the enjoyment of it. This will add much to the happiness of Gods people, they shall be filled with happiness and glory, filled with God, and they shall know all their happiness: There are many excellencies that other creatures have, but they know not of their excellency; and many of Gods people have abundance of mercy from God, God communicates much to them here, but they cannot be said properly to enjoy it, because they do not know it; but ⟨p. 569⟩time will come, though God lets out himself fully, yet he shall let out himself no further then we shall know him.
The first is, The reflect act of the soul, whereby it comes to know what it hath; it hath a God, and it 1knows it, by a reflect act; and upon this it is, that there is no creature can be said to enjoy a thing properly, but the rational creature; the beasts and plants have many things communicated to them, but they have no reflect act to know what they have, this is proper to the rational creature. If one have never so great a good, if he were ignorant of it, and did not know it, he could not be said to enjoy it: As one that hath an inheritance given him, if he knows not of it, he is far enough from the enjoyment of it. This will adde much to the happiness of Gods people, they shall be filled with happiness and glory, filled with God, and they shall know all their happiness: There are many excellencies that other creatures have, but they know not of their excellency; and many of Gods people have abundance of mercy from God, God communicates much to them here, but they cannot be said properly to enjoy it, because they do not know it; but ⟨p. 569⟩