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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.
Twelfthly, the afflictions of Gods people are in 1just judgement a rock of offence, and a stumbling block to the ungodly. Christ in regard of the afflictions that attend the profession of the Gospel, is said to be a rock of offence, and so appointed for the fall of many, Luke 2. 34. How many thousands perish, because they are offended at the mean, afflicted, persecuted estate of Christ in this life? Thy heart is set upon vanity and outward pomp, this persecuted ⟨p. 59⟩estate of godliness is thy stumbling block, at which God in his wrath lets thee stumble, that thou mightest fall, break thy neck, and perish for ever: hence is that speech of Christ, Blessed are they that are not offended in me: O its a great mercy of God, not to let this be a stumbling block, it is a mercy that God grants but to a few; here and there a poor soul, who is able to see the beauty and glory of godliness, through all the dark clouds of troubles, afflictions, persecutions, that attend it: but for the generality of men, this is that which hides the glory of it from them, unto their everlasting perdition.
Twelfthly, the afflictions of Gods people are in 1just judgement a rock of offence, and a stumbling block to the ungodly. Christ in regard of the afflictions that attend the profession of the Gospel, is said to be a rock of offence, and so appointed for the fall of many, Luke 2. 34. How many thousands perish, because they are offended at the mean, afflicted, persecuted estate of Christ in this life? Thy heart is set upon vanity and outward pomp, this persecuted ⟨p. 59⟩estate of godliness is thy stumbling block, at which God in his wrath lets thee stumble, that thou mightest fall, break thy neck, and perish for ever: hence is that speech of Christ, Blessed are they that are not offended in me: O its a great mercy of God, not to let this be a stumbling block, it is a mercy that God grants but to a few; here and there a poor soul, who is able to see the beauty and glory of godliness, through all the dark clouds of troubles, afflictions, persecutious, that attend it: but for the generality of men, this is that which hides the glory of it from them, unto their everlasting perdition.