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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 1 › Chapter 8: Eleven Rules for preparation to suffer afflictions.
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Fifthly, where conscience by this is throughly wounded, 1and deeply struck, it cannot easily gather any such film upon it, as not to remain tender, but it soon feels the evil, yea it is sensible of the danger of the least sin.
Fiftly, where conscience by this is throughly wounded, 1and deeply struck, it cannot easily gather any such film upon it, as not to remain tender, but it soon feels the evil, yea it is sensible of the danger of the least sin.
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Sixthly, if ever God hath manifested any love in 1Christ unto it, the souls love to God and Christ must needs be exceeding great.
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Fourthly, be careful to preserve your inward peace, 1your peace with God, and your own conscience: If vapours be not got into the earth, and stir not there, they are not all the storms and tempests abroad that can make an earthquake; but if vapours be within, and work there, an earthquake is caused: so where there is peace within, all troubles and oppositions without, cannot shake the heart; but if there be no peace within, every little thing troubles the spirit: terrors without, and terrors within, both are very hard, Be not thou a terror to me, O Lord, says Jeremiah, chap. 17. 17. for thou art my hope in the day of evil. I care not though all the world be a terror to me, so be it thou beest not a terror; if I have peace with thee, it is enough, what ever evil befall me: Oh therefore maintain, and keep this peace above all, it is no matter whether you have peace or no with the