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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.
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.
First, from God: therefore whatsoever he takes away, it is but his own; and what are we, that we must always have comfort, and content, who are poor beggarly 1creatures, who have nothing of our own?
First, from God: therefore whatsoever he takes away, it is but his own; and what are we, that we must always have comfort, and content, who are poor beggerly 1creatures, who have nothing of our own?
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Secondly, enjoy God in all: the enjoyment of 1God in all, is a mystery the world is not acquainted with, only a gracious heart knows what it is; it looks at all creatures but as the pipe of conveyance, the sweet, and comfort, and blessing, is God in them; therefore in any affliction that befalls, so long as God may be enjoyed, the comfort, and sweet, and blessing of all is not lost, although the creature be lost.