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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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And lastly, if our comforts be enjoyed for God, then our hearts are not let out to any of them, further then leads us to God; and if so, then when God calls for the parting with them, in a suffering way, the enjoyment of them cannot lead to God any further, but would draw off the spirit from God; and therefore such a heart is willing now to part with them, it is not grievous to it to leave them, because the excellency of them is not now in the enjoyment of them, but in the parting with them.
Eighthly, be often renewing your resignations of 1all unto God, and your covenant with him, to be at his dispose, that so when any trouble comes at any time, this resignation of heart, and renewal of covenant, may be fresh upon your spirits: the soul will be ready to suffer much, if it be called to it, when an actual resignation, and renewing of covenant hath been a little before, and the power of it is now fresh upon the heart: sometimes immediately after a day of solemn humiliation, where this hath been, the soul thinks then it could do or suffer any thing; but in a ⟨p. 81⟩little time, except this be renewed again, the heart grows drossy, and cleaves to present things, and mingles it self with them: the often renewing of this, keeps the heart very loose from the creature; a thing that hangs loose from another, may soon be taken off from it, but if it cleaves to it, it is not taken off without difficulty, it oftener rends in the taking off: thus it is when the heart cleaves to any creature-content.
Eighthly, be often renewing your resignations of 1all unto God, and your covenant with him, to be at his dispose, that so when any trouble comes at any time, this resignation of heart, and renewal of covenant, may be fresh upon your spirits: the soul will be ready to suffer much, if it be called to it, when an actual resignation, and renewing of covenant hath been a little before, and the power of it is now fresh upon the heart: sometimes immediately after a day of solemn humiliation, where this hath been, the soul thinks then it could do or suffer any thing; but in a