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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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Secondly, what he suffered: even the wrath of 1God, and the curse of the Law, he was made a curse in the abstract as the Scripture speaks, which was another manner of thing, then any of our afflictions.
Secondly, what he suffered: even the wrath of 1God, and the curse of the Law, he was made a curse in the abstract as the Scripture speaks, which was another maner of thing, then any of our afflictions.
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Thirdly, for whom he suffered: it was for us vile 1worms, wretched sinful creatures, who were enemies to him: we suffer for God, who is infinitely blessed, to whom we owe all we are or have.
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Fourthly, how freely he suffered: it was of his own 1accord, his own free grace moved him to it, he laid down his life, none could take it from him: it is not in our liberty, whether we will suffer or no, we are under the power of another.
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