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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.
Eighthly, there is a necessity of thy miscarrying in 1the ways of eternal life; for if God hath so ordered things in his providence, as that such ways must be in ways of affliction; and thy heart cannot bear affliction, how is it possible, but that thou must needs miscarry in them? It is a woeful thing, to have a mans heart opposite to Gods order, in any thing, but much more in things of infinite consequence; if afflictions be a block to thee in the way of life, you must have this block.
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Ninthly, How little love is there in thine heart to God, when thou art so shy of any thing to be suffered for God? love rejoices in suffering for the beloved. 1The avoiding hell, and the getting Heaven, are no great things, says Chrysostom, where the love of God is: then surely the avoiding outward troubles, 2and the enjoyment of outward comforts, would be no great matter to us, if the love of God were in us.
Ninthly, How little love is there in thine heart to God, when thou art so shy of any thing to be suffered for God? love rejoyces in suffering for the beloved. 1The avoiding hell, and the getting Heaven, are no great things, says Chrysostome, where the love of God is: then surely the avoiding outward troubles, 2and the enjoyment of outward comforts, would be no great matter to us, if the love of God were in us.
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