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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.
Secondly, when thou art under afflictions, let there 1be an humble contented frame of spirit, as beseems a Christian; seeing thou art now under an Ordinance of God, take heed of the least murmuring, repining against God, as if he were a hard Master; or as if his ways were hard and burdensome, because of the afflictions thou meetest withal: when thy spirit begins any way to rise in such workings, charge thy soul to be silent unto God; it is a great shame for a Christian, not to be well skilled in that art, instructed in ⟨p. 92⟩that mystery of Christian contentation. Say with thy Saviour, Shall not I drink of that cup my Father hath given me to drink? It is Gods appointment, that his people should be in an afflicted estate in this world; it is the cup of my Father, and shall not I quietly, and contentedly drink of that cup? Now thou hast an opportunity to manifest the power and excellency of thy grace, to show what thy grace can enable thee to do; strength of reason will go far, in quieting and calming of the heart under afflictions; but grace surely, where it is true, will go farther.
Secondly, when thou art under afflictions, let there 1be an humble contented frame of spirit, as beseems a Christian; seeing thou art now under an Ordinance of God, take heed of the least murmuring, repining against God, as if he were a hard Master; or as if his ways were hard and burthensom, because of the afflictions thou meetest withal: when thy spirit begins any way to rise in such workings, charge thy soul to be silent unto God; it is a great shame for a Christian, not to be well skilled in that art, instructed in ⟨p. 92⟩that mystery of Christian contentation. Say with thy Savior, Shall not I drink of that cup my Father hath given me to drink? It is Gods appointment, that his people should be in an afflicted estate in this world; it is the cup of my Father, and shall not I quietly, and contentedly drink of that cup? Now thou hast an opportunity to manifest the power and excellency of thy grace, to shew what thy grace can enable thee to do; strength of reason wil go far, in quieting and calming of the heart under afflictions; but grace surely, where it is true, will go farther.