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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.
But how should we improve afflictions?1
- 1Quest.
First, be jealous of your selves, lest it should pass 1away unsanctified; be more afraid of the affliction leaving of you thus, then of the continuing of it upon you; and therefore, lay out your strength more for a sanctified use of it, then for deliverance from it.
- 1Answ. How to improve our afflictions.
Secondly, labour to know Gods mind in your afflictions. 1The man of wisdom sees Gods name upon this rod, and understands what God intends. First, whether he sends them for sin, or for other ends; and if for sin, for what particular.
Secondly, labor to know Gods minde in your afflictions. 1The man of wisdom sees Gods name upon this rod, and understands what God intends. First, whether he sends them for sin, or for other ends; and if for sin, for what particular.
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