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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.
Fifthly, consider what truths have been most pressed 1upon your hearts before the affliction, for afflictions do use to come as seals to instructions, as Job 33. 16. A writing hath not that authority with it before it be sealed, as it hath after; but when the seal is set on, then it comes with authority: so it is in regard of Gods instructions; before, they did not come with power to your hearts, now God seals them, that they may prevail; and by considering what those instructions were, you may be helped to find out what God aims at in your afflictions.
Fifthly, consider what truths have been most pressed 1upon your hearts before the affliction, for afflictions do use to come as seals to instructions, as Iob 33. 16. A writing hath not that authority with it before it be sealed, as it hath after; but when the seal is set on, then it comes with authority: so it is in regard of Gods instructions; before, they did not come with power to your hearts, now God seals them, that they may prevail; and by considering what those instructions were, you may be helped to finde out what God aims at in your afflictions.
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A third Rule is, when you have found out your 1sin, stir up your heart against it with indignation: ⟨p. 97⟩This is that which hath caused me all this woe, that hath brought all this trouble and smart. As