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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 11: Afflicted godliness, is better then delightful wickedness.
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Thirdly, again, when I walk in these ways, my soul 1shall enjoy the love of God, and that little I have, I shall have it in love, and from the love of God; Now thy love, O Lord, is better then wine, better then all the comforts of the world. The Lord satisfies his people with love, as with marrow and fatness; a little that the soul hath that comes from the love of God, by virtue of a promise, how sweet is it? how sweet is sleep when it comes from that promise? Thou wilt give thy beloved sleep, and all comes this way; I have all in the love of God, though I have but a little in the world, and though I be in affliction, & am short of that which others have.
Thirdly, again, when I walk in these ways, my soul 1shall enjoy the love of God, and that little I have, I shall have it in love, and from the love of God; Now thy love, O Lord, is better then wine, better then all the comforts of the world. The Lord satisfies his people with love, as with marrow and fatness; a little that the soul hath that comes from the love of God, by vertue of a promise, how sweet is it? how sweet is sleep when it comes from that promise? Thou wilt give thy beloved sleep, and all comes this way; I have all in the love of God, though I have but a little in the world, and though I be in affliction, & am short of that which others have.
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Fourthly, and in those ways, my soul shall enjoy 1communion with God; God will let out himself to me in a gracious manner, he will reveal the secrets of heavenly joys to my soul, and one beam of the light of his face, is more worth then all the world, and is able to carry through all the hardships of the world. My soul shall have communion with Jesus Christ; and Cursed is that man, says that noble Marquess Galeacius, that counts all the world comparable to one days enjoyment of communion with Christ.