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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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Plutarch in his Morals hath an excellent discourse upon this argument, to prove, that according to the Rules of Epicurus, No man can live a true pleasurable life; not that by his Rules no man can live a virtuous life, that perhaps would be granted by many; but that no man can have a life of pleasure by those Rules, that is the thing that he undertakes to prove, and amongst other arguments he hath these:
Plutarch in his Morals hath an excellent discourse upon this argument, to prove, that according to the Rules of Epicurus, No man can live a true pleasurable life; not that by his Rules no man can live a vertuous life, that perhaps would be granted by many; but that no man can have a life of pleasure by those Rules, that is the thing that he undertakes to prove, and amongst other arguments he hath these:
First, That it is not probable for any modest and temperate men, to give way to let their thoughts abide upon any such pleasures, he accounts them so vain and slight; for the pleasures of the mind, men that are wise and sober, delight in the thoughts of such.
First, That it is not probable for any modest and temperate men, to give way to let their thoughts abide upon any such pleasures, he accounts them so vain and slight; for the pleasures of the minde, men that are wise and sober, delight in the thoughts of such.
A second argument that he useth, is, That never, as he says, to this day, were known any that would offer sacrifice to their God, in thankfulness for the enjoyment of their pleasures with their Minions; but wise men have offered sacrifices, in thankfulness for the pleasures of their mind; as he instances in Pythagoras.
A second argument that he useth, is, That never, as he says, to this day, were known any that would offer sacrifice to their God, in thankfulness for the enjoyment of their pleasures with their Minions; but wise men have offered sacrifices, in thankfulness for the pleasures of their minde; as he instances in Pythagoras.