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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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A third argument that he uses, That we never heard ⟨p. 125⟩of any so given to their appetite, that would boast of their pleasure, that they had devoured so much, or given to their lusts, that would boast of their lust, how they had satisfied it: (although if he lived in these days, he might hear of such men; it seems men are grown more sensual, then they were in those times) but for the pleasures of the mind, many would break forth in rejoicing and glorying expressions, that they had had them: as he instances in Archimedes, when he had found out a Philosophical experiment, that he was so filled with joy, that he ran up and down, crying, I have found it, I have found it.
A third argument that he uses, That we never heard ⟨p. 125⟩of any so given to their appetite, that would boast of their pleasure, that they had devoured so much, or given to their lusts, that would boast of their lust, how they had satisfied it: (although if he lived in these days, he might hear of such men; it seems men are grown more sensual, then they were in those times) but for the pleasures of the minde, many would break forth in rejoycing and glorying expressions, that they had had them: as he instances in Archimedes, when he had found out a Phylosophical experiment, that he was so filled with joy, that he ran up and down, crying, I have found it, I have found it.
A fourth argument, That no man would so prize their pleasures in belly-cheer, as to be willing presently to dye, that they might be filled therewith; for the pleasures of the mind, many have so delighted in them, so prized them, as they have been willing presently to dye for the enjoyment of them: as he instances in Eudoxus, who would be willing to be burnt up by the Sun presently, upon condition he might be admitted to come so near it, as to learn the nature of it. Thus Heathens could argue against the slightness and vanity of sensual pleasures, and the solidness and excellency of the pleasures of the mind.