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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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Secondly, What time was spent in them.
Thirdly, How far thy heart was let out upon them.
Lastly, let the fearful end of these delightful things be considered. Those morsels which were so sweet in going down, they must come up again as bitter as gall: Job 20. 12, 13. Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue, though he spare it, and forsake it not, but keep it still within his mouth, yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of Asps within him. And Prov. 23. 31, 32. it is said of the wine that moveth its self, sparkling in the cup, at the last, it biteth like a Serpent, and stingeth like an Adder. The young man that follows the enticings of the Whore, Prov. 7. 22, 23. He goes as an Ox to slaughter, and as a fool to the stocks, till a dart strike through his liver, he knows not that it is for his life. And cap. 5. ver. 11. he is said to mourn at the last, when his flesh and his body is consumed; and he cries out, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof? and have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me? Sensual pleasure leads to, and fits for destruction. Isaiah 5. 14. Hell hath enlarged her self, and opened her mouth without measure, he that rejoiceth shall descend into it: Job 21. 12, 13. They take the Timbrel and Harp, and rejoice at the sound of the Organ, they spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to hell.