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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 13: The evil of an ill choice, discovered.
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That wherein a mans happiness consists, he may desire infinitely, and he cannot but do it, it is as natural for him to do it, as for the fire to burn, or the stone to descend; and because men put happiness in the pleasures of the flesh, therefore their hearts are ⟨p. 146⟩set infinitely upon them; that is, to set, as they give themselves liberty, without any bounds, and desire 1that if it were possible, no limits might be set either by God or man. If they have means, they account the chief good of what they have, is, in that they may have larger opportunities then others, to satisfy the flesh in the sensual pleasures of it: and hence is the infinite excess of meats, and drinks, and carnal delights, in those whose means afford them opportunities thereunto. Luther speaking of this excess, hath this expression, If Adam should now rise again, and see this madness of all sorts of men, I believe he would be so amazed at it, that he would stand as a stone.
That wherein a mans happiness consists, he may desire infinitely, and he cannot but do it, it is as natural for him to do it, as for the fire to burn, or the stone to descend; and because men put happiness in the pleasures of the flesh, therefore their hearts are ⟨p. 146⟩set infinitely upon them; that is, to set, as they give themselves liberty, without any bounds, and desire 1that if it were possible, no limits might be set either by God or man. If they have means, they account the chief good of what they have, is, in that they may have larger opportunities then others, to satisfie the flesh in the sensual pleasures of it: and hence is the infinite excess of meats, and drinks, and carnal delights, in those whose means afford them opportunities thereunto. Luther speaking of this excess, hath this expression, If Adam should now rise again, and see this madness of all sorts of men, I believe he would be so amazed at it, that he would stand as a stone.
- 1Si nunc Adam resurgeret & videret hanc insaniam omnium ordinū, profect credo quòd prae stupor tanquā lapis staret. Luth. in