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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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First, such as choose to satisfy themselves in such 1pleasures as are in themselves sinful, such who take pleasure in filthiness and ungodliness: these are the dregs of men, these are the basest of all, that can take delight in the very act of sin it self: All that is said concerning the dreadful evils of sin, and that venom and curse that there is in sin, is so far from making sin to be bitter to them, as they account more pleasure to be had in many sinful ways, then there is to be had in the enjoyment of all the glory that there is in God and Jesus Christ, in Heaven and Eternity: O cursed heart, and cursed choice is this, that when God hath revealed in his Word so much concerning the evil of sin, that might make any heart in the ⟨p. 149⟩world tremble at it, that thou shouldst not only not apprehend the evil of it, or not taste any bitterness that is in it, but shouldst count it delightful, yea, shouldst esteem so much pleasure to be had in the act of sin it self, more then there is to be had in God, in Christ, or in the Promises, or in Heaven, or Eternity.
First, such as choose to satisfie themselves in such 1pleasures as are in themselves sinful, such who take pleasure in filthiness and ungodliness: these are the dregs of men, these are the basest of all, that can take delight in the very act of sin it self: All that is said concerning the dreadful evils of sin, and that venome and curse that there is in sin, is so far from making sin to be bitter to them, as they account more pleasure to be had in many sinful ways, then there is to be had in the enjoyment of all the glory that there is in God and Jesus Christ, in Heaven and Eternity: O cursed heart, and cursed choice is this, that when God hath revealed in his Word so much concerning the evil of sin, that might make any heart in the ⟨p. 149⟩world tremble at it, that thou shouldst not onely not apprehend the evil of it, or not taste any bitterness that is in it, but shouldst count it delightful, yea, shouldst esteem so much pleasure to be had in the act of sin it self, more then there is to be had in God, in Christ, or in the Promises, or in Heaven, or Eternity.