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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 15: The true pleasantness of all the ways of godliness.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Scripture sets out the pleasantness of Gods ⟨p. 171⟩ways, by all manner of pleasure that men find in the world, the pleasure of the eye, of the taste, of the smell, of the ear. The way of the righteous is as a light that shines more and more, to a perfect day: Now it is a good and pleasant thing for an eye to behold the light; no such beauty as in the ways of godliness. The savour of ointments and spices, in Scripture sets out the fragrancy of Gods Spirit. The melody of the ear, that is also for the setting out of the joy of Gods people; Blessed are they that hear the joyful sound. The taste, O come and taste how sweet the Lord is. And the delight that Gods people have with the Lord in his ways, is set out by the marriage delight, that is the greatest natural delight amongst the children of men.
The Scripture sets out the pleasantness of Gods ⟨p. 171⟩ways, by all maner of pleasure that men finde in the world, the pleasure of the eye, of the taste, of the smell, of the ear. The way of the righteous is as a light that shines more and more, to a perfect day: Now it is a good and pleasant thing for an eye to behold the light; no such beauty as in the ways of godliness. The savour of oyntments and spices, in Scripture sets out the fragrancy of Gods Spirit. The melody of the ear, that is also for the setting out of the joy of Gods people; Blessed are they that hear the joyful sound. The taste, O come and taste how sweet the Lord is. And the delight that Gods people have with the Lord in his ways, is set out by the marriage delight, that is the greatest natural delight amongst the children of men.
But wherein does the pleasantness of the ways 1of wisdom appear? what kind of pleasantness is it?
But wherein does the pleasantness of the ways