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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.
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Fifthly, it is not because they have so much cause of sorrow as you, but they come to see more then 1you; not because their hearts are not so pleasant as yours, but because God hath discovered the danger of their condition more to them, and the things that concern their souls and eternal estates, such things as if thou didst but see, would sink thy heart into dismal, bottomless sorrow and desperation. Thou thinkest much to see them so sad as they are, If thou didst but see that they see, thou wouldst sink down into the gulf of desperation among the damned spirits.
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It is a mighty argument, they have some mighty work of God to uphold them, and that grace comes from a mighty principle, that they have some cheerfulness, notwithstanding they see such things, as if one that were merely natural should see them, he would sink down into hell, and yet they can hope in God; and sometimes, notwithstanding all unbelief, do rejoice in God. Alas, thy pleasantness and delight is such, as every little toy is enough to damp; if thou beest crossed in the least thing in the creature, thou art damped: But what if God should show thee all his terrors, the infinite evil of sin, and the infinite danger thou art in, in regard of thy eternal estate, that would damp thee indeed; and therefore acknowledge that that joy that the godly have, considering what they see, is exceeding strong, that upholds them as it doth.
It is a mighty argument, they have some mighty work of God to uphold them, and that grace comes from a mighty principle, that they have some chearfulness, notwithstanding they see such things, as if one that were meerly natural should see them, he would sink down into hell, and yet they can hope in God; and sometimes, notwithstanding all unbelief, do rejoyce in God. Alas, thy pleasantness and delight is such, as every little toy is enough to damp; if thou beest crossed in the least thing in the creature, thou art damped: But what if God should shew thee all his terrors, the infinite evil of sin, and the infinite danger thou art in, in regard of thy eternal estate, that would damp thee indeed; and therefore acknowledge that that joy that the godly have, considering what they see, is exceeding strong, that upholds them as it doth.