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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
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.
Secondly, in regard of the relation they have to God: Gods people have a near relation to God; the nearer 1relation one hath to great ones, the more high he is in the esteem of men; now Gods people though never 2so mean, have a wonderful near relation to God; for,
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- 2The saints near relation to God.
First, they are the chosen of God, they are those ⟨p. 208⟩which the Lord in his eternal counsels, hath set apart for himself; the counsels of God from all eternity have wrought for their good; and this is manifested unto a gracious heart, The Lord hath set apart a godly man for himself, says the Psalmist in Psal. 4. They are those that are the consecrated ones of God; consecrated and devoted things, though they were never so mean, were exceedingly esteemed of; if it were but leather, or wood, or never so mean a thing that was in the tabernacle, and consecrated to God, it was highly esteemed: Those that are superstitious, if there be any thing they think is a holy relic, though never so mean, what a high esteem they have of it?
First, they are the chosen of God, they are those ⟨p. 208⟩which the Lord in his eternal counsels, hath set apart for himself; the counsels of God from all eternity have wrought for their good; and this is manifested unto a gracious heart, The Lord hath set apart a godly man for himself, says the Psalmist in