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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.
Hence we see what a difference is between the men of the world, and Gods people: The 1men of the world are such, as in all their outward pomp and bravery, are base and wretched, and Gods people in all their baseness and meanness, are precious and honourable: The wicked men are so vile, as all the glory that the world hath cannot make them blessed; and Gods people are so blessed, as that all the evil of the world cannot make them any way miserable: If a man had his hearts desire in all things that are here below, he may remain as a base cursed creature; but let him be gracious, and godly, and let him have all the misery that can be put upon him in the world, he is one that God, and the Angels, and Saints look upon, as the glory of the earth.
HEnce we see what a difference is between the men of the world, and Gods people: The 1men of the world are such, as in all their outward pomp and bravery, are base and wretched, and Gods people in all their baseness and meanness, are precious and honorable: The wicked men are so vile, as all the glory that the world hath cannot make them blessed; and Gods people are so blessed, as that all the evil of the world cannot make them any way miserable: If a man had his hearts desire in all things that are here below, he may remain as a base cursed creature; but let him be gracious, and godly, and let him have all the misery that can be put upon him in the world, he is one that God, and the Angels, and Saints look upon, as the glory of the earth.
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That is very observable we have of Antiochus Epiphanes in Dan. 11. 21. In his estate shall stand up a vile person, and yet he was the great King of Assyria. And Josephus reports, the Samaritans wrote to him, because he tormented the Jews, to excuse themselves that they were no Jews; and they writ, Antiochus the mighty God; and his name Epiphanes in English, does signify one that is illustrious and famous above others: Though he was the great King of Assyria, and by flattery was called the Mighty God, and by his name called Illustrious & famous above others, yet by the holy Ghost he is called a Vile person. But David speaking