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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.
It is a great sign of a carnal heart, and opposite to the principle of grace, to look upon things according to outward excellency, and not to see a beauty in Gods people for want of outward excellency. Some things that are foolish, are only weakness of reason: some things are opposite to the principles of reason, and where we see such, we account those naturals: so some things are infirmities, and argue weakness of grace; but other things are quite contrary to the principles of grace, and amongst those I know none more evident then this, For people to judge of things according to outward excellency, and not to see the excellency of Gods people through outward means: this is an argument that the Gospel is hid from thee, and so thou art a lost creature: if the beauty of the Gospel be hid, it is hid to those that are lost: ⟨p. 218⟩It is true likewise of such as profess the Gospel, if the beauty of them be hid, it is hid to those that are lost.
It is a great sign of a carnal heart, and opposite to the principle of grace, to look upon things according to outward excellency, and not to see a beauty in Gods people for want of outward excellency. Some things that are foolish, are onely weakness of reason: some things are opposite to the principles of reason, and where we see such, we account those naturals: so some things are infirmities, and argue weakness of grace; but other things are quite contrary to the principles of grace, and amongst those I know none more evident then this, For people to judge of things according to outward excellency, and not to see the excellency of Gods people through outward meanes: this is an argument that the Gospel is hid from thee, and so thou art a lost creature: if the beauty of the Gospel be hid, it is hid to those that are lost: ⟨p. 218⟩It is true likewise of such as profess the Gospel, if the beauty of them be hid, it is hid to those that are lost.
Thirdly, if so that there is such an excellency in Gods people, though under great afflictions it should