A30592:512
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.
As it is with the Deer that is hunted, when the Huntsman goes into the Park, he stirs up all, and all run together, but if one be shot, and they see the blood run down, they will all push him out of their company: so while Gods people go on, and are in credit, and esteem with the world, others that are slight professors of Religion will esteem them, and ⟨p. 221⟩they shall be welcome into their company, till they be shot, and they see disgrace put upon them, then they look upon them with a lowry countenance. If a man be travelling, and there be a Sun-dial by the high-way, if the Sun shine, he will go out of his way to take notice of it, but if the Sun do not shine, he may go a hundred times by and never regard it; and so when the Sun shines upon Gods people, they are much made of, but if a cloudy day do come, and take away the Sunshine, they are not esteemed, and many people instead of helping them in their affliction, will add to their affliction, and say, You needed not to have been so forward, and to have appeared so much; It was your want of wisdom brought you into this trouble, and the like.
As it is with the Deer that is hunted, when the Huntsman goes into the Park, he stirs up all, and all run together, but if one be shot, and they see the blood run down, they will all push him out of their company: so while Gods people go on, and are in credit, and esteem with the world, others that are slight professors of Religion will esteem them, and ⟨p. 221⟩they shall be welcom into their company, till they be shot, and they see disgrace put upon them, then they look upon them with a lowry countenance. If a man be travelling, and there be a Sun-dial by the high-way, if the Sun shine, he will go out of his way to take notice of it, but if the Sun do not shine, he may go a hundred times by and never regard it; and so when the Sun shines upon Gods people, they are much made of, but if a cloudy day do come, and take away the Sunshine, they are not esteemed, and many people instead of helping them in their affliction, will adde to their affliction, and say, You needed not to have been so forward, and to have appeared so much; It was your want of wisdom brought you into this trouble, and the like.