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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.
Sixthly, we must be willing to suffer with them; 1we must be willing to lay down our lives for the brethren, much more suffer with the brethren: we must be willing to have fellowship with them, not only in their privileges, but in their sufferings, Rev. 1. 9. I John who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the Kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ: many are willing to be brethren, and companions in the kingdom, but not in tribulation, and in the patience of Jesus Christ; Heb. 10. 33. it was the commendations of those Christians mentioned there, that they were companions of those that were ill used for the cause of Christ.
Sixthly, we must be willing to suffer with them; 1we must be willing to lay down our lives for the brethren, much more suffer with the brethren: we must be willing to have fellowship with them, not onely in their priviledges, but in their sufferings, Rev. 1. 9. I John who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the Kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ: many are willing to be brethren, and companions in the kingdom, but not in tribulation, and in the patience of Jesus Christ; Heb. 10. 33. it was the commendations of those Christians mentioned there, that they were companions of those that were ill used for the cause of Christ.
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Wherefore for application, let us know our duty, 1