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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.
Nay, it is a killing cross; 1 Cor. 15. 31. I dye daily, saith St. Paul.
But yet I hope there may be refreshings some part of the day.
Not so neither; Rom. 8. 36. For thy sake are we killed all the day long; that is, in regard of the danger of death: Secondly, in regard of some beginnings that we suffer: Thirdly, in regard of our willingness to undergo it.
Since the days of John Baptist the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force, Mat. 11. 12. this is ordinarily taken for the greediness of the peoples embracing Johns Ministry, but it rather seems to be spoken of another kind of violence, namely, the violence of opposition and persecution, in which the enemies of the Gospel seek to lay violent hands upon it; for he tells them presently, Verse 16, 17, 18. that the Jews were as wayward children, that nothing would please them, but said that John had a Devil; they were therefore rather