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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.
Besides, there is a blessed fragrancy of graces in 1Gods people: as the eye is satisfied in beholding the beauty of them, so the heart is satisfied in the sweetness of them; Cant. 6. 2. My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices; the Catholic Church is as the garden, and every particular Church, if it be as it should be, is as a bed of spices, that gives forth a very fragrant smell. It is reported of Alexander, his body was of such an exact constitution, that it gave a sweet scent where it went: and so a Church is of so good a constitution, that it gives forth a wonderful sweet fragrant smell to those that have their right senses.
Besides, there is a blessed fragrancy of graces in 1Gods people: as the eye is satisfied in beholding the beauty of them, so the heart is satisfied in the sweetness of them; Cant. 6. 2. My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices; the Catholike Church is as the garden, and every particular Church, if it be as it should be, is as a bed of spices, that gives forth a very fragrant smell. It is reported of Alexander, his body was of such an exact constitution, that it gave a sweet scent where it went: and so a Church is of so good a constitution, that it gives forth a wonderful sweet fragrant smell to those that have their right senses.
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Again, no such comfort as in communion with Gods people, in regard of the nearness of their union one 1with another, their hearts join, and are one if they be truly spiritual: other societies are but as the iron and the clay in the toes of Nebuchadnezzars Image, they may cleave together, but they will not incorporate