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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.
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 ⟨p. 248⟩one into another: The more spiritual any thing is, the more it does unite with that which is spiritual; spiritual things are more unitive then such things as are bodily; as if you have a heap of stones, they do not join so close together, but now a thousand beams of the Sun will unite together in one point, because they are spiritual things in comparison: and this is the reason why there is such a full union between God, and a spiritual heart, because God is so spiritual, and the more spiritual the heart is, the more union; and so Christians having grace, and grace being spiritual, the more grace, the more spiritual, and the more spiritual, the more union: and the reason why in Church-fellowship there is so little union, is because they are so carnal, and therefore the Apostle says, the contentions that were in the Church of Corinth, were because they were carnal. If you were more spiritual, there would not be such division between you.
Again, no such comfort as in communion with Gods people, in regard of the nearness of their union one 1with another, their hearts joyn, 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 ⟨p. 248⟩one into another: The more spiritual any thing is, the more it does unite with that which is spiritual; spiritual things are more unitive then such things as are bodily; as if you have a heap of stones, they do not joyn so close together, but now a thousand beams of the Sun will unite together in one point, because they are spiritual things in comparison: and this is the reason why there is such a full union between God, and a spiritual heart, because God is so spiritual, and the more spiritual the heart is, the more union; and so Christians having grace, and grace being spiritual, the more grace, the more spiritual, and the more spiritual, the more union: and the reason why in Church-fellowship there is so little union, is because they are so carnal, and therefore the Apostle says, the contentions that were in the Church of Corinth, were because they were carnal. If you were more spiritual, there would not be such division between you.