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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.
And therefore, you that are godly, consider of the many principles of godliness that you profess: as namely, that the least sin is a greater evil, then all the evils in the world; and labour that all your whole life 1may hold out this principle, fearing the least sin, and the least occasion of sin. It is our principle, that we must make the Word the Rule of all our actions: Now let your conversations hold out this principle before others; And that the peace of conscience is of ⟨p. 295⟩infinite more value, then all the delights of the world: Hold out this principle; That the glory of God is the thing to be aimed at in all things. Now the care of Gods people, if they would so walk, as to draw others in love of communion with them, is not to talk of these things, but to hold them forth in their lives, that men that converse with them, may read them in their lives; Gods people should so walk, that if there were no talking of such principles, yet they may be found in their conversations.
And therefore, you that are godly, consider of the many principles of godliness that you profess: as namely, that the least sin is a greater evil, then all the evils in the world; and labor that all your whole life 1may hold out this principle, fearing the least sin, and the least occasion of sin. It is our principle, that we must make the Word the Rule of all our actions: Now let your conversations hold out this principle before others; And that the peace of conscience is of ⟨p. 295⟩infinite more value, then all the delights of the world: Hold out this principle; That the glory of God is the thing to be aimed at in all things. Now the care of Gods people, if they would so walk, as to draw others in love of communion with them, is not to talk of these things, but to hold them forth in their lives, that men that converse with them, may read them in their lives; Gods people should so walk, that if there were no talking of such principles, yet they may be found in their conversations.
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