Moses his choice with his eye fixed upon Heaven, discovering the happy condition of…

First, the resisting of strong temptations; every ¹slight temptation overcomes them, but when they ²shall see you stand out against powerful temptations, they see you have a power beyond theirs. When ³Nebuchadnezzar saw the three Children in the fiery furnace, and they were not touched by the fire, he was convinced; so when the men of the world shall see you in the midst of prevailing temptations, and you keep your selves untouched, they will be convinced, ⟨p. 300⟩and say, Surely there is a power with these that we have not.

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3. 3Wherein a Christian outstrips the men of the world.

Secondly, the overcoming of strong passions, this convinces them: When as those you live withal, shall ¹know there was a time you were outrageous, and forward at every thing that did displease you, and since God hath wrought on your hearts, you can be meek, and patient, and those passions and temptations cannot overcome you now, that did before. When Christ commanded the winds and seas, and they were still at his word, they wondered and said, Who is this, that the winds and seas obey him? And so, when you have storms and passions arise in you, and you by the word of God can make all quiet, men will wonder, and say, Who is this?

Secondly, the overcoming of strong passions, this convinces them: When as those you live withal, shall