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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.
Moses, if he would have been satisfied with any thing that abided but for a season, he might have had satisfaction enough; but his heart was set upon eternity, and therefore could have no satisfaction in things that were but for a season. St. Paul says in 2 Cor. 4. 18. We look not at things that are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. We do not so much as look at things seen, for they are temporal, but there are other things that our hearts are upon, which are eternal; we look not at things that are seen, but at things not seen: The word notes these two things especially, not only that we believe things that are not seen, eternal things, but we look at them, we mind them; we do not much mind things that are temporal, but eternal things are minded of us.
Moses, if he would have been satisfied with any thing that abided but for a season, he might have had satisfaction enough; but his heart was set upon eternity, and therefore could have no satisfaction in things that were but for a season. St. Paul says in 2 Cor. 4. 18. We look not at things that are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. We do not so much as look at things seen, for they are temporal, but there are other things that our hearts are upon, which are eternal; we look not at things that are seen, but at things not seen: The word notes these two things especially, not onely that we believe things that are not seen, eternal things, but we look at them, we minde them; we do not much minde things that are temporal, but eternal things are minded of us.
Secondly, we do not make things that are seen, 1that are temporal, to be our scope and aim; that which satisfies the heart, is that which is looked at as the end, and aim, and scope of the spirit: so that if a man could look at things seen as his aim and scope, they would satisfy him, but nothing that is seen can be the scope and aim of a gracious heart, but eternal things are his scope and aim, and therefore they satisfy him.