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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.
Thirdly, a gracious spirit hath received an eternal principle within it, that does work the heart beyond things for a season, that works the heart all to eternity; for the work of Grace that is in the soul, it ⟨p. 316⟩is begotten of the immortal seed of the Word, and it is an eternal principle, that is infused by God into it, and therefore it works beyond things that are for a season; every creature works according to the nature of its principles; as sensitive creatures according unto sensitive principles, and rational creatures according unto rational principles, but grace is beyond reason, and is of an everlasting nature, and therefore it works the heart beyond all that is but for a season.
Fourthly, a gracious heart cannot be satisfied with things that are but for a season, because God 1hath loved such a heart with an eternal love, and there is the impression of the same love in the soul, that carries the soul to God in some measure with that love wherewith it is loved, that causes the soul to love God with an eternal love, and not to be satisfied with any work of love that it can work in time; and therefore grace must have eternity for to manifest the love again that it hath to God, or else it hath not a love proportionable in its measure to the love wherewith God hath loved it, but that is in every gracious heart.
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Fifthly, there is a kind of image of Gods infiniteness in the souls of men, and according to this 1