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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
Moses his Choice. › Part 2 › Chapter 27: Exhortation to seek after eternal things.
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.
Secondly, let us look upon things that are beyond ⟨p. 338⟩1this season, that are eternal, because that in these times of the Gospel, God hath revealed eternity, and eternal things abundantly more clearly then ever they were revealed in the Law: in the time of the Law there was little made known concerning eternity, but the times of the Gospel being renewed, now the treasures of eternity are opened; Immortality is brought to light by the Gospel, 2 Tim. 1. 10. Now the glorious things of eternity are set before our eyes, and we the Ministers of God are commanded to present them to you, and you living under the Gospel, where you hear so much of eternity revealed, it would be dreadful if you should be deceived with things that are but for a season.
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Thirdly, every one of you as you are born, are born with your backs upon Gods eternity, and your 1faces towards hells eternity, and therefore you had need look beyond things that are but for a season, and mind the things of your eternal good with all your might.
Thirdly, every one of you as you are born, are born with your backs upon Gods eternity, and your 1faces towards hells eternity, and therefore you had need look beyond things that are but for a season, and minde the things of your eternal good with all your might.
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