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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.
IF it be thus, that the estate of Gods people is an estate liable to reproaches, then you that have any 1inclination to the ways of God, examine whether you can take his way upon these terms: Can you be content to be made a by-word and reproach, and to have men cast all manner of filth upon you? He is like to hold out in the ways of godliness, that ⟨p. 363⟩can be content to be made a by-word and reproach for godliness, it is an argument that the soul is resigned up to God for ever: The reason that some give of that order of the Law, concerning the servant that would serve his Master for ever, that he must come to the door and have his ear bored, was that he might give an evident demonstration, that he was indeed willing to be his Masters for ever, if he would be content to endure such a reproach as that was 2esteemed to be amongst the Jews: Boring the ear was a note of ignominy; His ear was bored, says Cajetan, to that end, that if he feared not perpetual servitude, be might at least be afraid of public ignominy, and therefore he was brought to the door, that he might have many to look on him, and be witnesses of this his shame.
IF it be thus, that the estate of Gods people is an estate liable to reproaches, then you that have any 1inclination to the ways of God, examine whether you can take his way upon these terms: Can you be content to be made a by-word and reproach, and to have men cast all maner of filth upon you? He is like to hold out in the ways of godliness, that ⟨p. 363⟩can be content to be made a by-word and reproach for godliness, it is an argument that the soul is resigned up to God for ever: The reason that some give of that order of the Law, concerning the servant that would serve his Master for ever, that he must come to the door and have his ear bored, was that he might give an evident demonstration, that he was indeed willing to be his Masters for ever, if he would be content to endure such a reproach as that was 2