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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 3 › Chapter 32: How we are to bear Reproaches.
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Secondly, what are you? or what is your names that you should think much to bear reproach? when as others that are your betters, that are not 1so vile, not so guilty as you, not so liable to reproach as you; when as others of Gods servants, that have been most eminent in grace and parts, have been under exceeding reproach; yea, others whose names have been far more worth then yours, there have been more use of their names, and credits, and honours, then of yours, and yet God hath so ordered it in his providence, that reproaches and aspersions have been cast upon them, and do you think so much to be reproached? What do we think of our flesh better then others, that we should not endure trouble in it? and what do we think of our names, that we cannot endure reproaches in them.
Secondly, what are you? or what is your names that you should think much to bear reproach? when as others that are your betters, that are not 1so vile, not so guilty as you, not so lyable to reproach as you; when as others of Gods servants, that have been most eminent in grace and parts, have been under exceeding reproach; yea, others whose names have been far more worth then yours, there have been more use of their names, and credits, and honors, then of yours, and yet God hath so ordered it in his providence, that reproaches and aspersions have been cast upon them, and do you think so much to be reproached? What do we think of our flesh better then others, that we should not endure trouble in it? and what do we think of our names, that we cannot endure reproaches in them.
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Yea, not only others that are better then you, but God and Christ is reproached: How is the 1name of God slighted? the basest wretch that will tremble before his Master, thinks himself good enough to blaspheme the name of God: How is the majesty, sovereignty, and authority of God contemned in the world? How are the dreadful threatenings of God, and the revelation of Gods wrath scorned in the world? When as we hear out of the word such dreadful manifestations of Gods wrath against sin, which calls for trembling hearts, yet how are they slighted in the world? thus God is reproached, and Christ: No man is able to bear so much