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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 33: What we should do, that we may be able to bear reproach.
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Thirdly, Christians should exercise themselves in great things, in the things of God, and Christ, and 1eternity, and labour to greaten their spirits in a holy manner, and be above reproach. It was a speech of Seneca, Men that know their greatness, are not troubled with reproaches, he will think himself above reproach; And therefore, if our spirits be truly greatened (not with pride, but with the exercising of our spirits in things that are above the world) reproaches would be nothing in our eyes. It is a notable 2expression that St. John hath against the evil tongue of Diotrephes, Ep. 3. ver. 10. He prates against us with malicious words, in the Original it is, he trifles, although his words were malicious, and Diotrephes a great man, yet all was but trifles, so high was St. Johns spirit above them. Aquinas gives two signs of a weak spirited man; one, that he delights in light and foolish words; a second, that he cannot endure contempt; such a man, says he, although ⟨p. 397⟩he should work miracles, yet he is beneath the perfection of virtue, his spirit hath no true greatness in it.
Thirdly, Christians should exercise themselves in great things, in the things of God, and Christ, and 1eternity, and labor to greaten their spirits in a holy maner, and be above reproach. It was a speech of Seneca, Men that know their greatness, are not troubled with reproaches, he will think himself above reproach; And therefore, if our spirits be truly greatned (not with pride, but with the exercising of our spirits in things that are above the world) reproaches would be nothing in our eyes. It is a notable 2expression that St. John hath against the evil tongue of Diotrephes, Ep. 3. ver. 10. He prates against us with malicious words, in the Original it is, he trifles, although his words were malicious, and Diotrephes a great man, yet all was but trifles, so high was St. Johns spirit above them. Aquinas gives two figns of a weak spirited man; one, that he delights in light and foolish words; a second, that he cannot endure contempt; such a man, says he, although