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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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Secondly, labour to draw what good instructions you can from the reproaches of others: As namely 1thus, when I hear men reproach and revile, O what a deal of evil is there secretly in the heart of man, that is not discovered till it have occasion? I did not think that such and such could ever have been reproachers, if they had not been provoked. Again, do I see another so vigilant over me to find me out to reproach me; how vigilant should I be over my self to find out what is in me to humble me? Again, is there so much evil to be under the stroke of mans tongue, what a great evil is it to be under the stroke of Gods justice?
Secondly, labor to draw what good instructions you can from the reproaches of others: As namely 1thus, when I hear men reproach and revile, O what a deal of evil is there secretly in the heart of man, that is not discovered till it have occasion? I did not think that such and such could ever have been reproachers, if they had not been provoked. Again, do I see another so vigilant over me to finde me out to reproach me; how vigilant should I be over my self to finde out what is in me to humble me? Again, is there so much evil to be under the stroke of mans tongue, what a great evil is it to be under the stroke of Gods justice?
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Lastly, to be fruitful, that is, set upon what duty God calls for at the present; surely this is one great general 1duty, that the less credit I see I have in the world, let me labour to have the more credit in Heaven; I ⟨p. 402⟩see there is a breach of my name here, let me seek to make up my name in Heaven.