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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.
First, it is a great deal of comfort, that God does 1take notice of our reproaches: This was the comfort of the Psalmist, in Psal. 69. 19. Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour, my adversaries ⟨p. 413⟩are all before thee▪ If a man suffer reproach, and disgrace, and trouble for his friends, while he is abroad from them; O says he, Did but my friends know what I suffer, and suffer for them, it would comfort me: If it be comfort to be known, much more when they shall be accounted their own; Christ is acquainted with all the sufferings of every member: and therefore do not say, I am a poor creature, who takes notice of my sufferings? Heaven takes notice of your sufferings, Christ takes notice of them better then your selves.
First, it is a great deal of comfort, that God does 1take notice of our reproaches: This was the comfort of the Psalmist, in Psal. 69. 19. Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor, my adversaries ⟨p. 413⟩are all before thee▪ If a man suffer reproach, and disgrace, and trouble for his friends, while he is abroad from them; O says he, Did but my friends know what I suffer, and suffer for them, it would comfort me: If it be comfort to be known, much more when they shall be accounted their own; Christ is acquainted with all the sufferings of every member: and therefore do not say, I am a poor creature, who takes notice of my sufferings? Heaven takes notice of your sufferings, Christ takes notice of them better then your selves.
- 11. Comfort against reproaches.