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Moses his self-denial delivered in a treatise upon Hebrews 11, the 24. verseMoses his self-denyall delivered in a treatise upon Hebrewes 11, the 24. verse
Moses his self-denial delivered in a treatise upon Hebrews 11, the 24. verse, by Jeremy Burroughs.Moses his self-denyall delivered in a treatise upon Hebrewes 11, the 24. verse, by Ieremy Burroughs.
London: printed by T. Paine, 1641
MOSES HIS SELF-DENIAL. › Chapter 5MOSES HIS SELFE-DENIALL. › Chapter 5
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Secondly, it argues the excellency of grace, that it raises and greatens mens spirits, it lifts them up above the highest of all these things, and so high above them, as the things of the world when at the highest are looked on us under things, and appeared small and contemptible in the eyes of such a raised ⟨p. 113⟩soul: many poor spirited men are below them, and look up to them as great matters, and think, oh how happy should they be, if they could attain to them, they bless them who have got up to them, but grace is of an elevating nature, and it manifests it self to be from on high, even from heaven, from the God of heaven, who is infinitely above the heavens, and it raiseth the soul to God himself, so that not only the things of the earth, but even heaven it self would appear but a poor low mean thing, beneath the dignity of a soul, made partaker of the divine nature, were it not that the glorious presence of God were there.
Secondly, it argues the excellency of grace, that it raises and greatens mens spirits, it lifts them up above the highest of all these things, and so high above them, as the things of the world when at the highest are looded on us under things, and appeared small and contemptible in the eyes of such a raised ⟨p. 113⟩soule: many poore spirited men are below them, and looke up to them as great matters, and thinke, oh how happie should they bee, if they could attaine to them, they blesse them who have got up to them, but grace is of an elevating nature, and it manifests it selfe to bee from on high, even from heaven, from the God of heaven, who is infinitely above the heavens, and it raiseth the soule to God himselfe, so that not onely the things of the earth, but even heaven it selfe would appeare but a poore low meane thing, beneath the dignity of a soule, made partaker of the divine nature, were it not that the glorious presence of God were there.
As it argues the exceeding greatness of the heavens, that all the earth is but as a point to them, all the huge great mountains, and vast circumference of the earth is as nothing in comparison of them: so when all the honours, delights, and riches of the earth, which are esteemed such huge and mighty things by the men of the world, yet to