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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 12MOSES HIS SELFE-DENIALL. › Chapter 12
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Fourthly,1 hath not God acquainted you with the infinite deceitfulness of the heart of man; That it is a bottomless depth of evil, and desperately wicked, beyond that which any is able to know but God himself? ⟨p. 201⟩And will you then depend upon man, and that in a matter of so great consequence, as the cleaving to, or the forsaking of the Truth of God?
Fourthly,1 hath not God acquainted you with the infinite deceitfulnesse of the heart of man; That it is a bottomlesse depth of evill, and desperately wicked, beyond that which any is able to know but God himselfe? ⟨p. 201⟩And will you then depend upon man, and that in a matter of so great consequence, as the cleaving to, or the forsaking of the Truth of God?
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Fifthly,1 the falls of those who have been thus eminent, are just judgements of God upon hypocrites, and those that are carnal and naught, to be a stumbling-block to them, at which they should fall, and break themselves, and never rise again: Now, if you should stumble too at this stumbling-block, it were an ill sign, and a heavy judgement of God against you; Therefore take heed, that it prevails not too far with you.
Fifthly,1 the falls of those who have beene thus eminent, are just judgements of God upon hypocrites, and those that are carnall and naught, to be a stumbling-blocke to them, at which they should fall, and breake themselves, and never rise againe: Now, if you should stumble too at this stumbling-blocke, it were an ill signe, and a heavie judgement of God against you; Therefore take heed, that it prevailes not too farre with you.