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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 14MOSES HIS SELFE-DENIALL. › Chapter 14
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.
For the first,1 take these Notes. First, where self-denial is from Natural Principles, it is but particular, not universal. In some eminent thing, a natural spirit may deny it self; but upon examination it may appear, that in other things it makes self its end, even in things where God requires self-denial, as much as in the other: whereas, if it came from Faith, it would not be partial, but appear in one thing as well as in another, so far as God calls thereunto; that which works by rule, works evenly, impartially, constantly.
For the first,1 take these Notes. First, where selfe-denyall is from Naturall Principles, it is but particular, not universall. In some eminent thing, a naturall spirit may denie it selfe; but upon examination it may appeare, that in other things it makes selfe its end, even in things where God requires selfe-denyall, as much as in the other: whereas, if it came from Faith, it would not be partiall, but appeare in one thing as well as in another, so farre as God calls thereunto; that which workes by rule, workes evenly, impartially, constantly.
- 1Sufferings out of natural stoutness. 1.Sufferings out of naturall stoutnesse. 1.