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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 16MOSES HIS SELFE-DENIALL. › Chapter 16
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Fifthly,1 labour much to keep up your converse with God, in his ordinances, ⟨p. 259⟩in all holy duties, that you may be exercised in them with life and power, that there being a holy sweet familiarity between God and the soul, it may be more able freely, and cheerfully, and confidently to repair unto him in times of trouble, and exercise its Faith upon him, as that God, between whom and the soul, there is daily a sweet intercourse, God letting himself out daily in his love and mercy to the soul, and the souls working up its self, and enlarging it self in love, and delight, and praise to God again.
Fifthly,1 labour much to keepe up your converse with God, in his ordinances, ⟨p. 259⟩in all holy duties, that you may be exercised in them with life and power, that there being a holy sweet familiarity between God and the soule, it may be more able freely, and cheerfully, and confidently to repaire unto him in times of trouble, and exercise its Faith upon him, as that God, betweene whom and the soule, there is daily a sweet intercourse, God letting himselfe out daily in his love and mercie to the soule, and the soules working up its selfe, and inlarging it selfe in love, and delight, and praise to God againe.
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And when sufferings come, then stir up, and put forth the grace of Faith in the exercise of it, look up to God for strength and assistance,1 commit your self and cause wholly to him; plead the promise, plead your call that he hath called you to this; plead the cause that it is his. Master Tyndale in a Letter of his to Master Frith, who was then in prison, hath four expressions of the work of Faith in time of suffering. If you give your self, cast your