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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
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.
And one Gualmyn a later writer,1 writing of the life of Moses, hath this relation; that when Moses was three years old, Pharaoh made a great feast, and his Queen holding him by the right hand, and his daughter together ⟨p. 8⟩with Moses by the left, his Nobles being bid to sit before him, Moses before them all took Pharaohs crown from his head, and set it upon his own, whereupon all being amazed, one Balaam a Magician, put Pharaoh in mind of a dream he had had, which was this: There stood before him an old man, having a pair of scales in his hand, and in one of the scales there appeared to him as if all Egypt, the children and women had been in it, in the other scale he saw only one child, which down-weighed the whole Kingdom, and all that was in the other scale. This is Moses, whose faith, whose self-denial is set down unto us thus glorious in this Scripture, one who might have lived a most brave life in the enjoyment of the highest honours, the sweetest pleasures, the choicest delights that heart could wish, & yet this Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaohs daughter. This Moses chooses rather to suffer afflictions with the people of God: this Moses is contented to be scorned and contemned for Christ, he ventures upon the wrath ⟨p. 9⟩of the King and endures it all.
And one Gualmyn a later writer,1 writing of the life of Moses, hath this relation; that when Moses was three yeares old, Pharaoh made a great feast, and his Queene holding him by the right hand, and his daughter together ⟨p. 8⟩with Moses by the left, his Nobles being bid to sit before him, Moses before them all tooke Pharaohs crowne from his head, and set it upon his own, whereupon all being amazed, one Balaam a Magitian, put Pharaoh in minde of a dreame hee had had, which was this: There stood before him an old man, having a paire of scales in his hand, and in one of the scales there appeared to him as if all Aegypt, the children and women had beene in it, in the other scale hee saw onely one childe, which downe-weighed the whole Kingdome, and all that was in the other scale. This is Moses, whose faith, whose selfe-deniall is set downe unto us thus glorious in this Scripture, one who might have lived a most brave life in the enjoyment of the highest honours, the swetest pleasures, the choisest delights that heart could wish, & yet this Moses refused to be called the sonne of Pharaohs daughter. This Moses chooses rather to suffer afflictions with the people of God: this Moses is contented to bee scorned and contemned for Christ, he ventures upon the wrath