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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 2MOSES HIS SELFE-DENIALL. › Chapter 2
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We think when we are called to deny such riches, pleasures, and honours, that then we are called to deny some great thing; but the truth is, had we an eye to discern the vanity of them, we should see that we are called to deny nothing but a mere fancy, a thing of nought, and that which is not. Oh that the glory of the world were darkened in our eyes, as one day it shall be, that it might not be so dear unto us, as to think it such a great matter to part••• with any thing in it, in the cause of Jesus Christ. Riches are too mean things for a truly noble spirit to be taken withal: if generousness of spirit cannot raise above money, where is the glory of it. Luther professeth that the sin of covetousness, he saw so base and vile, and his spirit was so above it, that he was not so much as tempted with it.
Wee thinke when wee are called to denie such riches, pleasures, and honours, that then we are called to deny some great thing; but the truth is, had wee an eye to discerne the vanity of them, we should see that we are called to deny nothing but a meere fancy, a thing of nought, and that which is not. Oh that the glory of the world were darkened in our eyes, as one day it shall be, that it might not bee so deare unto us, as to thinke it such a great matter to part••• with any thing in it, in the cause of Iesus Christ. Riches are too meane things for a truely noble spirit to be taken withall: if generousnesse of spirit cannot raise above money, where is the glory of it. Luther professeth that the sin of covetousnesse, hee saw so base and vile, and his spirit was so above it, that hee was not so much as tempted with it.
That which is observed of Joshua, ⟨p. 60⟩makes him a glorious example to all great men. He was the divider of the land to Israel, & left none to himself, & that portion that was given him, and he contented with all, was but a mean one in the barren mountains. This Jerome notes in his Epistle upon Paula, 1