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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.
TO THE CHRISTIAN READER.
The corruption of Nature is exceeding great; it appears sundry ways, in none more then in selvishnesse: he which at first was made altogether for God, is now altogether for himself. The disease is Catholic, and spreads to the ends of the earth. Phil. 2. 21. All seek their own. The people flocked after Christ by Sea and Land, here was great seeming self-denial, Christ they must see, Christ they must hear, a Christ they must have, but this Christ-seeking was altogether self-seeking; Christ tells them that it was not himself, his Doctrine or Miracles that drew them, it was the loaves, they found ⟨image 4⟩more virtue in that bread, then in the bread of life.1
THe corruption of Nature is exceeding great; it appeares sundry wayes, in none more then in selvishnesse: hee which at first was made altogether for God, is now altogether for himselfe. The disease is Catholike, and spreads to the ends of the earth. Phil. 2. 21. All seeke their owne. The people flocked after Christ by Sea and Land, here was great seeming selfe-denyall, Christ they must see, Christ they must heare, a Christ they must have, but this Christ-seeking was altogether selfe-seeking; Christ tells them that it was not himselfe, his Doctrine or Miracles that drew them, it was the loaves, they found ⟨image 4⟩