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The saints treasury being sundry sermons preached in London /
The saints treasury being sundry sermons preached in London / by the late reverend and painful minister of the gospel, Jeremiah Burroughs.The saints treasury being sundry sermons preached in London / by the late reverend and painfull minister of the gospel, Jeremiah Burroughes.
London: printed by T.C. for John Wright, 1654
THE SAINTS TREASURY. › HEBR. •. v. 27. the latter end of the Verse.
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.
Thirdly, for those that have been heretofore in a good forwardness in the way of life and salvation, that have had some stirrings of conscience in them, but yet through the violence of their lusts have been turned back again, and have fallen off from their former state; certainly this point might strike thee to the heart. As a man that is to go over the Sea for his life by such a time, and he hath a good gale for the present, but when he is come near the haven, a great gust drives him back again; O what a sad condition is this man in? so is it with thee; the time was when thou hadst a good gale; God came graciously to thee, by the work of his spirit, and thou seemedst to be in a good forwardness in the work thou wast borne for; but the gust of fin, and the violence of lust, hath carried thee quite back again, and now thou art ⟨p. 125⟩further off then before: how should this awaken thee to improve all thy time and opportunities to the uttermost for the good of thy soul.
Thirdly, for those that have been heretofore in a good forwardnesse in the way of life and salvation, that have had some stirrings of conscience in them, but yet through the violence of their lusts have been turned back againe, and have fallen off from their former state; certainly this point might strike thee to the heart. As a man that is to goe over the Sea for his life by such a time, and he hath a good gale for the present, but when he is come neer the haven, a great gust drives him back againe; O what a sad condition is this man in? so is it with thee; the time was when thou hadst a good gale; God came graciously to thee, by the work of his spirit, and thou seemedst to be in a good forwardnesse in the work thou wast borne for; but the gust of fin, and the violence of lust, hath carried thee quite back againe, and now thou art ⟨p. 125⟩further off then before: how should this awaken thee to improve all thy time and opportunities to the uttermost for the good of thy soul.
Again, this concerns those that upon every discontent wish themselves dead; as some froward people, if any thing crosses them; they presently wish themselves in the grave. O vain man and woman, dost thou know what thou doest, to wish the time of thy life at an end? thou mayest meet with another manner of discontent then ever thou metst withal here; for after death comes judgement.