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The Grace and Duty of Being Spiritually Minded
Phronemma tou pneumatou, or, The grace and duty of being spiritually-minded declared and practically improved / by John Owen ...Phronēma tou pneumatou, or, The grace and duty of being spiritually-minded declared and practically improved / by John Owen ...
London: printed by J.G. for Nathaniel Ponder, 1681
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.
So the Apostle declares this State of things, 2 Cor. 4. 16, 17, 18. the words before insisted on. For which cause we faint not, but though our outward man perish, yet the inward is renewed day by day. For our light affliction which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of Glory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen ⟨p. 84⟩are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. He lays all sorts of Afflictions in one Scale, and on the consideration of them, declares them to be light and but for a moment. Then he lays Glory in the other Scale, and finds it to be ponderous, weighty, and Eternal; an exceeding weight of Glory. In the one is Sorrow for a little while, in the other Eternal Joy. In the one Pain for a few moments, in the other everlasting Rest; In the one is the loss of some few temporary things, in the other the full fruition of God in Christ, who is all in all.
So the Apostle declares this State of things, 2 Cor. 4. 16, 17, 18. the words before insisted on. For which cause we faint not, but though our outward man perish, yet the inward is renewed day by day. For our light affliction which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of Glory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen ⟨p. 84⟩are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. He lays all sorts of Afflictions in one Scale, and on the consideration of them, declares them to be light and but for a moment. Then he layes Glory in the other Scale, and finds it to be ponderous, weighty, and Eternal; an exceeding weight of Glory. In the one is Sorrow for a little while, in the other Eternal Joy. In the one Pain for a few moments, in the other everlasting Rest; In the one is the loss of some few temporary things, in the other the full fruition of God in Christ, who is all in all.