Jeremiah Burroughs — from the Text Creation Partnership’s transcription of the 1652 Two Treatises of Mr. Jeremiah Burroughs, keyed by hand from the page images.
The second of the two treatises, preached on Philippians 3:20, our conversation is in heaven. Burroughs opens what it is for the saints to be citizens of heaven and to trade there, gives seven evidences of it and four reasons for it, and ends with seven rules for getting such a conversation. Its companion is A Treatise of Earthly-Mindedness. Spelling and punctuation are as printed in 1652. A few words the transcribers could not read, and the Greek and Hebrew their transcription does not carry, are marked […].
Contents (22)
- Of Examples of Godly Men, and How Far They Should Prevail with Us
- What Is to Be Done When Examples of Godly Men Are Contrary
- A Rebuke of Those That Follow the Example of the Wicked
- Two Doctrines Observed from the Text
- How the Saints Are Citizens of Heaven
- How the Saints Have Their Conversation in Heaven
- The Saints Trading for Heaven
- Seven Evidences of Men’s Having Their Conversation in Heaven
- Four Reasons Why the Saints Have Their Conversation in Heaven
- The First Use
- The Second Use
- The Third Use
- The Fourth Use
- An Heavenly Conversation Is a Convincing Conversation
- An Heavenly Conversation Is Growing
- An Heavenly Conversation Brings Much Glory to God
- An Heavenly Conversation Brings Much Glory to the Saints
- An Heavenly Conversation Will Make Suffering Easy
- An Heavenly Conversation Brings Much Joy
- An Heavenly Conversation Is Very Safe
- An Heavenly Conversation Gives Abundant Entrance into Glory
- Seven Rules How to Get an Heavenly Conversation