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Gospel-conversation
Gospel-conversation: wherein is showed, I. How the conversation of believers must be above what could be by the light of nature. II. Beyond those that lived under the law. III. And suitable to what truths the Gospel holds forth. By Jeremiah Burroughs, preacher of the Gospel to Stepney and Cripplegate, London. Being the third book published by Thomas Goodwin, William Greenhil, Sydrach Simpson, Philip Nigh, William Bridge, John Yates, William Adderly.Gospel-conversation: wherein is shewed, I. How the conversation of believers must be above what could be by the light of nature. II. Beyond those that lived under the law. III. And suitable to what truths the Gospel holds forth. By Jeremiah Burroughs, preacher of the Gospel to Stepney and Criplegate, London. Being the third book published by Thomas Goodwyn, William Greenhil, Sydrach Simpson, Philip Nye, William Bridge, John Yates, William Adderly.
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1650
GOSPEL Conversation. › THE MISERY OF THOSE MEN THAT HAVE THEIR PORTION IN THIS LIFE.
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10. God blessed Saul with a very gracious Child, a godly son, of a sweet nature, Jonathan, which indeed, if any outward argument in the world, might be an argument of Gods love, that might be; But now put all these things together, and yet here is the man that hath his Portion in this world: I now challenge the man, especially one, I challenge him that hath certain evidence of a mighty work of God upon him in Christ, let him show me greater arguments of Gods love to him, than Saul might have done; and yet it proved to be Sauls Portion, that he should have only his portion in this world: God herein shows that His mercy is His own, and that He will let out His mercy as He pleaseth; It is your Fathers pleasure to give you a Kingdom: The Father doles out the Portion as He pleaseth unto His Children; God will let the Line of His mercy to go thus far to one, and there stop; and so far to ⟨p. 303⟩another, and there stop; and then come in a cross line again unto them; God so disposes of his mercy that there are some that shall have Heaven and Earth to be their portion, and their portion is blessed indeed; There are some that shall have Earth, but not Heaven, and their portion is poor, and mean, and sad; there are others that shall have Heaven, but not earth, and their portion is good; And there are others that shall neither have Heaven nor Earth, and their portion (you'll say) is miserable indeed: Gods mercy is His own to dispose of, as He will. We read that Abraham in Gen. 21. 14. He calls for Ishmael and Hagar, and he gives them a piece of bread, a bottle of water, and sends them away, there's an end of them. So Jehoshaphat in the 2 of Chron. 21. 3. He gave his other son (saith the text) gifts, but the Kingdom he gave to Jehoram. So God hath people to whom he gives pieces of bread, bottles of water, yea some to whom he gives great gifts in this world; but he keeps his inheritance for his Isaac, He keeps the Kingdom for Jehoram: Esau, he had his portion in this world, and such a portion as he thought to be a very good portion: in Gen. 33. 9. Brother (saith he) I have enough. Most rich men are complaining: they go not so far as Esau, they have their portion, and yet complain of it; Esau hath his portion, and thought he had enough. Christs Auditors, in the 6. of Luke, 24. they had their portion in this world, Woe to you, here is your consolation (saith Christ unto them:)