A30579:531
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.
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.
Fifthly, You abuse your portion you have now, what will you do with more? Who will trust you with the true riches? You abuse that you have. Indeed men of the world that are wicked, and very rich, are presently in places of honour and power; Oh! what a deal mischief they do in the world? what dreadful evils are they unto the earth? Such men, how do they abuse their portions? Why now, as it is with the Tooth, in a mans head, a Tooth indeed is preferred, to have an eminent place in the Head, but when the Tooth comes to be rotten, and put us to pain, what do we but pull it out, and throw it away? So when God prefers men to eminent places, when through their wickedness they grow rotten, and so do a great deal of hurt, the Lord plucks them out in His anger, and throws them away; they abuse their portion, and do a great deal of hurt, and therefore must expect no more. But above all the argument is,
Fifthly, You abuse your portion you have now, what will you do with more? Who will trust you with the true riches? You abuse that you have. Indeed men of the world that are wicked, and very rich, are presently in places of honor and power; Oh! what a deal mischief they do in the world? what dreadful evils are they unto the earth? Such men, how do they abuse their portions? Why now, as it is with the Tooth, in a mans head, a Tooth indeed is prefer'd, to have an eminent place in the Head, but when the Tooth comes to be rotten, and put us to pain, what do we but pull it out, and throw it away? So when God prefers men to eminent places, when through their wickedness they grow rotten, and so do a great deal of hurt, the Lord plucks them out in His anger, and throws them away; they abuse their portion, and do a great deal of hurt, and therefore must expect no more. But above all the argument is,
Sixthly, Because they have no interest in Jesus Christ; The rich Treasures of the infinite grace of God, they are let out in Jesus Christ; God hath divers Conduit-pipes (as I may so say) of His Grace, to let out unto His Creatures; there are some lesser Conduit-pipes, and those Conduit pipes, may be opened through the general bounty of God; but now the Lord hath the great Current of His eternal mercies, for some that He doth intend eternal good unto, and this great Current of His it is stopped by justice, the infinite justice of God doth stop this great Current, so as it cannot be opened to have any drop of the mercy let out, until Divine Justice comes to be satisfied; In the mean time the other smaller pipes, they run, the general bounty of God; Now then, this is the very work of Jesus Christ, Christ the Second Person in Trinity, and it is the very mystery of the Gospel; The Second Person in the Trinity, sees that the children of men, are capable of eternal happiness, eternal