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The saints inheritance and the worldlings portion representing the glorious condition of a child…
The saints inheritance and the worldlings portion representing the glorious condition of a child of God and the misery of having ones portion in this world, unfolding the state of true happiness with the marks, means, and members thereof / by Jer. Burroughs.The saints inheritance and the worldlings portion representing the glorious condition of a child of God and the misery of having ones portion in this world, unfolding the state of true happiness with the marks, means, and members thereof / by Ier. Burroughs.
London: printed for Francis Eglesfield, 1657
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.
O now I see what it is to trust in God, and not to trust in him; those are happy that would trust for the future, but I miserable, that dared not trust in him:1 The Lord will rain snares, and fire, and brimstones, here is the portion of the ungodly at last; appoint him his portion with hypocrites, saith Christ, where there is weeping and wailing, and ⟨p. 85⟩gnashing of teeth; that is the portion of hypocrites in the conclusion; Now here thou seest the end of all, what dost thou think then of thy portion now? think but of one Text, and I have done.
O now I see what it is to trust in God, and not to trust in him; those are happy that would trust for the future, but I miserable, that dar'd not trust in him:1 The Lord will rain snares, and fire, and brimstones, here is the portion of the ungodly at last; appoint him his portion with hypocrites, saith Christ, where there is weeping and wayling, and ⟨p. 85⟩gnashing of teeth; that is the portion of hypocrites in the conclusion; Now here thou seest the end of all, what dost thou think then of thy portion now? think but of one Text, and I have done.
- 111. Psal. 6.24 Matth. 51.
1What hope hath an hypocrite though he hath gained, when God takes away his soul? Mark, there are many hypocrites that aimed to get estates in the world, but cannot thrive, God crosses them: well, but suppose thou aimest to gain, and hast got all thou wouldst desire; what hope hath an hypocrite, though he hath gained? though he hath grown never so rich, and got all he desires, when God takes away his soul? this time is coming, it will be ere long, and it may be suddenly, the portion of some that are here present, and perhaps this Text of mine, may then ring in their ears, when they lie upon their sick beds, perhaps within a month, or six weeks, when Gods time shall be, and then conscience may repeat in your ears; I heard such a day there were a generation of men