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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.
Examine also thy services what they are; dost thou put off God with slight services, then know thy portion is like to be of Gods slight mercies; Again, art thou hypocritical in thy service, dost thou aim at the praise of men in outward duties, that is a sign thou hast thy reward here; and are thy services forced, that thou art compelled, it is merely conscience compels thee, and not an inward agreeableness between the frame of thy heart, and holy things: then it is like, a servants portion will be thine, and not a child's portion.
Examine also thy services what they are; dost thou put off God with slight services, then know thy portion is like to be of Gods slight mercies; Again, art thou hypocriticall in thy service, dost thou ayme at the praise of men in outward duties, that is a signe thou hast thy reward here; and are thy services forced, that thou art compelled, it is meerely conscience compells thee, and not an inward agreablenesse between the frame of thy heart, and holy things: then it is like, a servants portion will be thine, and not a childs portion.
Further, hast thou heretofore been a forward professor in religion, and hast now forsaken the ways of God; I'll give you a dreadful Scripture for this, in the 17. of Jeremiah1: All you that forsake the Lord shall be ashamed, & they that depart from me, shall be written in the earth; if thou hast been forward heretofore, and now thou comest to be more ancient, and now thou art dead, and dull, and cold —; here is a Text for thee, go home, & tremble, ⟨p. 97⟩least thou be a man, whose name is written in the earth. And doth not God for the present curse thy portion? thou findest the more thou hast, the worse thou growest; as if a man should eat meat at ones table, and as soon as he hath eaten it, begin to swell, he will conclude certainly the meat was poisoned, so when thy estate rises, thy heart rises with pride, surely it was poisoned with the curse of God that was in it.