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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.
Again, if you would not be put off with a portion in this world, be sure that all the services you perform to God be choice services, if you expect choice mercies, let your services be choice services, be sure all your works be supernatural works; you'll say how shall I know that? if I had time, I could make it out clear. A supernatural work is that that hath a supernatural principle, done to a supernatural end, and in a supernatural manner; A supernatural principle, that is grace, which makes it suitable to my heart, not that I do it out of conviction of conscience only, and a supernatural end, that is, when I aim at God, and not at my self in any duty.
Again, if you would not be put off with a portion in this world, be sure that all the services you perform to God be choice services, if you expect choice mercies, let your services be choice services, be sure all your works be supernaturall works; you'le say how shall I know that? if I had time, I could make it out clear. A supernaturall work is that that hath a supernaturall principle, done to a supernaturall end, and in a supernaturall manner; A supernaturall principle, that is grace, which makes it suitable to my heart, not that I do it out of conviction of conscience only, and a supernaturall end, that is, when I ayme at God, and not at my self in any dutie.
But what is this supernatural manner of serving God? I shall explain it thus. Seneca in giving his rule how to know the affections, when they are natural, and when not; saith, you shall know a natural affection by this, if it be kept with in bound, it is natural, if it be out of bounds, it is not natural; I'll make use of it in another way; when you come to the service of God, if you think to limit God in his service, this is but a natural service, you'll go so far and there stop, but if it be a supernatural service, you'll let out your hearts, if it were possible infinitely to God; you cannot be infinite, that is true, but you'll propound no bounds, nor limits to your service, & this is indeed the truth of grace, when it hath the impression of gracious infiniteness upon it; infiniteness is that whereby God is without all limits; so when the soul is without all limits and bounds in the way of grace, it is desirous to honour God, if it were possible in an infinite way; these are supernatural works.