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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.
It is an old rule, but a true one; all the repentance in the world, and all your sorrowing for sin whatsoever, will never obtain pardon without restitution, unless you restore what you are able, you can never have comfort of the pardon of that sin; If you have got it when you were young, being an apprentice, or at first setting up, away with it, else it will spoil all, and you'll never have any other portion from God; these hands of mine, had that ⟨p. 113⟩once given them, to restore that was got wrongfully 50. years before; the wrong was done 50. years ago, yet after 50. years space, the conscience of the man troubles him, and he comes to make restitution, and satisfy the wrong, he had done desiring me to convey it to such a man whom he had wronged in such a place.
It is an old rule, but a true one; all the repentance in the world, and all your sorrowing for sin whatsoever, will never obtain pardon without restitution, unlesse you restore what you are able, you can never have comfort of the pardon of that sin; If you have got it when you were young, being an apprentice, or at first setting up, away with it, else it will spoil all, and you'l never have any other portion from God; these hands of mine, had that ⟨p. 113⟩once given them, to restore that was got wrongfully 50. years before; the wrong was done 50. years ago, yet after 50. years space, the conscience of the man troubles him, and he comes to make restitution, and satisfie the wrong, he had done desiring me to conveye it to such a man whom he had wronged in such a place.
Know therefore that all the sweet morsels, that at any time you have so delight fully got down, they must up again; therefore willingly part with them; resolve before thou go out of this place, whatever thou hast got wrongfully, not to keep it one minute: and do it willingly, else thou canst have no comfort here or hereafter: if there be any true divinity in the world, this is true divinity; and yet it is hard to convince covetous men that have got their means this way.