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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.
1As you know any thing that is dedicated and consecrated, though it be never so mean in it self, yet being once dedicated, being once made a consecrated thing, there is a great deal of excellency put upon that thing. As in the law, if it were but a piece of wood in the Tabernacle, if it were but a Badgers skin; if it were but brass or goats hair or any such thing that were mean in it self, yet if it were once consecrated and made holy to God, they looked upon it as having a great deal of excellency on it.
1As you know any thing that is dedicated and consecrated, though it be never so mean in it self, yet being once dedicated, being once made a consecrated thing, there is a great deal of excellency put upon that thing. As in the law, if it were but a piece of wood in the Tabernacle, if it were but a Badgers skin; if it were but brasse or goats hair or any such thing that were meane in it self, yet if it were once consecrated and made holy to God, they looked upon it as having a great deal of excellency on it.
- 1The excellency of things consecrated.
Now I reason thus; if a piece of wood, or a little hair, or leather consecrated to God had an excellency in it: what then hath an immortal soul, that hath the graces of the spirit, as so many pearls in it, when that is consecrated & set apart to God to the glory and praise of his grace to all eternity; here must needs be much excellency and most eminent preeminences.
Now I reason thus; if a piece of wood, or a little hair, or leather consecrated to God had an excellency in it: what then hath an immortall soul, that hath the graces of the spirit, as so many pearls in it, when that is consecrated & set apart to God to the glory and praise of his grace to all eternity; here must needs be much excellency and most eminent preheminences.