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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.
But then in the second place, A gracious heart must needs delight in the Saints, if you take them jointly; because that when they are together, there God is worshipped: the solemnest worship that God hath is from the Saints joined together. As I told you before that the glory that God had in the world was from them all: but the solemnity of Gods worship cannot be but from them jointly together. Therefore the great delight of a gracious heart is to be with the saints when they are jointly together: because there the name of God is honoured, ⟨p. 168⟩and they worship God in a solemn way; God is honoured among them.
But then in the second place, A gracious heart must needs delight in the Saints, if you take them jointly; because that when they are together, there God is worshipped: the solemnest worship that God hath is from the Saints joyned together. As I told you before that the glory that God had in the world was from them all: but the solemnity of Gods worship cannot be but from them jointly together. Therefore the great delight of a gracious heart is to be with the saints when they are jointly together: because there the name of God is honoured, ⟨p. 168⟩and they worship God in a solemne way; God is honoured among them.
Christ himself much delights in the Saints when they are joined together in the duties of holy worship, do but compare two Texts of Scripture, that will both make us in love with the Saints, and delight in joint communion with them. Compare Psalm. 22.22. with Heb. 2.12. The Psalm is a prophecy of Christ; and generally all interpreters go this way, that it is so, it appears by the Psalm that Christ especially is meant: the Text saith, I will declare thy name unto my brethren in the middest of the congregation will I praise thee. It is the promise of Christ to declare the name of his father to his Church and people, and in the middest of the congregation he shall praise God. Mark it, in