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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.
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 Heb. 2.12. the Apostle applies it to the Saints joined together, saying, I will declare the name unto my brethren, in the middest of the Church, will I sing praise unto thee. This was after ⟨p. 169⟩Christ had been in the flesh, yet the Apostle applies this to the Church, in the middest of the Church, will I sing praise unto thee. This they gather hence, that Christ he delights in being with his people when they are jointly together, because of the solemn worship of God, that is tendered to God by them, and he joins with them in it as a delightful work: as they are together to praise God, Christ is praising him; as they worship, Christ is worshipping. Now every Saint of God hath the spirit of Christ in him, and so he delights in the society of the Saints on this ground, because there is worshipping of God, and God is praised solemnly among them. If there be any place in the world, wherein God hath solemn worship, it cannot be grieve a gracious heart, that he is not with them, for his heart is with them, he delights to be with them, especially in such a work as that; it grieves him that he cannot be there.
Christ himself much delights in the Saints when they are joyned 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 joynt communion with them. Compare Psalm. 22.22. with