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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 thirdly, my delight is in the Saints jointly, in regard of the wonderful delight God hath in them. A ⟨p. 171⟩gracious heart must needs delight in them, because God himself takes so much delight in them: but especially when they are jointly together. There are special expressions in Scripture of Gods taking delight in the Saints jointly, as in Zephany Zeph. 3.17. The Lord thy God in the middest of thee is mighty: he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy: he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. What expressions are here of Gods delighting in his people! The Lord thy God will rejoice, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will love, he will rest in his love, and joy, and joy over thee with singing. And in Isaiah, you shall find that the Church is called Hephzibah, Gods delight: Thou shalt no more be termed, Forsaken; neither shall thy Land any more be termed, Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi bah, and thy land, Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. Isaiah 62.4. it is a wondrous delight that God hath in his Saints.
But thirdly, my delight is in the Saints jointly, in regard of the wonderfull delight God hath in them. A ⟨p. 171⟩gracious heart must needs delight in them, because God himself takes so much delight in them: but especially when they are jointly together. There are speciall expressions in Scripture of Gods taking delight in the Saints jointly, as in Zephany Zeph. 3.17. The Lord thy God in the middest of thee is mighty: he will save, he will rejoyce over thee with joy: he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. What expressions are here of Gods delighting in his people! The Lord thy God will rejoyce, he will rejoyce over thee with joy; he will love, he will rest in his love, and joy, and joy over thee with singing. And in Isaiah, you shall find that the Church is called Hephzibah, Gods delight: Thou shalt no more be termed, Forsaken; neither shall thy Land any more be termed, Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi bah, and thy land, Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.