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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.
There are wonderful expressions in Scripture for the manifesting of Gods delight, even to admiration; especially in the Church jointly together. They are such expressions as we could not think or invent: as namely, that he calls his people his portion, his pleasant portion, for the Lords portion is his people: Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. Deut. 32.9. God calls them his inheritance, the lot of his inheritance: Jer. 12.7. he calls them the dearly beloved of his soul; Exod. 19.5. he calls them his peculiar treasure. Now therefore if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people. God hath treasures in the world; the creatures that are called the good treasures of the Lord: Deut. 28. but his people are called his peculiar treasure, there is a particularity: There is another kind of excellency in the people of Gods delight, then in all other creatures; they are his common treasure, but his people are his peculiar treasure. God calls them his glory, ⟨p. 173⟩I will glorify the house of my glory, I will place salvation in Zion for my glory. Isa. 46.13. The crown of his glory, Isa. 60.7. he calls them the Throne of his glory, Isa. 62.3. Thou shalt be a Crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. In several places that I cannot stand on. His glory, the House of his glory, the Crown of his glory, the Throne of his glory. He calls them the royal Diadem, he calls them his ornament, an ornament set in Majesty and glory. There are the expressions, and more I might name of Gods delighting in his people. Therefore if God delight in them and find satisfaction, much more should we.
There are wonderfull expressions in Scripture for the manifesting of Gods delight, even to admiration; especially in the Church jointly together. They are such expressions as we could not think or invent: as namely, that he calls his people his portion, his pleasant portion, for the Lords portion is his people: Iacob is the lot of his inheritance.