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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.
Now the words read unto you, are a description of Davids adversaries, implying an argument, why he would be delivered from them; they are described to be men of this world, they were only those that were adversaries to him; and a comfort it must needs be to the Saints of God, to see that none are their enemies, but worldly persons, men of this world, who have their portion in this life; they have somewhat here, and here is all they are like to have.
Now the words read unto you, are a description of Davids adversaries, implying an argument, why he would be delivered from them; they are described to be men of this world, they were onely those that were adversaries to him; and a comfort it must needs be to the Saints of God, to see that none are their enemies, but wordly persons, men of this world, who have their portion in this life; they have somewhat here, and here is all they are like to have.
Secondly, it implies the argument, why he would be delivered; Lord deliver me from them, because they are men of this world, who have their portion in this life; where lies the force of this argument, that he would be delivered from them because they were men of this world, that have their portion in this life; It consists first in ⟨p. 6⟩this, Lord, they care not what injustice they do, they have no regard of any thing but in this world, therefore be it right or wrong, may they have but their lusts in this world, that is all they care for; Lord deliver me from such men; Secondly, here is all their good, their portion is in this life, and therefore they are greedy upon this, & if they may have this, let it be with the ruin of never so many men, though it be to raise their estates by my ruin, and the ruins of others, that are never so innocent, what care they they are greedy upon having their lusts satisfied, for here is all their portion; they care not for religion, they will make use of pretences of religion any way for their own ends; what care they what pretences they make for religion, so they may thrive in the world they regard not anything in religion, so they may have their own ends; Lord, deliver me from such men; Thirdly, they have their portion in this world, hence is it that their hearts are so swelled with pride in