The saints inheritance and the worldlings portion representing the glorious condition of a child…

There are these 2. doctrinal conclusions in the words, that lie plainly before you; The first is, there are a generation of men, to whom God gives some outward good things for a while, but these are all that ever they are like to have, they shall never have any more good from God, then that they have here for the present; Secondly, that Gods Saints do desire ⟨p. 9⟩to be delivered from such kind of men; these 2. contain in them the hope of the holy ghost in the words.

There are these 2. doctrinall conclusions in the words, that lie plainly before you; The first is, there are a generation of men, to whom God gives some outward good things for a while, but these are all that ever they are like to have, they shall never have any more good from God, then that they have here for the present; Secondly, that Gods Saints do desire ⟨p. 9⟩to be delivered from such kind of men; these 2. contain in them the hope of the holy ghost in the words.

First; there are a generation of men unto whom God gives out a portion,¹ some comforts in this world, and here is all that they are like to have; And now set your hearts I beseech you, unto what I have to say in this argument, for meditating what to pitch upon for such an assembly, I could not determine of an argument that I thought might more reach unto the hearts of those to whom I was to speak then this, and I hope before I have done, you will find it such a serious argument that concerns us all.

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