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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.
Indeed carnal hearts condemn the people of God because they see them so earnest in those things that they think to be frivolous: For it argueth weakness in any man to give up himself ⟨p. 206⟩with all his strength to things that are vanity, and have no strength in them. Therefore because carnal men look upon the way of Religion, as a thing that hath no end, they think it foolish for men to be so earnest to give up their strength & their whole souls for it: But the Saints of God know what they do when they give themselves up to seek the Lord, they know if they call unto him, he will answer them.
Indeed carnall hearts condemn the people of God because they see them so earnest in those things that they think to be frivolous: For it argueth weaknesse in any man to give up himself ⟨p. 206⟩with all his strength to things that are vanity, and have no strength in them. Therefore because carnall men look upon the way of Religion, as a thing that hath no end, they think it foolish for men to be so earnest to give up their strength & their whole souls for it: But the Saints of God know what they do when they give themselves up to seek the Lord, they know if they call unto him, he will answer them.
Again, this is an evidence that there is much advantage by prayer, because men that were wise and holy have so prized the prayers of the Saints, and made such high account of them. Mark the expression of the Apostle, writing to the Saints for their prayers. Rom. 15.30. Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christs sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that you strive together in prayer with me in your hearts to God for me. The Apostle Paul, so great a man, and one that had a mighty spirit in prayer, writing to private Christians in the Church of Rome, he ⟨p. 207⟩