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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.
Again, prayer is the pouring forth of the spirit to God; the spirit that is so be beautified with the graces of his own spirit; now the pouring forth of such a precious spirit to God so beautified, and principled with the graces of the holy Ghost, certainly this cannot but be answered by God. Indeed, the Scripture saith of the heart of the wicked, that it is little worth: Let their heart be poured forth, God doth little mind, or regard it: but the heart of the righteous is much worth; it is very precious before God: therefore when their hearts are poured out, ⟨p. 226⟩and God sees the beauty and glory of his graces on them, it is exceeding delightful to him, and such pouring out of their hearts, are heard and answered. If God have a bottle for all their tears, he hath a bottle also for all their expressions, and pouring out of their hearts in prayer.
Again, prayer is the pouring forth of the spirit to God; the spirit that is so be beautified with the graces of his own spirit; now the pouring forth of such a precious spirit to God so beautified, and principled with the graces of the holy Ghost, certainly this cannot but be answered by God. Indeed, the Scripture saith of the heart of the wicked, that it is little worth: Let their heart be poured fourh, God doth little mind, or regard it: but the heart of the righteous is much worth; it is very precious before God: therefore when their hearts are poured out, ⟨p. 226⟩and God sees the beauty and glory of his graces on them, it is exceeding delightfull to him, and such pouring out of their hearts, are heard and answered. If God have a bottle for all their tears, he hath a bottle also for all their expressions, and pouring out of their hearts in prayer.
Further, the exceeding delight that God hath in his Saints must needs cause God to regard their calling unto him. They are his darlings: now there is no man that loves to deny a suit to any that he delights in.