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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.
And God seemed to be with Saul very much, showing great respect to him, to make him an instrument of much good to Israel; he granted unto him as glorious a victory as ever man had in this world, for so we may call it, and if there be any outward thing in the world, might be gathered as an argument of Gods love, such a remarkable victory as he had over his enemies; well might the victory you shall find in the first of Samuel 13. where the Philistines were risen up against him and there were 30000 chariots,1 of his adversaries, and 6000. horsemen, and people as the sand of the Sea for multitude; well, here was a mighty enemy, what had Saul to oppose these? you shall find that there were but 600. men with Saul; there ⟨p. 15⟩was of one side 30000. Chariots, 6000 horsemen, and people as the sand of the Sea without number, and Saul had but 600. with him at this time, yea and of those 600. there was not any one of them, that had a sword, but only Saul and Jonathan; for the Philistines were wise enough to disarm all the malignants that they accounted so, and would not let so much as a smith be amongst them; they would not only take away their arms, but they would look to them to see that they had no arms supplied unto them, that was the wisdom of the Philistines, yet we find, if you read afterwards in the Scripture, that God was so far with Saul, and blessed him, and gave him victory over all these; besides all this, God blessed Saul with a very gracious child, a Godly Son of a sweet nature, Jonathan, which indeed if any outward argument in the world, might be an argument of Gods love; that might be.
And God seemed to be with Saul very much, shewing great respect to him, to make him an instrument of much good to Israel; he granted unto him as glorious a victory as ever man had in this world, for so we may call it, and if there be any outward thing in the world, might be gather'd as an argument of Gods love, such a remarkable victory as he had over his enemies; well might the victory you shall find in the first of Samuel 13. where the Philistins were risen up against him and there were 30000 chariots,1 of his adversaries, and 6000. horsemen, and people as the sand of the Sea for multitude; well, here was a mighty enemie, what had Saul to oppose these? you shall find that there were but 600. men with Saul; there