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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.
But you will say, it is true, some men may call unto God, and he will hear him, but I am a poor contemptible and wretched creature, and if I do call unto him, he will not hear nor answer me.
That place in the Psalm fully answers any objection against our poverty, or the poverty of our prayers, Psalm. 102.17. He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and will not despise their prayers. The prayer of the destitute, the word signifies a poor shrub in the wilderness, a contemptible shrub, that is trodden on by the feet of beasts, and none regards it; God regards such prayers.
That place in the Psalm fully answers any objection against our poverty, or the poverty of our prayers, Psalm. 102.17. He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and will not despise their prayers. The prayer of the destitute, the word signifies a poor shrub in the wildernesse, a contemptible shrub, that is trodden on by the feet of beasts, and none regards it; God regards such prayers.
If I could make an excellent prayer it were somewhat: No, he doth not despise thy prayer. It may be thy prayer is such as thou despisest, & that others would despise, but God will not despise it.