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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.
Now put all these things together, and yet here is the man that hath his ⟨p. 16⟩portion in this world; I now challenge him that hath certain evidence of a mighty work of God upon him in Christ, let him show me greater arguments of Gods love to him, then Saul might have done, and yet it proved to be Sauls condition to have only his portion in this world; God herein shows that his mercy is his own, and that he will let out his mercy as he pleases, it is your Fathers pleasure to give you a Kingdom; the Father deals out the portion as he pleases unto his children; God will let the line of his mercy go thus far to one and there stop, and so far to another and there stop, and then come in a cross line again unto him.
Now put all these things together, and yet here is the man that hath his ⟨p. 16⟩portion in this world; I now challenge him that hath certain evidence of a mighty work of God upon him in Christ, let him shew me greater arguments of Gods love to him, then Saul might have done, and yet it proved to be Sauls condition to have onely his portion in this world; God herein shews that his mercy is his own, and that he will let out his mercy as he pleases, it is your Fathers pleasure to give you a Kingdom; the Father deals out the portion as he pleases unto his children; God will let the line of his mercy go thus far to one and there stop, and so far to another and there stop, and then come in a crosse line again unto him.
God so disposes of his mercy, that there are some that shall have heaven and earth to be their portion, & there portion is blessed, indeed, there are some that shall have earth, but not heaven, and their portion is poor, and sad; there are others, that shall have heaven, but not earth, and their portion is rich & blessed; there are others ⟨p. 17⟩