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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, it is not in vain to call unto the Lord, if we examine all we have ⟨p. 269⟩had already: though we have not all we would have, yet if we consider the supporting mercies, the preventing mercies, and the guiding mercies that God hath granted us, we shall find that it is not in vain that we have sought him. There are abundance of mercies that thou hast had already. It is an evil thing to complain of Gods grace, when God hath bestowed such mercies. Thou thinkest thou hast nothing, because thou hast not all thou wouldest have; as a froward child because it hath not every thing to its mind casts away all. God hath been exceeding gracious to us; other souls would have adored God, and have blessed him with their faces to the ground, if they had had but the hundred part of those mercies that we have; yet because we have not all we desire, we are ready to think it is in vain. O let us take heed of dishonouring the grace of God.
Again, it is not in vain to call unto the Lord, if we examine all we have ⟨p. 269⟩had already: though we have not all we would have, yet if we consider the supporting mercies, the preventing mercies, and the guiding mercies that God hath granted us, we shall find that it is not in vain that we have sought him. There are abundance of mercies that thou hast had already. It is an evill thing to complain of Gods grace, when God hath bestowed such mercies. Thou thinkest thou hast nothing, because thou hast not all thou wouldest have; as a froward child because it hath not every thing to its mind casts away all. God hath been exceeding gracious to us; other souls would have adored God, and have blessed him with their faces to the ground, if they had had but the hundred part of those mercies that we have; yet because we have not all we desire, we are ready to think it is in vain. O let us take heed of dishonouring the grace of God.
Again, further thou thinkest it is in vain, because God sometimes denies in granting, and grants in denying. ⟨p. 270⟩