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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.
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⟩that shall neither have heaven nor earth, and their portion, (you'll say) is miserable indeed, Gods mercy is his own to dispose off as he will;1 we read of Abraham: He calleth for Ishmael and Hagar, and he gives them a piece of bread, a bottle of water and sends them away, there is an end of them; so Jehoshaphat: He gave his other Son (saith the Text) gifts, 2but the Kingdom he gave to Jehoram; so God hath people to whom he gives pieces of bread, bottles of water, yea some, to whom he gives great gifts in this world, but he keeps his inheritance for his Isaacs, he keeps the Kingdom for Jehoram; Esau he had his portion in this world, and such a portion as he thought to be a very good portion too: Brother (saith he) I have enough.3
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⟩that shall neither have heaven nor earth, and their portion, (you'l say) is miserable indeed, Gods mercy is his owne to dispose off as he will;1 we read of Abraham: He calleth for Ishmael and Hagar, and he gives them a piece of bread, a bottle of water and sends them away, there is an end of them; so Jehoshaphat: He gave his other Son (saith the Text) gifts, 2