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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.
Most rich men go not so far as Esau, they have their portion, and yet complain of it, Esau had his portion, and thought he had enough; Christs auditors, in the 6. of Luke 24. had their portion in this world, woe to you, here is your consolation, (saith ⟨p. 18⟩Christ unto them) O dreadful speech, woe to this man, woe to such wretches, here is their consolation; Dives he had his portion in this world,1 Son remember in thy life time thou hadst thy pleasure, in thy life time, and thou hadst thy good things, they were thy good things, those things that were measured out for thee, thou hadst them in thy life time.
Most rich men go not so far as Esau, they have their portion, and yet complain of it, Esau had his portion, and thought he had enough; Christs auditours, in the 6. of Luke 24. had their portion in this world, woe to you, here is your consolation, (saith ⟨p. 18⟩Christ unto them) O dreadfull speech, wo to this man, wo to such wretches, here is their consolation; Dives he had his portion in this world,1 Son remember in thy life time thou hadst thy pleasure, in thy life time, and thou hadst thy good things, they were thy good things, those things that were measur'd out for thee, thou hadst them in thy life time.
- 116. Luke 25.
In the handling of this argument, I shall divide what I have to say into these 6. particulars, that you may every one of you go the more readily along with me; first, why it is that God will deal out somewhat to wicked men in this world, why they shall have any portion at all; Secondly, that this their portion, it is confined to this life; and why so; Thirdly, some Corollaries that you will see will naturally flow from those two; Fourthly, we shall consider the condition of these men, who are such that have their portion in this world; and fifthly, we shall endeavour to show unto you, who are those men, to cull out