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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.
And then it should be a use of rebuke to those that begin to seek God, and continue not. O wretch, why hast thou left? whether wilt thou go? Is it in vain to serve the Lord? certainly thou wert never acquainted with God and his ways; thou wilt find it a dreadful change, when it shall appear that thou had left God the fountain of living water, and hast sought after vanity, and forsaken thine own mercy.
And then it should be a use of rebuke to those that begin to seek God, and continue not. O wretch, why hast thou left? whether wilt thou go? Is it in vain to serve the Lord? certainly thou wert never acquainted with God and his wayes; thou wilt find it a dreadfull change, when it shall appear that thou had left God the fountain of living water, and hast sought after vanitie, and forsaken thine own mercy.
But the main of all should have been for the applying of it to the present occasion. The Lord hath made good his word this day, call unto me, and I will answer thee· This day testifies it to be true that they are great things that prayer hath done. I have heard many years ago by credible testimony, that on this fifth of November, ⟨p. 283⟩when we had such a great mercy so many years ago, that very day it was known, that a great many godly people in the city kept in fasting and prayer, so as it was eminently known and delivered from hand to hand of them in the city at that time, and you know what God did.
But the main of all should have been for the applying of it to the present occasion. The Lord hath made good his word this day, call unto me, and I will answer thee· This day testifies it to be true that they are great things that prayer hath done. I have heard manie years ago by credible testimonie, that on this fifth of November, ⟨p. 283⟩when we had such a great mercie so manie years ago, that verie day it was known, that a great manie godly people in the citie kept in fasting and prayer, so as it was eminently known and delivered from hand to hand of them in the city at that time, and you know what God did.