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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.
1But secondly, here is all that ever thou art like to have; 1. because there are some men whose names are written in the earth, whereas the Saints are described to be men that are redeemed from the earth. It is their happiness to be redeemed from the earth, and all the happiness thou hast is that thou art written in the earth. 2. here is their portion, because they are vile in the eyes of God; if you should ask the question, why you give bones to the dog, and swill to the swine, and nothing else, why the answer would be, because it is a dog that hath it, and because it is a swine, it is dogs meat; certainly God doth speak exceeding contemptibly of all ungodly ones in ⟨p. 31⟩the world, let them be never so great in regard, of outwards; a vile person shall arise saith Daniel;2 what is this vile person? Interpreters generally consent in this, that it is meant of Antiochus Epiphanes, that was a mighty great Prince, such a Prince as when the Samaritans did write to him, they writ Antiocho magno Deo, to Antiochus the great God, and his very name shows him to be a great one, Antiochus Epiphanes, as much as Antiochus the illustrious, and the famous, and yet when the holy Ghost speaks of him, it is Antiochus a vile person, they are vile in the eyes of God; if there be any in a family that you care not much for, you make no great provision for them; doth God take care for Oxen? somewhat they have but little; doth God take care for ungodly men. 3. Here is their portion, it is confined to this life, why they chose it themselves, & in that they have no wrong, they make choice of this portion themselves; Moses speaking to the people saith he, I set before you life and ⟨p. 32⟩death; so do the Ministers of God in preaching to you, they set before you life and death, what do you choose now? you choose the way that goes to death, you have but your choice; you choose vanity to be your portion, God does you no wrong to give you vanity; now you that will indent with God for your penny, you cannot take it ill, if when the end of the day comes, God puts you off with your penny.