A30608:54
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.
Further these things that are here, they are the only suitable things to your hearts, and what will you do with any more hereafter, these things do exceedingly please you, and give you content as agreeable to you, and the things that are to come, are disagreeable; what would men do that are carnal and wicked now, what would they do in heaven, certainly if you hate Gods Saints now, that have but a little grace, you would hate them infinitely more afterwards, when they are perfect in grace; & when all your common gifts shall be taken away, for so it shall be; now the things of God are unsuitable to you, though you have now many common gifts, and you now abhor the grace of God, though it be imperfect, what then, when all common gifts shall be taken from you, and grace made perfect, how insuitable will it be then to you; therefore expect nothing hereafter.
Further these things that are here, they are the onely suitable things to your hearts, and what will you do with any more hereafter, these things doe exceedingly please you, and give you content as agreable to you, and the things that are to come, are disagreable; what would men do that are carnall and wicked now, what would they do in heaven, certainly if you hate Gods Saints now, that have but a little grace, you would hate them infinitely more afterwards, when they are perfect in grace; & when all your common gifts shall be taken away, for so it shall be; now the things of God are unsuitable to you, though you have now many common gifts, and you now abhorre the grace of God, though it be imperfect, what then, when all common gifts shall be taken from you, and grace made perfect, how insuitable will it be then to you; therefore expect nothing hereafter.
Again 5. You abuse your portion you have now, what will you do with more, who will trust you with the true riches, you abuse that you have; indeed men of the world that are wicked, and very rich, and preferred to places of honour and power, O what a deal of mischief they do in the world, what dreadful evils are they unto the earth; such men, how do they abuse their portions; why now as it is with a tooth in a mans head, a tooth indeed is preferred to have an eminent place in the head, but when the tooth comes to be rotten, painful, what do we, but pull it out, and throw it away: so though God prefers men to eminent places, when through their wickedness they grow rotten, and do hurt, the Lord plucks them out in his anger; they abuse their portion, and do a great deal of mischief, therefore must expect to be thrown away.