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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.
Thus saith the Lord, if the Prince ⟨p. 41⟩give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance shall be his sons, but if to his servant, then it shall be but till Jubilee; this was Gods law, that if a Prince gave a gift to his son, his son should inherit it for ever, but if he give it to a servant; it should continue with him but for a while; Here is the difference of Gods administration of all his gifts, he giveth some to servants, and these shall continue for a time, with in a little while all will be called for again, all the good and all the comfort thou hast, God will call for it again; but now that which he gives to his children, they shall have for ever, their pleasures are durable and their mercies everlasting.
Thus saith the Lord, if the Prince ⟨p. 41⟩give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance shall be his sons, but if to his servant, then it shall be but till Iubilee; this was Gods law, that if a Prince gave a gift to his son, his son should inherit it for ever, but if he give it to a seruant; it should continue with him but for a while; Here is the difference of Gods administration of all his gifts, he giveth some to servants, and these shall continue for a time, with in a little while all will be called for again, all the good and all the comfort thou hast, God will call for it again; but now that which he gives to his children, they shall have for ever, their pleasures are durable and their mercies everlasting.
Again the portion that the world hath here comes from Gods patience, now there will be an end of the manifestation of the glory of patience in this world; as there are some graces of the Spirit of God in the Saints, that shall have an end in regard of their exercise in this world, so there are some attributes of God that shall have ⟨p. 42⟩an end in regard of the manifestation of them in that way that God doth now manifest them in this life, and that is the patience of God towards ungodly ones, now if they hold all upon patience (mark, they hold all upon patience) when that expires, then all their good is at an end.