The saints inheritance and the worldlings portion representing the glorious condition of a child…

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.

And ungodly men, shall have to deal with God immediately in the world to come (I beseech you observe but this answer) now they have to deal with God through creatures, and while they have to deal with God through creatures, they may get a great deal, & may make shift for much, but when they shall come to have to deal with God immediately, then it will be otherwise with them, as for example, there are a great many hang-byes at great mens houses, perhaps when they come to have to deal with the servants, they get some bits and scraps, and many things of the servants; but if they know they can have nothing, but from the very hand of the Knight or Lord of the house himself, ⟨p. 43⟩then they will expect no great matter; so wicked men in this world, they are as hang-byes and all that they have, are but as scraps from the servants, they have to deal only with creatures, they look no further; But hereafter things shall be settled another way, and all things shall be weighed by God himself, in a balance of justice, & distributed by the hands of God himself immediately, and then things will be carried after another manner, the Lord himself will come to dispose of things.

And ungodly men, shall have to deal with God immediately in the world to come (I beseech you observe but this answer) now they have to deal with God through creatures, and while they have to deal with God through creatures, they may get a great deal, & may make shift for much, but when they shall come to have to deal with God immediately, then it will be otherwise with them, as for example, there are a great many hang-byes at great mens houses, perhaps when they come to have to deal with the servants, they get some bits and scraps, and many things of the servants; but if they know they can have nothing, but from the very hand of the Knight or Lord of the house himself,