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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.
1Secondly, here we see the reason, why there are so great ones in the world, that regard religion so little as they do, and the ways of God, and the Church of God, why it is not their portion: those things that concerns another life, is not any part of their portion: they mind what it is that concerns the present life, because this is their portion; when many come into places of dignity, and power, what are their thoughts, why now they think of gratifying their servants; now ⟨p. 47⟩they think of respect and honour that they shall have abroad in the world, and be accounted some body, now they think of revenging all their wrongs, of making up of all their broken titles, &c. this hath been heretofore very ordinary in men advanced amongst you, these are all their thoughts as for doing service for God, and for the Church, and vindicating the truth of God, and his honour, that is scarce in all their thoughts, for they do not look upon that as part of their portion; here is the reason, why so many magistrates are like to 2Gallio, caring for none of those things; they were to him but matter of words, and yet they were about the great fundamental points of religion, whether Christ were the true Messiah, and whether he were God or no, but to Gallio these things were but matter of words; and so the great things of God and religion to carnal hearts, are things, of no great consequence; yea, when as Sosthenes that was the ruler of the Synagogue for countenancing ⟨p. 48⟩of Paul, had the rude multitude of the City, rose up to apprehend him; Gallio cared for none of these things; what did he care for rectifying any thing that was amiss in religion.
1Secondly, here we see the reason, why there are so great ones in the world, that regard religion so little as they do, and the wayes of God, and the Church of God, why it is not their portion: those things that concerns another life, is not any part of their portion: they mind what it is that concerns the present life, because this is their portion; when many come into places of dignitie, and power, what are their thoughts, why now they think of gratifying their servants; now