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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.
1Give me leave in a word to answer this; consider of the difference between the arbitrary government the Parliament complains off, and what now you feel; 1. that was then when the Kingdom was in a settled way, and especially when there was no contra arbitrary power to oppose it, yet then it went on, and surely then it did but make way for worse arbitrary government, but now it is in a way, when the Kingdom is unsettled, & in a way where there is a necessity of some help beyond the ordinary course of law, because of a contra arbitrary power that is opposed; and is it possible for any man that hath any wisdom, or understanding not to see the difference between these two?
1Give me leave in a word to answer this; consider of the difference between the arbitrary government the Parliament complains off, and what now you feel; 1. that was then when the Kingdom was in a setled way, and especially when there was no contra arbitrary power to oppose it, yet then it went on, and surely then it did but make way for worse arbitrary government, but now it is in a vvay, vvhen the Kingdom is unsetled, & in a vvay vvhere there is a necessity of some help beyond the ordinary course of lavv, because of a contra arbitrary povver that is opposed; and is it possible for any man that hath any vvisedome, or understanding not to see the difference betvveen these tvvo?
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But I'll show you a greater difference then this, that that was before, those that governed then, suffered nothing ⟨p. 56⟩in it themselves; but gained all; now those that are accused for the present, if that be arbitrary they suffer themselves as much as we do, and their posterity suffers as much as ours, therefore the thing is far different from what was before.