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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.
And lastly, you that do desire so much peace to preserve your own portions here, would not you willingly have such peace, as those that have appeared for you in houses of Parliament, in City, in Ministry, that have been most active be preserved too? are you so desirous of it, as to be willing to leave them to the fury and rage of their adversaries? were not this one of the horriblest wickednesses that ever was committed in a Kingdom, when men from a desire to save their own estates particularly, should betray those that have been faithful to them in their places of trust.
And lastly, you that do desire so much peace to preserve your own portions here, would not you willingly have such peace, as those that have appeared for you in houses of Parliament, in City, in Ministery, that have been most active be preserved too? are you so desirous of it, as to be willing to leave them to the fury and rage of their adversaries? were not this one of the horriblest wickednesses that ever was committed in a Kingdom, when men from a desire to save their own estates particularly, should betray those that have been faithfull to them in their places of trust.
It was a speech of Demosthenes, to one that would fain have peace. It is a vain and preposterous thing to desire ⟨p. 58⟩peace with the flock, upon this condition, that the keepers of the flock may be betrayed; The fair name of peace will never prevail with a wise man, when this shall come to be the condition of it, (the good people in Chrysostoms time) thought it such a thing, to have but the mouth of one Chrysostom stopped, that they professed, if the Sun should turn back, & keep in her rays, it were more tolerable, then that the mouth of John Chrysostom should be stopped; they had such a high esteem, of a faithful Minister in those times; therefore if you would be faith full to God, and to his Kingdom, and to those that have appeared for you, look after such peace, wherein you and they may be safe.