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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.
The next thing to be considered, is, that this portion here, as it is poor ⟨p. 77⟩in regard of the mean things, and the Tenure; so there is a great deal of mixture there in, and the truth is, all the good things wicked men enjoy in this world, will scarce bear charges; that is, there is so much trouble they meet withal in this world, with their portion, that what they have will scarce bear charges; & if a man goes a voyage, we use not to count any thing he spends by the way, to be part of his treasury; now all we have here in this world is but spending money to bear our charges in religion: God knows we shall be at a great deal of charges, and afflictions we shall meet with here; but besides, there is a mixture of Curse in every portion of an ungodly man; if any of you think you get such a rich match, you get an heir that is a very rich match, & you get her portion, & if it be in money, there you go & fetch away the bags of gold, that are her portion, but if it should prove that every bag of gold, you have of your wives portion, had the plague in it, it were but a poor portion; certainly it ⟨p. 78⟩is thus with all ungodly ones in the world, that all the while they live, whatsoever they enjoy, (continuing wicked men) they have a curse of God that goes along with it, and makes way unto eternal misery for them; as those that are godly have the blessing of God in outward things that makes way for their eternal good; so thou hast the curse of the Lord mingled with all thy outward things that makes way for eternal evil unto thee.
The next thing to be considered, is, that this portion here, as it is poor ⟨p. 77⟩in regard of the mean things, and the Tenure; so there is a great deal of mixture there in, and the truth is, all the good things wicked men enjoy in this world, will scarce bear charges; that is, there is so much trouble they meet withall in this world, with their portion, that what they have will scarce bear charges; & if a man goes a voyage, we use not to count any thing he spends by the way, to be part of his treasury; now all we have here in this world is but spending money to bear our charges in religion: God knows we shall be at a great deal of charges, and afflictions we shall meet with here; but besides, there is a mixture of Curse in every portion of an ungodly man; if any of you think you get such a rich match, you get an heire that is a very rich match, & you get her portion, & if it be in money, there you go & fetch away the bags of gold, that are her portion, but if it should prove that every bag of gold, you have of your wives portion, had the plague in it, it were but a poor portion; certainly it