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The fading of the flesh and flourishing of faith, or, One cast for eternity…
The fading of the flesh and flourishing of faith, or, One cast for eternity with the only way to throw it well : as also the gracious persons incomparable portion / by George Swinnock ...The fading of the flesh and flourishing of faith, or, One cast for eternity with the only way to throw it vvell : as also the gracious persons incomparable portion / by George Swinnock ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1662
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Chapter 2: The Interpretation of the Text, and the Doctrine, That mans flesh will fail him.
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 my portion, Its a Metaphor taken from the ancient custom among the Jews, of dividing inheritances, whereby every one had his allotted portion, as if he had said, God is not only my Rock to defend me from those tempests which assault me, and thereby my freedom from evil; but he is also my portion to supply my necessities, and to give me the fruition of all good. Others indeed have their parts on this side the land of promise, but the Author of all portions, is the matter of my portion; my portion doth not lie in the Rubbish and lumbar as theirs doth, whose portion is in this life, be they never so large, but my portion containeth him, whom the Heavens, and Heaven of Heavens can never contain. God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever; Not for a Year, or an age, or a million of ages, but for eternity; Though others portions, like Roses, the fuller they blow, the sooner they shed, they are worsted often by their pride, and wasted through their prodigality, that at last they come to want, 1and surely death always rents their persons and portions asunder, yet my portion will be ever full without diminution, and first without alteration this God will be my God for ever and ever, my guide and aid unto death; nay Death which dissolveth so many bonds, and untieth such close knots, shall never part me and my portion, but give me a perfect and everlasting possession of it.
And my portion, Its a Metaphor taken from the ancient custome among the Jews, of dividing inheritances, whereby every one had his allotted portion, as if he had said, God is not onely my Rock to defend me from those tempests which assault me, and thereby my freedom from evil; but he is also my portion to supply my necessities, and to give me the fruition of all good. Others indeed have their parts on this side the land of promise, but the Author of all portions, is the matter of my portion; my portion doth not lie in the Rubbish and lumbar as theirs doth, whose portion is in this life, be they never so large, but my portion containeth him, whom the Heavens, and Heaven of Heavens can never contain. God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever; Not for a Year, or an age, or a million of ages, but for eternity; Though others portions, like Roses, the fuller they blow, the sooner they shed, they are worsted often by their pride, and wasted through their prodigality, that at last they come to want, 1