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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
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Chapter 17: An Exhortation to Men, to choose God for their portion.
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.
for what God is there in heaven or in earth that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might? I pray thee, let me go over and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. Lord, though others be put off with common bounty, let me partake of special mercy; though they feed on husks, give me this bread of life. Let me not for this whole world have my portion in this world, but be thou the portion of my cup, do thou maintain my lot; whatsoever thou deny to me, or howsoever thou deal with me, give me thy self and I shall have enough. Though strangers and enemies to thee scramble for the good ⟨p. 155⟩things which thou scatterest here below, and desire no more, yet let me see the felicity of thy chosen, rejoice with the gladness of thy nation, and glory with thine inheritance. O Friend, it is eternal life to know this only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent, John 17.3.
for what God is there in heaven or in earth that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might? I pray thee, let me go over and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. Lord, though others be put off with common bounty, let me partake of special mercy; though they feed on husks, give me this bread of life. Let me not for this whole world have my portion in this world, but be thou the portion of my cup, do thou maintain my lot; whatsoever thou deny to me, or howsoever thou deal with me, give me thy self and I shall have enough. Though strangers and enemies to thee scramble for the good ⟨p. 155⟩things which thou scatterest here below, and desire no more, yet let me see the felicity of thy chosen, rejoyce with the gladness of thy nation, and glory with thine inheritance. O Friend, it is eternal life to know this only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent, John 17.3.