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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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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.
We have weighed the world in the balance and found it lighter then vanity; let us see what weight God hath. David will tell us, though the vessel of the creature be frozen, that no satisfaction can be drawn thence; yet this Fountain runneth freely to the full content of all true Christians; The Lord is the portion of my cup, and inheritance; thou maintainest my lot. The former expression, as I observed before, is an allusion to the custom of dividing their drink at banquets; the latter to the division of Canaan by lot and line, Psal. 78.55. according as the lot fell, was every ones part. Now Davids part and lot fell it seems (like the Levites under the Law) on God; but is he pleased in his portion, and can he take any delight in his estate? The lines are fallen to me in a ⟨p. 162⟩pleasant place; yea I have a goodly heritage Psalm 16.5, 6. As if he had said, No lot ever fell in a better land; my portion happeneth in the best place that is possible; my knowledge of thee, and propriety in thee affordeth full content and felicity to me. I have enough, and crave no more; I have all, and can have no more. Though creatures bring in an Ignoramus to that enquiry concerning satisfaction, yet the All-sufficient God doth not.
We have weighed the world in the ballance and found it lighter then vanity; let us see what weight God hath. David will tell us, though the vessel of the creature be frozen, that no satisfaction can be drawn thence; yet this Fountain runneth freely to the full content of all true Christians; The Lord is the portion of my cup, and inheritance; thou maintainest my lot. The former expression, as I observed before, is an allusion to the custome of dividing their drink at banquets; the latter to the division of Canaan by lot and line, Psal. 78.55. according as the lot fell, was every ones part. Now Davids part and lot fell it seems (like the Levites under the Law) on God; but is he pleased in his portion, and can he take any delight in his estate? The lines are fallen to me in a ⟨p. 162⟩pleasant place; yea I have a goodly heritage