4 Here is a memorandum, both for poor and rich. (1.) The poorest that go from door to door, and hath not one penny left them by their parents, were born to an inheritance. Their first father Adam left them children of wrath; and continuing in their natural state, they cannot miss of it; for this is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God, Job xx 29. An heritage, that will furnish them with an habitation, who have not where to lay their head: they shall be cast into utter darkness, Matth. xxv. 30. for to them is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever, Jude 13. where their bed shall be sorrow; The• […] down in sorrow, Isa. l. 11. their food shall be judgment, for God will seed them with judgment, Ezek. xxxiv. 16 and their drink shall be the red wine of God's wrath, the dregs whereof all the wicked of the earth ⟨p. 108⟩shall wring out, and drink them, Psal. lxxv 8. I know, that these who are destitute of worldly goods, and withal void of the knowledge and grace of God, who therefore may be called the devil's poor, will be apt to say here, We hope God will make us suffer all our misery in this world, and we shall be happy in the next: as if their miserable outward condition in time, would secure their happiness in eternity. A gross and fatal mistake! And this is another inheritance they have, viz lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit, Jer xvi 19 But the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, Isa xxviii. 17. Dost thou think, O sinner, that God who commands judges on earth, not to respect the person of the poor in judgment ▪ Lev xix 15. will pervert judgment for thee? Nay, know for certain, that however miserable thou art here, thou shalt be eternally miserable hereafter, if thou livest and diest in thy natural state (2) Many that have enough in the world, have far more than they know of Thou hadst, (it may be) O unregenerate man, an estate, a good portion, or a large stock left thee by thy father; thou hast improved it, and the sun of prosperity shines upon thee; so that thou canst say with Esau, Gen. xxxiii. 9. I have enough. But know, thou hast more than all that, an inheritance thou dost not consider of: thou art a child of wrath, an heir of hell. That is an heritage which will abide with thee, amidst all the changes in the world: as long as thou continuest in an unregenerate state.
4 Here is a memorandum, both for poor and rich. (1.) The poorest that go from door to door, and hath not one penny left them by their parents, were born to an inheritance. Their first father Adam left them children of wrath; and continuing in their natural state, they cannot miss of it; for this is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God, Job xx 29. An heritage, that will furnish them with an habitation, who have not where to lay their head: they shall be cast into utter darkness, Matth. xxv. 30. for to them is reserved the blackn•ss of darkness for ever, Jude 13. where their bed shall be sorrow; The• 〈…〉 down in sorrow, Isa. l. 11. their food shall be judgment, for God will seed them with judgment, Ezek. xxxiv. 16 and their drink shall be the red wine of God's wrath, the dregs whereof all the wicked of the earth ⟨p. 108⟩shall wring out, and drink them, Psal. lxxv 8. I know, that these who are destitute of worldly goods, and withal void of the knowledge and grace of God, who therefore may be called the devil's poor, will be apt to say here, We hope God will make us suffer all our misery in this world, and we shall be happy in the next: as if their miserable outward condition in time, would secure their happiness in eternity. A gross and fatal mistake! And this is another inheritance they have, viz lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit, Jer xvi 19 But the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, Isa xxviii. 17. Dost thou think, O sinner, that God who commands judges on earth, not to respect the person of the poor in judgment ▪ Lev xix 15. will pervert judgment for thee? Nay, know for certain, that however miserable thou art here, thou shalt be eternally miserable hereafter, if thou livest and diest in thy natural state (2) Many that have enough in the world, have far more than they know of Thou hadst, (it may be) O unregenerate man, an estate, a good portion, or a large stock left thee by thy father; thou hast improven it, and the sun of prosperity shines upon thee; so that thou canst say with Esau, Gen. xxxiii. 9. I have enough. But know, thou hast more than all that, an inheritance thou dost not consider of: thou art a child of wrath, an heir of hell. That is an heritage which will abide with thee, amidst all the changes in the world: as long as thou continuest in an unregenerate state.
