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Title:  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.
Author: Burroughs, Jeremiah, 1599-1646.
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But this was spoken perhaps to some in those times.Mark what follows; This shall be written for the generation to come. This Scripture, this promise of God, it is written for the generations to come. And the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord. We that were not made then, but were created since, let us praise the Lord for this Scripture, that God will regard the prayers of poor shrubs, and not despise them.But they are great things that I stand in need of, and it may be in vain for me to pray for such great things at Gods hands; perhaps if I did pray for ordinary things there might be hope, but I am to pray for great things, mercies for the Church and for the Kingdom, & people of God; is it not in vain for such a poor wretch as I to pray for such great things?We may think that the things we pray for at Gods hands are too great for us to beg, but they are not too great for God to give. It is observed 0