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A30702	Cosmo-meros, the worldly portion, or, The best portion of the wicked, and their misery in the enjoyment of it, opened and applyed together with some directions and helps in order to a heavenly and better portion, enforced with many usef[ul] and divine considerations / by Seth Bushell ...	Bushell, Seth, 1621-1684.	1682 (1682)	Wing B6237; ESTC R40782	133,437	408

Flesh fail yet God is the strength of the Heart and the Portion for ●ver Happy is that People that is in such a case whose God is the Lord. They are not liable to the same grievances or so to be afflicted under their afflictions as others are They may be troubled on every side yet not distressed perplexed but not in despair The reason is they have not their Portion here below 2 Cor. 4.8 but their good things are all above laid ●p there where none can take ●hem away from them We see ●herefore that it is a thing not ●o be wondred at why so many ●re of Baruch's temper sigh and ●aint and grieve and sorrow ●o is me say they for there is ●rief added to my sorrow Jer. 45.3 4 5. I faint ●n my sighing and I find no rest And when 's this when they ●re crossed and disappointed in ●heir Worldly designs and hopes When the Lord breaks down that which they have built and plucks up that which they have planted And why is all this they seek great things for themselves and their Portion is lodged in this present World Jer. 45.4 5. CHAP. X. Containing some instructions expressing the more particular duties of those to whom God has given some Evidences of their Interest in a better Portion than in this present World is to be enjoyed THe foregoing discourse seems to hint some thing● more particularly to those whom the Lord has been pleased to endow with a better goo● than this World affords who● the Lord has given to see th● good of his chosen and who hav● made choice of that good part which shall not be taken away from them Psal 106.5 Luk. 10.42 God might have put you off with the swill and draff of this present World have given you a belly full and so an end He might have dealt with you as it was with Hagar have given you a Loaf of Bread and a Bottel of Water and so have sent you away but he has not done so he has dealt otherwise with you than as with Slaves and Vassals he has adopted you for Sons and Daughters and given you Childrens Portions the lines are fallen to you in pleasant places you have a goodly Heritage Psal 16.56 for the Lord is the Portion of your Inheritance and of your Cup. Now seeing you have some evidences that God hath given you a better Portion and not put you off with the good things of ●his World it concerns you to ●earn and practise those instru●tions that your condition calls ●or As §. I. First Oh Bless the Lord for his goodness to you all your daies Say with the Psalmist Bless the Lord Psal 103.1 O my Soul and all that is within me Bless his Holy Name The Lord hath shewed you better things than these are he might have put you off with some outward Worldly Good and have made it to be your All But your line is fallen in pleasant places and you have a goodly Heritage Oh therefore let your Souls be enlarged in blessing and let the assured happiness of your State and your riches in reversion raise your Hearts The least mercy is in a sort infinitely beyond our deserts if we consider either the infinite excellency of the Author or the Wretched Unworthyness of our own Hearts and so justly engages us unto Blessings praise How much mor● when we are made the Subjects of Eternal Mercies and are to have the Treasures of Eternity opened unto us as our own Surely our Resolutions should be knit up into that of David While I live will I Praise the Lord I will sing Praises unto my God while I have any Being Psal 146.2 §. II. Secondly If the Lord hath given you some Evidences of a better good stored up for you in Heaven the good of his chosen Psal 106.5 then these Evidences and hopes seem to impress upon you the Doctrine of contentment be contented then with your present state Do not murmure and repine because your condition as to the outwards of this World is not so good as others you perhaps want many comforts which you think others have you are abridged and cut short of many delights which you see others do enjoy Oh be not troubled at it for thou hast that which will make the happy to all Eternity Though thou hast no such a confluence of riches neither art attended with such Worldly Pomp Psal 73.7 doest not suck the blood of the Grape neither art fed with the fat of the Earth as others though thou doest not so swill in the Bowl of pleasures as those who have more than Heart could wish yet thou hast all this made up by inward incomes and thou hast so much in Reversion sure as ten thousand Worlds cannot ballance Take a true believer at his lowest Ebb and put it to him and he would not he cannot he dares not exchange conditions with the greatest Monarch in the World that 's barely so not having a work of Regeneration passed upon him At the very mentioning an exchange his thoughts startle and his Spirit recoils within him For all Worldly Created Comfort cannot give him satisfaction and should he be reversed into the condition of an unbeliever how miserably wretched were he to all Eternity Now should not such be contented with their Lot as it 's cast for them in this present World Why should such repine and murmure as dislikeing their 〈…〉 they will not change conditions with t●o●e were it put to them from whose felicity their corruption would take the occasion of discontentment Hath God given you Jesus Christ His beloved Son to redeem you Hath he given you the Holy Spirit to Sanctify your Natures Hath he given you himself to be your Portion And are you troubled that you have no more of that sensual delight which a reprobate yea a brute in some respects may have as well as you Oh be ashamed of any murmuring discontentments for want of the comforts of this World §. III. Thirdly Do not you envy any wicked men for their ●●rtion Psal 37.35 though their Leaf be green and they spread like a Bay tree yet envy them not their good Let not thy Heart envy Sinners but be thou in 〈…〉 lon● saith Soloman Prov. 23.17 ●mplying that envy at the feli●●y of the wicked is a great Enemy to the true fear of God expelling and driving it out of the Heart or keeping it from entring in 〈◊〉 that as 〈◊〉 comes in the fear of God go● out Envy puts out fear Now this is a startling consideration and strong argument against that bitter root of envy What shall such a worm be harboured in the bosome as preys upon the Vitalls Shall such a Thief be entertained into our inmost lodgings which will rob us of our choisest Treasure The fear of ●he Lord is his Treasure Isa 33.6 Now you to whom God gives Eternal Mercies have the ●east reason in the World to grudge the

them●●lves and yet fall so as to rise ●o no more They are but set 〈◊〉 slippery places as the Psalmist ●eaks and then cast down into ●●struction and brought into de●●lation as in a moment they are ●terly consumed with terrours ●sal 73.18 19. Psal 73.18 19. Thus they flat●●r themselves in their own ●●es until their iniquity be ●●und to be hateful They say ●●ey shall die in their nest and ●ultiply their days as the sand ●his was the ground upon which ●ob's friends argued so strongly ●gainst him That surely God ●d not love him because it ●ent so ill with him There●re they did not speak of God ●e thing that was right measuring his thoughts by outwar● providences in this world a● modelling all their Argumen● according to this Rule Now th● is too low a way to measure th● mind of God who is infini● in knowledge and of who● understanding there is no rea● It is as high as heaven what ca● thou do deeper than hell wh● dost thou know the measure the● of is longer than the earth a● deeper than the sea Job 11. 8 ● Job 11.8 9. The Lord would teach his peop●● from the plenty of outwa●● Mercies the wicked do enjo● to look for other evidences 〈◊〉 his love evidences of anoth●● nature than these things are 〈◊〉 which the love of God may cleared up unto them T●● seems to be the carriage of t● Almighty in these his works Providence unto his peopl● You see how the draff and s● of this world is cast bef●●● them and how they wall therein and fill their bellies ●ot you look upon these things ●s arguments of my love to ●hose persons who enjoy them ●or you see what kind of crea●ures they are sometimes cast ●mong even amongst my most ●itter and cruel enemies such ●s are and will be so and who ●buse these good things to a fur●her hardening them in their ●nmity but do not you regard 〈◊〉 envy not their Portion nei●her judge their Condition ●herefore happy measure not ●ny Love by outward Mercies ●or I thus promiscuously cast ●hem abroad into the world to ●ive check to such thoughts as ●ould argue either love or ha●red from them Eccles 9.1 Sect. XII Lastly The Lord gives such 〈◊〉 large Dole of outward Mer●ies unto the wicked in this pre●ent world because this is all ●hat ever they are like to have They are never to expect any ●ore The Lord deals with them as Abraham did with t●● Sons of the Concubines whi● he had he gave them gifts a● sent them away from Isaac his s● eastward into the east-countre● but he gave all that he had un● Isaac Gen. 25.5 6. So t●● Lord gives worldly gifts un● the wicked and as it wer● packs them far away they m● have nothing to do with h● habitation and his holy plac● the Heavenly Jerusalem is rese●ved for his Isaacs the childr● of the Promise These Sons 〈◊〉 the Concubine they may t● vail into the East-countrey and there gather their gold a●● silver and precious stones ●mong the smooth stones of the stre● as the Prophet speaks in anoth●● case is their Portion Isa 57.6 And th● is all that ever they are like 〈◊〉 have they are to go their wa● and expect no more Thus dea● Jehoshaphat likewise with tho● Sons that were not to plead 〈◊〉 Title to his Kingdom inten●i●g the Throne and Crown for ●ehoram their father gave them ●reat gifts of silver 2 Chron. 21.3 and of gold ●nd of precious things with fenced ●ties in Judah but the kingdom ●ave he to Jehoram because he was ●●e first-born So God deals w●t●●any of the wicked in this ●orld as Jehoshaphat did with ●is other Sons who gave them ●heir Dole before hand in great ●ifts and so committed their ●ortion into their hands and ●hey were not to expect any ●ore the kingdom it was for the ●●rst-born Thus the wicked have ●reat gifts in this world their ●ortion is put into their hands ●nd they are to expect no more They are not from hence to ar●ue That because he hath done ●o well for them that therefore ●e will do better and intends ●hem a further good cujus con●rarium est verum Nay you may ●ather gather an Argument ●uite the other way because God intends no further good unto you hereafter therefore is you have so much now Th● we use to answer men that ha●● had their Dole already giv● them and they will come agai● Why do you come again y● have had your Dole alread● So God will answer to ma● men when they shall cry to hi● for mercy at that day W● come you to me for more y●● have had your Dole alread● Have not you had more than 〈◊〉 your work comes to Did n●● your cup overflow in your lif● time Psal 73.7 Had not you more th● heart could wish Why do yo● come again Did not I sa● God shew my self glorious 〈◊〉 mercy in your day that you b●ing so wicked as you were ha● yet so much of the good thing● of the world as you had I di● not only spare you and eke o● my long-sufferance towards yo● but I loaded you then with b●nefits and heap'd my blessing on you if so be you would ther● by have been led to repentance Rom. 2.4 ●nd therefore though you be ●enied eternal mercies hereaf●●r yet you have cause to tell ●e Devils themselves and ●mned creatures that shall be ●ur companions That God was ●ry merciful to you while you ●ed in this world You had a ●rge Portion here but here 's ●ur All. Son remember that ●ou in thy life-time receivedst ●y good things thou canst not ●pect them hereafter too CHAP. VI. ●●at the good things the Wicked do enjoy are confined to this present life and why Sect. I. THE Third Particular propounded in the handling this Point is to shew That 〈◊〉 the good things the wicked do enjoy are confined to this presen● life so as when their life ends then all their good is at an en● When the wicked man dieth he shall carry nothing away His glory shall not descend aft●● him Psalm 49.17 Naked 〈◊〉 came into the world and nake● he shall return All his go● things have their period wi●● him he cannot carry them alo●● into another world when dea● seizeth on him then he is par●ed from them And then wh● shall those things be which he h● provided Luk. 12.20 Though whiles he ●ved he blessed his soul a● his flatterers were about hi● and his cogging Parasites a● they praised him yet he s●● go to the generation of his f●thers Psal 49.18 and shall never see ligh● and then all his good thi● are concluded with him A● it is so that the Portion of t●● wicked cannot outlive b● is confined to this present lif● because First That there are some men whose names are written in ●he earth Cum homines beati esse volunt si vere volunt profecto esse