What a pitiful perishing portion is that!

(Thomas Brooks, "The Transcendent Excellency
of a Believer's Portion Above All Earthly Portions")

"Men of the world, whose portion is in this life."
    Psalm 17:14

Certainly, men . . .
  whose hearts are worldly,
  whose minds are worldly,
  whose spirits are worldly,
  whose desires are worldly,
  whose hopes are worldly,
  whose main ends are worldly--
have only the world for their portion; and what a
pitiful perishing portion is that!
Such men . . .
  choose the world as their portion, and
  delight in the world as their portion, and
  trust to the world as their portion, and
  in straits run to the world as their portion, and
  take contentment and satisfaction in the world
as their portion.

Doubtless that word was a thunderbolt to Dives--
"Remember that during your life you received your
good things, just as Lazarus received bad things; but
now he is comforted here, while you are in agony!"

Wicked men have their best here, their worst is to come.

They have their comforts here, their torments are to come.

They have their joys here, their sorrows are to come.

They have their heaven here, their hell is to come.