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The child's portion, or, The unseen glory of the children of God asserted and…
The child's portion, or, The unseen glory of the children of God asserted and proved together with several other sermons / occasionally preached and now published by Samuel Willard, teacher of a church in Boston, New-England.
printed by Samuel Green, 1684
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
1. To the blessed Angels: How far forth God is pleased to reveal this to them, who are ministering spirits for the carrying on of this work, is not to us known; or, wherein their Glory, and the glory of Saints agree, and wherein they differ, is not within our ken: It is certain, that mans Salvation by Christ, was once to them a mysterious truth, and they have been gazing upon it with deepest admiration: Yet doubtless they know a great deal of this matter.
1. To the blessed Angels: How far forth God is pleased to reveal this to them, who are ministring spirits for the carrying on of this work, is not to us known; or, wherein their Glory, and the glory of Saints agree, and wherein they differ, is not within our ken: It is certain, that mans Salvation by Christ, was once to them a misterious truth, and they have been gazing upon it with deepest admiration: Yet doubtless they know a great deal of this matter.
2. To the Souls of Just men made perfect: They are now indeed Comprehensors, and know well enough the happiness they are in possession of, but what discerning or comprehension have they of those complements of Glory, which in the Resurrection, and after the Day of Judgement shall be added to them, we cannot tell: The words after my text seem to speak of the last day, as being a day of some peculiar discovery: We must therefore for the present leave these two and say nothing definitely of them.
2. To the Souls of Just men made perfect: They are now indeed Comprehensors, and know well enough the happiness they are in possession of, but what discerning or comprehension have they of those complements of Glory, which in the Resurrection, and after the Day of Judgement shal be added to them, we cannot tell: The words after my text seem to speak of the last day, as being a day of some peculiar discovery: We must therefore for the present leave these two and say nothing definitely of them.