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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
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2. Think it not hard that God should call you to […] sufferings for his Name, but let the consideration of that unseen Glory that is a coming, arm and animate you for whatsoever Days of trouble you may have good reason to think are not afar off, that when they do come, they may not be burdensome, but may weigh light: Learn therefore of Paul, to place the scales right, that you may be able to draw the same conclusion which he doth, when you come to weigh your future felicities, that you have in hope, against all the present sorrows and sufferings you are at the present undergoing for Christ, 2 Cor. 4. 17, 18.
2. Think it not hard that God should call you to 〈…〉 sufferings for his Name, but let the consideration of that unseen Glory that is a coming, arme and animate you for whatsoever Dayes of trouble you may have good reason to think are not afarr off, that when they do come, they may not be burdensome, but may weigh light: Learn therefore of Paul, to place the scales right, that you may be able to draw the same conclusion which he doth, when you come to weigh your future felicities, that you have in hope, against all the present sorrows and sufferings you are at the present undergoing for Christ, 2 Cor. 4. 17, 18.
3. Wait patiently for your Glory: though you do not now enjoy it, no nor make a full and through discovery of it at the present, yet be patient and wait, and you have those encouragements so to do.
1. The time is not long: It is but when he shall appear, Context. There is a little work for you to do for God here, and then the reward: And as you have need of patience for this, that when you have done the will of God you may receive the reward,