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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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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.
3. This glory is worth the waiting for: I am not able to tell you what it is, no, nor, if an Angel should come and declare it to us, are we who dwell in mortal bodies, capable of understanding it: But this we may know, that it will recompense all our Faith and Patience, all our sorrows and sufferings; nay, all the sufferings of this present life are not worthy of the Glory that shall be revealed: If it did appear, and our blear eyes could now look upon it without dazzling, it would not be so great as it now is, which when it shall appear, will transport us with everlasting admiration, that shall echo back in eternal Hallelujahs.
3. This glory is worth the waiting for: I am not able to tell you what it is, no, nor, if an Angel should come and declare it to us, are we who dwell in mortal bodies, capable of understanding it: But this we may know, that it will recompence all our Faith and Patience, all our sorrows and sufferings; nay, all the sufferings of this present life are not worthy of the Glory that shall be revealed: If it did appear, and our blear eyes could now look upon it without dazling, it would not be so great as it now is, which when it shall appear, will transport us with everlasting admiration, that shall eccho back in eternal Hallelujahs.
But we know, that when he shall appear, we shall be like him.
Our Apostle having in the foregoing words endeavoured to satisfy those whom he writes unto, in the reason why, Notwithstanding they were sons of God, and consequently great heirs, their condition was at the present so obscure, viz. Because the time of their manifestation was not yet come, he proceeds in the rest of this Vers. to encourage and strengthen their Faith in the consideration of the Glory which shall in due time be revealed in them: It is q. d. Have patience, and tarry but a little while, and then you shall look like your selves, and have Glory enough to declare you unspeakably happy.