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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. The immutable will of God purposing and resolving of it: with this our Saviour encourageth his Disciples, Luk. 12. 32. Fear not little flock it is your Fathers pleasure to give you the Kingdom. The foundation of this happiness was laid in Gods Decree; this is the Book of Life in which their Names were written; here began that everlasting love, which is the cause and fountain of all the grace afterwards revealed: this is the writing that receives no blots; this is the Record that admits of no alterations; this is the foundation of God which stands sure, having this seal, the Lord knows who are his: Hence we have Paul bringing down of this foreknowledge infallibly unto Glory, in that chain of his, Rom. 8. 29. 30.
1. The immutable will of God purposing and resolving of it: with this our Saviour encourageth his Disciples, Luk. 12. 32. Fear not little flock it is your Fathers pleasure to give you the Kingdome. The foundation of this happiness was laid in Gods Decree; this is the Book of Life in which their Names were written; here began that everlasting love, which is the cause and fountain of all the grace afterwards revealed: this is the writing that receives no blots; this is the Record that admits of no alterations; this is the foundation of God which stands sure, having this seal, the Lord knows who are his: Hence we have Paul bringing down of this foreknowledge infallibly unto Glory, in that chain of his, Rom. 8. 29. 30.
3. The Redemption of Christ purchasing and procuring of it for them: eternal Glory is one part of that purchase for which Jesus Christ laid down that great price: and it was sealed up to him in the Covenant of Redemption for ⟨p. 80⟩