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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.
We read of purchased possession, Eph. 1. 14. And an inheritance reserved for us in the Heavens, 1 Pet. 1. 3. And of Christ willing that all of them should be with him, Joh. 17. 24.
3. Unalterable promises made to them: Believers are said to be heirs of the promise: They have great promises, 2 Cor. 7. 1. Eternal felicity comes within the compass of the promise which is made to them, Psal. 84. 11. The Lord shall give Grace and Glory. Joh. 3. 36. He that believeth hath everlasting life, and this promise is firm and stable; it is not a mutable thing, because it is made by an immutable God, and it cannot fail because uttered •• the mouth of God ⟨p. 81⟩that cannot lie. And from hence the Apostle argueth the necessity of our felicity, in Heb. 6. 17, 18.