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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.
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.
4. Infallible Conditions; such as are necessary, not only [Greek or Hebrew] or universally, as Joh. 3. 36. Whosoever believeth, &c. But also [Greek or Hebrew] reciprocally, as Mar. 16. 16. He that believes shall be saved, he that believes not shall be damned. When therefore God worketh these conditions in the souls of any; when he sanctifieth the means to become unfailing helps to Faith, and bring the Soul to repent and believe in Christ, that foundation is laid, that shall aspire to [Greek or Hebrew] building unmoveable: this is to be built upon the Rock, Mat. 7. 24, 25. This is a seed which, when •own, is immortal and abiding; these gifts and callings are without repentance.