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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.
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He is said to bear witness with our spirits▪ Rom. 8▪ 16.
4. By the discovery of these present effects h• is infallibly assured that he shall inherit Glory hereafter. A state of Grace, and of Glory, hav• but their gradual differences: Grace is Glory begun, Glory is Grace finished or perfected Grace is the seed whereof glory is the genuine Fruit: Grace, if it die not, will bring forth glory undoubtedly; but it cannot die, being an immortal seed, and abiding. True grace is a spring that never ceaseth flowing till it reach eternal Life, Joh. 4. 14. Paul counts it a good argument, and that the inference will hold, that i• God hath begun, he will also perfect the good ⟨p. 85⟩work, Phil. 1. 6. God cannot call back his grace▪ for it is without repentance, Rom. 11. 29. Heb. 13. 5. The Believer cannot renounce nor reject it, for God will not suffer him to depart away from him,