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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.
We may first take the assertion it self into our consideration, now are we the Sons of God, and from hence we may observe this;
Doct. The▪ poorest and most despised Believers in the World are now the Sons of God. The Apostle speaks of such as had received the anointing of the Spirit, Cap. 2. 27. of such as had known the Father and believed on Christ, ver. 13, 14. and these are they whom he pronounceth owners of this happy title.
In the opening of this Doctrine we are to consider: 1. What is meant by being the Sons of God? 2. How we come to be his Sons? 3. What is the profit or advantage coming to ⟨p. 5⟩us by this relation? 4. The evidence, or how it appears that we are such?
1. What is meant by being the Sons of God?