The child's portion, or, The unseen glory of the children of God asserted and…

•. Make use of this knowledge to establish your hearts against all the evils, and threatened dangers of this present life. The encouragement in our Text, as we have heard, is accommodated by our Apostle to the days of Antichrist, that he might confirm true Believers, by the consideration of their sonship to a resolute standing by the sincere profession of Christ; and maintenance of an holy life. Their Godliness is the great quarrel which the world have against the Children of God: Their present Sonship, and future glory known, is the great relief they have against the Temptations of such an hour: This knowledge is practical, and the strength of the practice is the being much in exercise of Faith, of which the Apostle gives▪ that encomine ⟨p. 91⟩Heb. 11. That it is the evidence of things not seen. His meaning is, that it makes those future things so plain as if they were present, and gives in such demonstrations of them, that there is no room to call the truth into question. Let the Children of God fear nothing but sin; for all other things ••mend them to God, and your Souls with the• in well-doing. If you look only upon the revolutions of times, and changes of this lower World, these things may be too intricate for your understanding to resolve: Their tracing of the motion o• the wheels of Providence may be too high and hard for you: But if now you do but look forward as far as Eternity, and take a view of the concerns of that future life (where indeed your great concerns lie) here you may read Lectures of consolation to your own souls; and, knowing▪ and being assured that after a troublesome way the latter end shall be peace, your hearts may be sixth trusting in the Lord.

•. Make use of this knowledge to establish your hearts against all the evils, and threatned dangers of this present life. The e•couragement in our Text, as we have heard, is accommodated by our Apostle to the dayes of Antichrist, that he might confirm true Believers, by the consideration of their sonship to a resolute standing by the sincere profession of Christ; and maintenance of an holy life. Their Godliness is the great quarrel which the world have against the Children of God: Their present Sonship, and future glory known, is the great relief they have against the Temptations of such an hour: This knowledge is practical, and the strength of the practice is the being much in exercise of Faith, of which the Apostle gives that encomine