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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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and whatsoever there is that may be alleged for the supporting of it, is capable of a fair solution according to the Scripture dialect, and thereby reducible either to Christ's first coming in the flesh, the state of the New Testament in general, or the glorious state of the Triumphant Church in the Eternal Kingdom; as divers learned and Orthodox have judiciously made to appear.
and whatsoever there is that may be alledged for the supporting of it, is capable of a fair solution according to the Scripture dialect, and thereby reducable either to Christ's first coming in the flesh, the state of the New Testament in general, or the glorious state of the Triumphant Church in the Eternal Kingdom; as divers learned and Orthodox have judiciously made to appear.
But to avoid controversies, and take up with things agreed on: There are two comings of Christ peculiarly celebrated in the Gospel; his coming in a state of Humiliation, and his coming in a state of glory to Judge the World; Which latter is accordingly called his second coming, Heb. 9. 28. He shall appear the second time.
As Christ was once seen here in great meanness, and was despised, so he shall be seen even by his Enemies in great glory, and every knee shall bow to him; He shall come in the glory of his Father, and he shall come to Judge the world, Act. 17. 31. 2 Tim. 4. 1. This is the appearing of which our Apostle here speaketh: Christ ⟨p. 96⟩