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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.
1. It is the time when Christ himself is to appear; and it is fit that the redeemed should wait for the discovery of their glory, till he that redeemed them cometh in his: besides, their appearing depends upon his: till the World be made to know that he is both Lord and Christ, they cannot acknowledge that Believers in him are the Children of God and Heirs of Glory: and if Christ be willing to tarry till then for his manifestation, his People then have no reason to murmur, or to think the time of their clearing long.
1. It is the time when Christ himself is to appear; and it is fit that the redeemed should wait for the discovery of their glory, till he that redeemed them cometh in his: besides, their appearing depends upon his: till the World be made to know that he is both Lord and Christ, they cannot acknowledge that Believers in him are the Children of God and Heirs of Glory: and if Christ be willing to tarry till then for his manifestation, his People then have no reason to murmure, or to think the time of their clearing long.
2. There are many Elect who are chosen to ⟨p. 102⟩be Sons, that must be brought in, and suffer many things for Christ in fulfilling their testimony, and there will be till that time a gathering in of such, and it is the holy pleasure of God that they that are gone before should wait, that there may be a full and universal discovery made of them all at once, Rev. 6. 9, 10, 11. if they should appear sooner, the World would be afraid to do to them as is appointed.