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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.
2. To a cheerful willingness to tarry and wait till Christ shall appear for the manifestation of our happiness: be we content to live obscurely, and die obscurely, and be forgotten for a while: this should satisfy our mind: when we are ready to think it long, to remember and consider, that Christ defers our appearance no longer than he doth his own; that as soon as he shall appear we shall appear with him: and is it not enough that the Disciple be as his Master? nay, will it not be the best time for us to appear with him? he is the Lord of Glory, and when he comes he brings his reward with him: and withal remember it is but a short time, yet a little while and he will come, and he will not tarry: and further satisfy your selves with this, that your Brethren must appear with you, even the ⟨p. 108⟩whole number of the redeemed, some whereof are yet unborn, and you have reason to wait for them: Finally ponder, that great shows require great preparations: Christ is now about the business, he is not idle, but making all ready for his coming: and he that believeth, maketh not hast.
2. To a chearful willingness to tarry and wait till Christ shall appear for the manifestation of our happiness: be we content to live obscurely, and die obscurely, and be forgotten for a while: this should satisfie our mind: when we are ready to think it long, to remember and consider, that Christ defers our appearance no longer than he doth his own; that as soon as he shall appear we shall appear with him: and is it not enough that the Disciple be as his Master? nay, will it not be the best time for us to appear with him? he is the Lord of Glory, and when he comes he brings his reward with him: and withal remember it is but a short time, yet a little while and he will come, and he will not tarry: and further satisfie your selves with this, that your Brethren must appear with you, even the ⟨p. 108⟩whole number of the redeemed, some whereof are yet unborn, and you have reason to wait for them: Finally ponder, that great shews require great preparations: Christ is now about the business, he is not idle, but making all ready for his coming: and he that believeth, maketh not hast.