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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. The additional glory which shall be conferred ⟨p. 116⟩upon them in this state: Herein also they shall be like him, for they shall be fellow-commoners with him in this complemental Glory; they shall not be divided from him, but conjoined in this felicity. They shall enjoy one and the same Heaven; that Kingdom which is prepared for him, is also prepared for them; as he hath a massive Crown of honour given him, so also shall they have each of them Growns set upon their heads, even an eternal weight of glory, Rev. 4. 4. They had on their heads Crowns of Gold. As his Father hath seated him upon a Royal Throne, so also are their Thrones made ready for them, and they shall sit upon them there, Rev. 3. 21. To him that overcometh, will I grant to sit with me upon my Throne. As he possesseth fullness of joys in his Fathers presence, Psal. 16. ult. so shall they in his, Psal. 36. 8. But I do but lade the Ocean with a spoon▪ The one half of that Glory which Christ now enjoyeth is not told, nor can be understood by us, in the dark and cloudy Vale.
2. The additional glory which shal be conferred ⟨p. 116⟩upon them in this state: Herein also they shal be like him, for they shal be fellow-commoners with him in this complemental Glory; they shal not be divided from him, but conjoyned in this felicity. They shal enjoy one and the same Heaven; that Kingdom which is prepared for him, is also prepared for them; as he hath a massie Crown of honour given him, so also shal they have each of them Growns set upon their heads, even an eternal weight of glory, Rev. 4. 4. They had on their heads Crowns of Gold. As his Father hath seated him upon a Royal Throne, so also are their Thrones made ready for them, and they shal sit upon them there,