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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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2. The good will of God the Father to prepare this Glory for them, and appoint them to be the heirs of it: Hence it is called the Kingdom prepared, Mat. 25. 34. And with this our Saviour encourageth his Disciples, Luk. 12. 32. Fear not little. Flock, it is my Fathers good pleasure to give you the Kingdom. Now they are chosen in Christ, and hence they are to be partakers with him in his Glory, Eph. 1. 4. i. e. Christ was to be the procurer of that good they were chosen to.
3. The near relation which they have to Jesus Christ: As he is a Son, so are they Sons, and he is not ashamed to call them his Brethren: And from their sonship, Paul argues their Coheirship, Rom. 8. 17. If Sons, then Heirs, Coheirs with Christ. They are the Spouse of Christ, hence called the Bride, the Lambs Wife, Rev. 19• 7, 21, 9. And it is the Wives prerogative to share in her Husbands Honour. They are the members of Christ, he is their head, now the whole man partakes in the honour which the head is adorned withal: they are Christ mystical, 1 Cor. 12. 12. And therefore are not to be ⟨p. 118⟩divided from him in his Glory.