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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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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.
for besides that the desires of fallen man grasp after that which if obtained would certainly prove their misery, we may argue here diametrically opposite, viz. That which can make a man fully happy can answer all his desires; He that knows God to be his God in Christ, and knows him to be infinitely wise, powerful, good glorious, &c. knows enough to satisfy him in his object: but besides this, he ca• know no more and live, Exod. 33. 20. There shall no man see me and live. I know many Interpreters limit this to our present state in this life, but God doth not so do, nor is there any ne•d to ⟨p. 132⟩do it. See also 1 Tim. 6. 16. Who dwelleth in the light which none can approach unto, whom no man hath seen, nor can see: Joh. 1. 18. No man hath seen God at any time.
for besides that the desires of fallen man grasp after that which if obtained would certainly prove their misery, we may argue here diametrically opposite, viz. That which can make a man fully happy can answer all his desires; He that knows God to be his God in Christ, and knows him to be infinitely wise, powerful, good glorious, &c. knows enough to satisfie him in his object: but besides this, he ca• know no more and live, Exod. 33. 20. There shall no man see me and live. I know many Interpreters limit this to our present state in this life, but God doth not so do, nor is there any ne•d to ⟨p. 132⟩do it. See also 1 Tim. 6. 16. Who dwelleth in the light which none can approach unto, whom no man hath seen, nor can see: