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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.
2. […] Degree or Measure; the Apostle saith, […] in part, then I shall know even as I am known: i. e. he shall have a better acquaintance with, and a more distinct and perfect view of the Object: the things which we now rather believe than understand, we shall then have a satisfactory discovery of them; all Objections shall be answered, and Doubts cleared: our Knowledge now is most what negative, it shall then be more positive; we rather see him now as he is not, but then as he is: there is not only at the present a veil upon the Glass we see in, but there are also thick scales upon our eyes; these shall be taken off, as well as the veil removed: the very eyes of our Faith are here sore and tender, but then our sight shall be strong and piercing. Then,
2. 〈…〉 Degree or Measure; the Apostle saith, 〈…〉 in part, then I shall know even as I am known: i. e. he shall have a better acquaintance with, and a more distinct and perfect view of the Object: the things which we now rather believe than understand, we shall then have a satisfactory discovery of them; all Objections shall be answered, and Doubts cleared: our Knowledge now is most what negative, it shall then be more positive; we rather see him now as he is not, but then as he is: there is not only at the present a veil upon the Glass we see in, but there are also thick scales upon our eyes; these shall be taken off, as well as the veil removed: the very eyes of our Faith are here sore and tender, but then our sight shall be strong and piering. Then,
1. God shall appear discernably in his glorious Attributes and Perfections; and what we have here believed of him, we shall then find to be true concerning him: God will so reveal himself to the Soul as is to us at present unconceivable: it shall then read his perfection of Wisdom, and excellency of Holiness, see him clothed with Power and Majesty, know his greatness and goodness, and fee how all these perfections are not divers but one in God: God will communicate himself fully to the understanding, to the utmost of its capacity of receiving; he shall discern the orient brightness and splendour of the great Jehovah, ar as a created intellectual eye can receive shout being destroyed; as much as shall […] it happy: he shall thn upon knowledge be fully satisfied that God is all and more than all that ever he heard of him.