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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.
3. They shall be throughly acquainted with the Incarnation, and Hypostatical Union of the two natures in the Son of God, Joh. 14. 20. At that day you shall know that I am in the Father, and you in me, and I in you. This for the present is a great mystery, 1 Tim. 3. 16. and his Name is on this account called Wonderful, Isai. 9. 6. the clearest […]standing on Earth grows giddy at the •• […]ration of it, to think how two natures so […] should dwell in one person, how the eternal God should Tabernacle in an house of clay, the Word be made Flesh, an humane nature should be fitted to dwell in the same person with the Son of God, that God himself should be seen eating and drinking with Men: but then we shall be able to resolve our selves how there can be two natures and not two persons, how the Son of Mary was grassed into the eternal Stock of the Son of God, how the second person alone could assume notwithstanding there is but one God undivided in Essence; these are things familiar to a glorified Soul, and he hath no difficulty or doubt about them.
3. They shall be throughly acquainted with the Incarnation, and Hypostatical Union of the two natures in the Son of God, Joh. 14. 20. At that day you shall know that I am in the Father, and you in me, and I in you. This for the present is a great mystery, 1 Tim. 3. 16. and his Name is on this account called Wonderful, Isai. 9. 6. the clearest 〈…〉standing on Earth grows giddy at the •• 〈…〉ration of it, to think how two natures so 〈…〉 should dwell in one person, how the eternal God should Tabernacle in an house of clay, the Word be made Flesh, an humane nature should be fitted to dwell in the same person with the Son of God, that God himself should be seen eating and drinking with Men: but then we shall be able to resolve our selves how there can be two natures and not two persons, how the Son of Mary was grassed into the eternal Stock of the Son of God, how the second person alone could assume notwithstanding there is but one God undivided in Essence; these are things familiar to a glorified Soul, and he hath no difficulty or doubt about them.