The child's portion, or, The unseen glory of the children of God asserted and…

5. They shall know the meaning and latitude ⟨p. 137⟩of the promises, as of all other Scriptures: here they complain how little they know of Gods mind in his word; there are such knots as their best skill cannot untie: it is but a childish knowledge we have of these Divine Riddles, hence all our discourses upon Theological truths are broken, imperfect Discourses: but then the perfect shall come, 1 Cor. 13. 9, 10. Alas for the sad complaints which some humbled Souls make of themselves, for their dullness and ignorance, they know so little of what concerns them so much, God and their own Souls Salvation; but then the Believer that knew least here, shall know i• […]ably more than Paul did when upon […] particularly the precious promises […] here misunderstood, misinterpreted, and hence they were not so sweet and excellent to him, he shall then know their content, and what a vast unconceivable treasure of infinite and everlasting good was laid up in them; what God engaged when he promised to be his God, and his Portion; what Christ meant when he told his Disciples that he went to prepare a place for them; and then shall his experience tell him, that these Epithets of exceeding great and precious, were deservedly put upon the promises of the Scripture: sed manum de Tabula! let Gods Children but tarry a while patiently, & you will need neither Man nor Angel to tell you what it is.

5. They shall know the meaning and latitude ⟨p. 137⟩of the promises, as of all other Scriptures: here they complain how little they know of Gods mind in his word; there are such knots as their best skill cannot untie: it is but a childish knowledge we have of these Divine Riddles, hence all our discourses upon Theological truths are broken, imperfect Discourses: but then the perfect shall come, 1 Cor. 13. 9, 10. Alas for the sad complaints which some humbled Souls make of themselves, for their dulness and ignorance, they know so little of what concerns them so much, God and their own Souls Salvation; but then the Believer that knew least here, shall know i ably more than Paul did when upon particularly the precious promises here misunderstood, misinterpreted, and hence they were not so sweet and excellent to him, he shall then know their content, and what a vast unconceivable treasure of infinite and everlasting good was laid up in them; what God engaged when he promised to be his God, and his Portion; what Christ meant when he told his Disciples that he went to prepare a place for them; and then shall his experience tell him, that these Epithetes of exeeeding great and precious, were deservedly put upon the promises of the Scripture: sed manum de Tabula! let Gods Children but tarry a while patiently, & you will need neither Man nor Angel to tell you what it is.