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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Doct. The death of the Righteous is sometime•• a presaging fore-runner of approaching evil.
The conclusion in our Text is not to be taken [Greek or Hebrew] It is not always so: Sometimes God removes the godly without any such presage: ⟨p. 149⟩Moses's, and David's death (to name no more) were not so: But it is sometimes, and often thus: It was so here in our Text. In the Explication there are two things briefly to be considered, 1. When it is so: 2. The grounds of it.
The conclusion in our Text is not to be taken 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 It is not alwayes so: Sometimes God removes the godly without any such presage: ⟨p. 149⟩Moses's, and David's death (to name no more) were not so: But it is sometimes, and often thus: It was so here in our Text. In the Explication there are two things briefly to be considered, 1. When it is so: 2. The grounds of it.
1. When it is so?