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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.
Answ. This will appear in two things.
1. If we consider how much they did, while they were living, contribute to the keeping […] evil, & procuring of good to those among […] they were. The very presence of such is a […] sing: God doth much, bears much for […] sakes: Ten Righteous men might have […] Sodom when they were so ripe for ruin: […] gave Paul the lives of all that were in the […] with him, Act. 27. 24. The presence of Jehoshaphat sa•ed three Armies by a miraculous providence, when they were just ready to perish, 2 King. 3. 13. Laban's affairs prospered well for Jacob's sake, all the while that he lived with him. God loves to dwell there where his holy and humble ones are: And besides there are two ways in which they are instruments of keeping evil off the place where they are.
1. If we consider how much they did, while they were living, contribute to the keeping 〈…〉 evil, & procuring of good to those among 〈…〉 they were. The very prefence of such is a 〈…〉 sing: God doth much, bears much for 〈…〉 sakes: Ten Righteous men might have 〈…〉 Sodom when they were so ripe for ruine: 〈…〉 gave Paul the lives of all that were in the 〈…〉 with him, Act. 27. 24. The presence of Jehoshaphat sa•ed three Armies by a miraculous providence, when they were just ready to perish, 2 King. 3. 13