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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.
3. As that, so this gives to him that is adopted the privileges of a Son by natural Generation: what such an one may challenge as his Birthright, the same may this person challenge by virtue of this choice: Believers have not a bare empty Title, but a Title which brings benefit along with it to him that receiveth it: they have all the privileges, immunities, and advantages which belong to such a Relation, as far as they are capable, Rom. 8. 17. Joint heirs with Christ, Gal. 4. 7. If a Son then an Heir of God through ⟨p. 11⟩Christ. What these are will follow afterwards.
3. As that, so this gives to him that is adopted the priviledges of a Son by natural Generation: what such an one may chalenge as his Birthright, the same may this person chalenge by vertue of this choice: Believers have not a bare empty Title, but a Title which brings benefit along with it to him that receiveth it: they have all the priviledges, immunities, and advantages which belong to such a Relation, as far as they are capable, Rom. 8. 17. Joynt heirs with Christ, Gal. 4. 7. If a Son then an Heir of God through ⟨p. 11⟩Christ. What these are will follow afterwards.
2. How we come to be his Sons.