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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.
And hence,
They take it for certain that it would be much better for the place which they live in, if they were well laid up in their Graves: They wis• them in Heaven, as the vulgar note of wicked men is: What do these men do, but in effect […] and imprecate upon themselves a mischief […] God grant them their desires upon this account, […] would but carry the godly to the place of their […], and bring them home to the […] of their eternal rest: But in the mean time when they are gone, who shall plead and pray and mourn for a sinful People? Will God hear wicked sinners? Who shall stand in the Gap to keep out Judgement and Wrath? Shall wicked and ungodly men? Assure we our selves that so much of Godliness as goes away from a place, so much of God goes away too, and it may not be long ere the time comes, when those that so earnestly longed for their removal, and were inwardly satisfied and glad that they were taken away; shall as much wish that they had them again, when it will be too late.
They take it for certain that it would be much better for the place which they live in, if they were well laid up in their Graves: They wis• them in Heaven, as the vulgar note of wicked men is: What do these men do, but in effect 〈…〉 and impreeate upon themselves a mischief 〈…〉 God grant them their desires upon this account, 〈…〉 would but carry the godly to the place of their 〈…〉, and bring them home to the 〈…〉 of their eternal rest: But in the mean time when they are gone, who shall plead and pray and mourn for a sinful People? Will God hear wicked sinners? Who shall stand in the Gap to keep out Judgement and Wrath? Shall wicked and ungodly men? Assure we our selves that so much of Godliness as goes away from a place, so much of God goes away too, and it may not be long ere the time comes, when those that so earnestly longed for their removal, and were inwardly satisfied and glad that they were taken away; shall as much wish that they had them again, when it will be too late.