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

Name: The child's portion, or, The unseen glory of the children of God asserted and…
Author: Samuel Willard

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.

Samuel Willard 1640–1707printed by Samuel Green, 1684

[6], 227 p. · 56k words · Wing W2271 · ESTC R33658

Title page typeset from the transcription.

The only sure way to prevent threatened CALAMITY: As it was deliver…: The only sure way to prevent threatened CALAMITY: As it was delivered in a SERMON, Preac…The only sure way to prevent threatned CALAMITY: As it was delivere…: The only sure way to prevent threatned CALAMITY: As it was delivered in a SERMON, Preac…

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.

[ Earlier:413–428 of 524

:413p. 168¶2

2. The end of his prophecy, viz. if it might be to prevent their ruin, which he therefore delivers in way of Exhortation; Therefore now • mond your ways and your doings, &c. I name that Exhortation as a branch of his defence, because he doth therein explicate what he had before delivered in the prophecy it self. Vers. 3. And also insinuates that his errand and business was not to triumph over the••, but compassionately to endeavour the prevention of all the evil denounced: It is, q. d. Wherein have I offended? I have only studied your peace and safety; only advised to means of delivery and establishment, and is this a Crime? Must I dye for this? He therefore gives them a safe direction, and backs it with a persuasive encouragement.

2. The end of his prophesie, viz. if it might be to prevent their ruine, which he therefore delivers in way of Exhortation; Therefore now • mond your wayes and your doings, &c. I name that Exhortation as a branch of his defence, because he doth therein explicate what he had before delivered in the prophesie it self. Vers. 3. And also infinuates that his errand and business was not to triumph over the••, but compassionately to endeavour the prevention of all the evil denounced: It is, q. d. Wherein have I offended? I have only studied your peace and safety; only advised to means of delivery and establishment, and is this a Crime? Must I dye for this? He therefore gives them a safe direction, and backs it with a perswasive encouragement.

:414p. 168–169

The Direction is to Repentance and Reformation, and designs the rectifying both •• heart and life, projects and practices. Amen• the word is, make good, noting they had bee• bad, which called for amendment or reformation. Your way and doings: Calvin read• it, your ways and studies: The word signifies thing done by study, plotting, design and deliberation; And obey the voice of the Lord your God

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