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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
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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.
4. God expresseth himself better pleased at the Repentance of his People, and thereby extinguishing of the fire of his anger, than if it had burnt up and consumed them. He therefore gives oath that he delights not in their death, professeth that he rejoiceth in their returning: like a tender Father, who is glad if any means ⟨p. 178⟩will reclaim his refractory, and disobedient Son whom he loveth, and for whose good he longs.
4. God expresseth himself better pleased at the Repentance of his People, and thereby extinguishing of the fire of his anger, than if it had burnt up and consumed them. He therefore gives oath that he delights not in their death, professeth that he rejoyceth in their returning: like a tender Father, who is glad if any means ⟨p. 178⟩will reclaim his refractory, and disobedient Son whom he loveth, and for whose good he longs.
Hence,
Psal. 81. 14. Oh, that my People had been obedient unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways. And we may truly apply that of Solomon unto Jesus Christ as the Antitype, Pro. 23. 15. My Son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. He reckons himself to have gained a greater conquest, when he hath won the hearts of his People to fear and serve him, than when he hath broken his enemies as Potters shreds, with the Sceptre of his Power.