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

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[ Earlier:447–462 of 524

:447p. 181–182¶4

4. There hath been great harmony and concurrence in these Testimonies. It hath not been the voice only of one or two, but such things have been told us from year to year▪ And though God may put a lying spirit into four hundred ⟨p. 182⟩false Prophets, yet he is not wont so to deceive his own servants. If they all are misled, what shall we do? or where shall we seek for the Word of the Lord? or would not that it self be a clear evidence of Gods great displeasure against his People, if it be indeed arrived at this, that there is no Prophet, nor any one that can tell how long?

:448p. 182¶5

5. God himself hath sealed the truth of their warnings with many awful Providences: The language whereof, had there been no interpreter, hath spoken his anger with clearest demonstration. The Rod hath spoken as well as the Word; and every Rod hath come after such solemn Words of warning as have been too generally entertained in the quality of tales and falsehoods. And if God hath in part accomplished the predictions of his servant, may we not rationally and Religiously Judge, that the remainder shall have their time of accomplishment too, except we shall attend to the due means of prevention?

5. God himself hath sealed the truth of their warnings with many awful Providences: The language wherof, had there been no interpreter, hath spoken his anger with clearest demonstration. The Rod hath spoken as well as the Word; and every Rod hath come after such solemn Words of warning as have been too generally entertained in the quality of tales and falshoods. And if God hath in part accomplished the predictions of his servant, may we not rationally and Religiously Judge, that the remainder shall have their time of accomplishment too, except we shall attend to the due means of prevention?

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