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:448–463 of 524

: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?

:449p. 182–183¶6

6. The Grounds and Reasons of these threatenings are found in the midst of us. They have not only declared the anger of an holy and jealous God, but also drawn up our indictment, and entered God's Plea against us, and fully answered all our reasons of appeal: They have shown Judah their Transgressions, and the house of Jacob their Sins; yea, such sins as according to ⟨p. 183⟩the word of God (that rule of procedure between him and his People) are found to be incentives of Divine displeasure; such as raise up God's jealousy, and kindle his anger against those that are so found guilty of them: Nor yet have they done this of their own mere surmise:

6. The Grounds and Reasons of these threatnings are found in the midst of us. They have not only declared the anger of an holy and jealous God, but also drawn up our indictment, and entered God's Plea against us, and fully answered all our reasons of appeal: They have shewn Judah their Transgressions, and the house of Jacob their Sins; yea, such sins as according to

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