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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.
Pro. 2. That the Ring-leaders and principal Agents among God's enemies, are men of the greatest natural wit and understanding: So that if events were to be judged of according to the quality of instruments they would be thought most likely to speed. If there be a plot laid against Gods Davids, you shall hear that the Worlds Achitophels (those Oracles of Policy) are in it. The Devil, if at any time he finds any that are singularly witty, useth with most endeavours to make them notoriously wicked, and seeks to fill their hearts with deepest prejudices ⟨p. 106⟩against the ways and People of God: He useth more than ordinary care, to make such men his own. That observation of our Saviours is too observable to be questioned, Luk. 26. 8. The Children of this World are in their generation wiser than the Children of light. The Apostle, when he would Characterize those that stand on Gods side, and those that take part with his enemies, puts the greatest number of the wise and prudent of the World on the adverse part, and finds a very few standing on God's side, 1 Cor. 1. 26. Not many wise.
Pro. 2. That the Ring-leaders and principal Agents among God's enemies, are men of the greatest natural wit and understanding: So that if events were to be judged of according to the quality of instruments they would be thought most likely to speed. If there be a plot laid against Gods Davids, you shall hear that the Worlds Achitophels (those Oracles of Policy) are in it. The Devil, if at any time he finds any that are singularly witty, useth with most endeavours to make them notoriously wicked, and seeks to fill their hearts with deepest prejudices ⟨p. 106⟩against the wayes and People of God: He useth more than ordinary care, to make such men his own. That observation of our Saviours is too observable to be questioned, Luk. 26. 8. The Children of this World are in their generation wiser than the Children of light. The Apostle, when he would Charactarize those that stand on Gods side, and those that take part with his enemies, puts the greatest number of the wise and prudent of the World on the adverse part, and finds a very few standing on God's side,