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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
2. They are taken into Gods▪ and that not as Servants but as Children, there to abide for ever, Joh. 8. 35. The Servant abideth not in the House for ever, but the Son abideth for ever. Believers therefore are all one Household, called the Household of Faith, Gal 6. 10. and they are of Gods Family after another manner then wicked Men and inferior creatures: God after a more common way, and by a more general providence looks after the World and all the affairs of it; all creatures come under his care, and for that reason the whole Creation is his great Family: ⟨p. 16⟩but these Children are under his special inspection and care, 1 Pet. 5. 7. Casting all your care upon him, for he careth for you. In sum, they being Children have him for a Father: And hence,
2. They are taken into Gods▪ and that not as Servants but as Children, there to abide for ever, Joh. 8. 35. The Servant abideth not in the House for ever, but the Son abideth for ever. Believers therefore are all one Houshold, called the Houshold of Faith, Gal 6. 10. and they are of Gods Family after another manner then wicked Men and inferiour creatures: God after a more common way, and by a more general providence looks after the World and all the affairs of it; all creatures come under his care, and for that reason the whole Creation is his great Family: ⟨p. 16⟩but these Children are under his special inspection and care, 1 Pet. 5. 7. Casting all your care upon him, for he careth for you. In sum, they being Children have him for a Father: And hence,