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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.
6. He will Correct and Chasten them for their Faults. Heb. 12. 6. He chasteneth every son whom He receiveth. They (like foolish Children) may now reckon this for their damage; but it is indeed none of the least of those benefits which the Children of God do enjoy. God lets wicked men alone to go on in their pernicious ways: They have their wills in the world, that they may be destroyed for ever: But God here afflicts his Children, that their souls may be saved ⟨p. 19⟩in the day of the Lord, 1 Cor. 11. 32. We are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the World.
6. He will Correct and Chasten them for their Faults. Heb. 12. 6. He chastneth every son whom He receiveth. They (like foolish Children) may now reckon this for their damage; but it is indeed none of the least of those benefits which the Children of God do enjoy. God lets wicked men alone to go on in their pernicious wayes: They have their wills in the world, that they may be destroyed for ever: But God here afflicts his Children, that their souls may be saved ⟨p. 19⟩in the day of the Lord, 1 Cor. 11. 32. We are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the World.
7. He will commend and encourage them when they do well: see what an high commendation he gives Abraham for his love, and what a precious promise he gives him upon it, Gen. 22. 16, 17. the poorest services which they do, being done in sincerity to him, if it be but a cup of cold water given to one of his Disciples, in that Name, shall not lose its acceptance and reward: yea such is his Fathers respect, that he owns and crowns the very good will, and purposes, as much as if they really performed them: David doth but resolve to build an House to his Name and Glory, and God takes it kindly, and promiseth richly upon it,