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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.
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, 2 Sam. 7. these things belong unto them as they are Children in the Family, and carry Consolation in the very mentioning of them.
3. They receive the spirit of Adoption, Rom. 8. 15. Gal. 4. 5, 6. and here we are to observe, that the Spirit of Adoption doth not decipher any distinct spirit, but that it is one and the same spirit who doth illuminate, convince, humble, engraft▪ the soul into Christ, &c. but it deciphers to us a distinct and peculiar observation of the Spirit of God in us: so that the dignity of this privilege is to be discovered in the effects which are consequent upon it, and they are such as these, viz.
3. They receive the spirit of Adoption, Rom. 8. 15. Gal. 4. 5, 6. and here we are to observe, that the Spirit of Adoption doth not decipher any distinct spirit, but that it is one and the same spirit who doth illuminate, convince, humble, engraft the soul into Christ, &c. but it deciphers to us a distinct and peculiar observation of the Spirit of God in us: so that the dignity of this priviledge is to be discovered in the effects which are consequent upon it, and they are such as these, viz.