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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.
4. The powerful preservation of them in a state of Grace, 1 Pet. 1. 5. Who are kept by the power of God, through Faith unto Salvation. Believers are weak in themselves, and lie open to many strong temptations: and if they were left to themselves, those floods that assail them, would easily and quickly drown them: But the spirit of God is still blowing upon this spark, and supplying of it with new fuel, whereby he makes ⟨p. 22⟩the faith of Believers to live and flourish, in despite of all those endeavours that are used to extinguish and ruin it.
4. The powerful preservation of them in a state of Grace, 1 Pet. 1. 5. Who are kept by the power of God, through Faith unto Salvation. Believers are weak in themselves, and ly open to many strong temptations: and if they were left to themselves, those floods that assail them, would easily and quickly drown them: But the spirit of God is still blowing upon this spark, and supplying of it with new fuel, whereby he makes ⟨p. 22⟩the faith of Believers to live and flourish, in dispite of all those endeavours that are used to extinguish and ruin it.
5. His constant assistance in spiritual duties enabling them to perform them acceptably; and particularly in the great duty of Prayer to God, Rom. 8. 26, 27. We know not what we should pray for as we ought, but the spirit it self maketh intercession, &c. they are weak to do duty, and carry about in them a mass of corruption, a body of Death, which presseth them down; evil is ever present when they would be doing of good, so that without him they can do nothing, and it would be a vain thing for them to set about any service to God in their own strength: but he stands by them, and is ready to put to his helping hand, supplying them with the influences of spiritual Grace, whence, when they are weak in themselves, they are strong in him.