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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.
3. From the World, 1 Joh. 5. 4. Whatsoever is born of God, overcometh the World: they are delivered and kept from being drawn away with those snares, baits, and temptations, and terrified with those threatenings which the World sets before them: hence they have such liberty of spirit granted them, that they can both trample in disdain upon the large proffers of the World to seduce them by from their profession; and undauntedly hold up their hands, against all the menaces that are made against them.
3. From the World, 1 Joh. 5. 4. Whatsoever is born of God, overcometh the World: they are delivered and kept from being drawn away with those snares, baits, and temptations, and terified with those threatnings which the World sets before them: hence they have such liberty of spirit granted them, that they can both trample in disdain upon the large proffers of the World to seduce them by from their profession; and undauntedly hold up their hands, against all the menaces that are made against them.
4. A liberty to serve God. For,
1. That opposition which was in their hearts against God is taken down, and they are brought under voluntary obedience to his Holy Will: their wills that were disordered, are set in their right place again, 1 Pet. 4. 1, 2.