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The child's portion
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. ; [Five lines from Psalms]
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.
1. Presents it to their consideration as an Argument and Demonstration of Gods inexpressible love to them, ver. 1. Behold what manner of love; and such love requires great fidelity in those that partake in it.
2. Obviates an Objection which might be framed against it: viz. if we are such, and so beloved, how is it then that we are so contemned and trampled upon by the World, as those that are of no value, but a mere off-scouring? he gives a satisfactory reason for this, because of the ignorance of the Men of the World, they know not God, and therefore they do not acknowledge his Children: if they knew him, they could not but see his Image in them; but because they do not, therefore are they not competent Judges, nor are we to be discouraged though they reject and persecute us, ver. 1.
2. Obviates an Objection which might be framed against it: viz. if we are such, and so beloved, how is it then that we are so contemned and trampled upon by the World, as those that are of no value, but a meer off-scouring? he gives a satisfactory reason for this, because of the ignorance of the Men of the World, they know not God, and therefore they do not acknowledge his Children: if they knew him, they could not but see his Image in them; but because they do not, therefore are they not competent Judges, nor are we to be discouraged though they reject and persecute us, ver. 1.
3. Asserts their Son-ship notwithstanding this: Text: wherein he tacitly insinuates that if we would make a true judgement of our stare, we must not then call in sense to umpire it, but conclude according to the Rules of Faith.
3. Asserts their Son-ship notwithstanding this: Text: wherein he tacitly insinuates that if we would make a true judgement of our stare, we must not then cal in sence to umpire it, but conclude according to the Rules of Faith.