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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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Pray therefore earnestly to God for this Divine illumination; pray Pauls Prayer, Eph. 3.16. to 20. Oh! How glorious will Christ appear when he comes to Judge the World! when he shall come in the Glory of his Father, when he shall be attended with an innumerable company of Angels, and in great Majesty sit down upon a Throne of Judgement! when Holiness shall be to him for a Robe, and Righteous for a Garment! Then to be like Christ, holy as he is holy, adorned with his Robes, Resplendent with his Glory, sitting down upon Thrones with him, and with him Judging the World; ⟨p. 126⟩when he shall declare us Heirs of his Kingdom, Children of his Father, and make us sharers with him in the pu•••ased Possession and it sh•l be […] that he took possession of all that Glory […] for himself alone, but in the name of all those […] believed in him, then it shall be known that it was not a vain thing to serve him, and to suffe• with and for him; then shall ou• happiness be full, perfect, eternal, when we sh•ll by plentiful experience know, that to be like him, is to be everlastingly blessed in the full fruition of the most glorious God to all eternity.
Pray therefore earnestly to God for this Divine illumination; pray Pauls Prayer, Eph. 3.16. to 20. Oh! How glorious will Christ appear when he comes to Judge the World! when he shal come in the Glory of his Father, when he shal be attended with an innumerable company of Angels, and in great Majesty sit down upon a Throne of Judgement! when Holiness shal be to him for a Robe, and Righteous for a Garment! Then to be like Christ, holy as he is holy, adorned with his Robes, Resplendent with his Glory, sitting down upon Thrones with him, and with him Judging the World; ⟨p. 126⟩when he shal declare us Heirs of his Kingdome, Children of his Father, and make us sharers with him in the pu•••ased Possession and it shl be that he took possession of all that Glory for himelf alone, but in the name of all those believed in him, then it shal be known that it was not a vain thing to serve him, and to suffe with and for him; then shal ou hapiness be full, perfect, eternal, when we shll by plentiful experience know, that to be like him, is to be everlastingly blessed in the full fruition of the most glorious God to all eternity.