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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
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.
1. The common lot wherein the best of Men do share with others: Righteous and Merciful Dye yea Perish; i. e. (as some interpret it) they may be taken away, not only by a natural, but also by a violent death, thus it befell that worthy Prince Josiah.
1. The common lot wherein the best of Men do share with others: Righteous and Merciful Dye yea Perish; i. e. (as some interpret it) they may be taken away, not only by a natural, but also by a violent death, thus it befel that worthy Prince Josiah.
2. The unaffected inconsiderate frame of heart in the generality of men at the godly Mans death: No man regards nor considers. i. e. There is very little notice taken of it, much less is it a grief to them.
3. The happy state of the People of God in and at their death: They are taken away from the evil to come, they rest in their beds, &c. Though the wo•ld is ready to think they perish, yet as to themselves it is certain that they are safe and well.