The child's portion

Name: The child's portion
Author: Samuel Willard

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]

Samuel Willard 1640–1707printed by Samuel Green, 1684

[6], 144, [2], 145-227, [3] p. ; 15 cm. (8vo) · 56k words · Evans 380 · Wing W2271

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[ Earlier:446–461 of 522

:446p. 182

•. God himself hath sealed the truth of their warnings with many awful Providences: The language whereof▪ had there been no interpreter, hath sp•ke• his anger with clearest demonstration. T•e Rod hath spoken as well as the Word; and every Rod hath come after such solemn Words of warning as have been […] generally entertained in the quality of tales and falsehoods. And if God hath in part accomplished the predictions of his servant, may we not rationally and Religiously Judge, that the remainder shall have their time of accomplishment too, except we shall attend to the due means of prevention?

•. God himself hath sealed the truth of their wa•nings with many awful Providences: The language whe•of▪ had there been no interpreter, hath sp•ke• his anger with clearest demonstration. T•e Rod hath spoken as well as the Word; and every Rod hath come after such solemn Words of warning as have been 〈…〉 generally entertained in the quality of tales and falshoods. And if God hath in part accomplished the predictions of his servant, may we not rationally and Religiously Judge, that the remainder shall have their time of accomplishment too, except we shall attend to the due means of prevention?

:447p. 182–183¶6

6. The Grounds and Reasons of these threatenings are found in the midst of us. They have not only declared the anger of an holy and jealous God, but also drawn up our indictment, and entered God's Plea against us, and fully answered all our reasons of appeal: They have shown Judah their Transgressions, and the house of Jacob their Sins; yea, such sins as according to

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