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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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Pro. 9. God will have a Church in the world as long as the world lasts, in despite of all the counsels of Men and Devils. Th•y, because they cannot reach the glorious Majesty immediately, turn all their rage and malice into persecution of the Saints of the most high: But all are vain attempts: This is the house which is built upon the rock, wind, rain, and floods can never dissettle it; this is the City which hath foundations, the Mount Zion which God loveth, and will establish for ever: To this Christ hath made that promise, that the gates of hell shall never prevail against it, Mat. 16.18. Hells Flood-gates are set wide open, the Heathen rage, and Kingdoms are moved, but the Church is secured, and David gives the reason of it, Psal▪ 46.5. God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved. Enemies indeed have sometime supposed they had the Churches neck on the block, and thought to behead it at one blow, but then their hands have failed them strangely, Exod. 15.9, 10. The enemy said I will pursue, &c. then didst blow with thy wind, the S•as covered them.
Pro. 9. God will have a Church in the world as long as the world lasts, in despite of all the counsels of Men and Devils. Th•y, because they cannot reach the glorious Majesty immedily, turn all their rage and malice into persecution of the Saints of the most high: But all are vain attempts: This is the house which is built upon the rock, wind, rain, and floods can never dissettle it; this is the City which hath foundations, the Mount Zion which God loveth, and will establish for ever: To this Christ hath made that promise, that the gates of hell shall never prevail against it, Mat. 16.18. Hells Flood-gates are set wide open, the Heathen rage, and Kingdoms are moved, but the Church is secured, and David gives the reason of it, Psal▪ 46.5. God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved. Enemies indeed have sometime supposed they had the Churches neck on the block, and thought to behead it at one blow, but then their hands have failed them strangely,