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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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3. He will uphold them from falling: he will take them by their hand, and stay their steps for them, sustain them, keep them from undoing themselves; hence those promises, 1 Pet. 1.5. Ye are kept by the power of God, Psal. 91.11, 12. Gods Sons in this life are like little Children, always tripping, and stumbling, and falling, and so weak that they could never get up again but for him: but by reason of his hand that is upon them, his everlasting Arm that is under them, hence if they fall at any time through incogitancy, or by stumbling at any thing that lies in their way, or through that weakness that attends them, or by Satan's malice thrusting at them, he will lift them up again.
3. He will uphold them from falling: he will take them by their hand, and stay their steps for them, sustein them, keep them from undoing themselves; hence those promises, 1 Pet. 1.5. Ye are kept by the power of God, Psal. 91.11, 12. Gods Sons in this life are like little Children, alwayes tripping, and stumbling, and falling, and so weak that they could never get up again but for him: but by reason of his hand that is upon them, his everlasting Arm that is under them, hence if they fall at any time through incogitancy, or by stumbling at any thing that lies in their way, or through that weakness that attends them, or by Satans malice thrusting at them, he will lift them up again.
4. He will counsel and direct them: they are tender and foolish in themselves, they have not wisdom enough of their own to order and direct their way; and are therefore easily seduced and cheated by the adversary, who is subtle, and ⟨p. 18⟩