z pon the L orde Prayer. 2 5 A third vfe of this worde Father is, to put vs in mindealfo of the dutie of Chil- dren : For we may not thinke, that wee calling him daily by this tender Name of A thirdvfe"£ merde and fauour, and expeéling at his handes the fruites of fuch nature as his omEa_ Name importeth,we in the meane time lofely and lewdly may behaue our (clues, and neither before God nor man, walking as Children, yet foolifhly feede'our felues with the hope ofChildrens benefices from their Father. There is no fuch. matter if wee take that courfe,but euen as often as wee open our mouthes ',and pray this prayer,fo often eueri ek ur owne mouthes the Lord (hall fudge vs , that w,ggalligg him Father, yet liuelaot, nor delire to line in the duties of his Chil- ilren. O fearefull chaunge.of a fweete iaíie4to.adreadfull witnes of woe veto vs ! Say then 5 Father, but doe orindeu ©ue'rotioetheJtgiñceofaChilde. For it palled from him,and lyeth before vs, to (land till Heauerfiaud Earth perifb, hee expeð it,and we are commaunaled it : If I beeyour Father, where isni',hoaerrr? ifI beey.ourLYaifier,where is my feare? And therefore well faydethegodly Fa- ther,, nemzdmodu mnob:: placemiesdeDeoTatre ,*(biplaceat & Deus de. no1s 'As Malach.i. wee take pleafure in Cl0 D to bee our Father, fo let vs doe, as heealfo may take pleafureofvs to bee his children. Yea,well faith the word which wee mull neuer Cyprian, forget ; (lyrdevp the loynes ofyour minde, bee fo6er, and MO perfec7ly on thegrace that is brought vnto you by the reuelation of lefus Chrifi, as obedient Children, not falhioning your felues unto the former lull of your ignorance;but as hee which éath calledyou is holy, fobeyou hoyinall manner ofconuerfation .eAndfbee call him Father,which without ref efiofper- r. Peter, r; font, iudgeth according to celery mans worl¿e, pale the Time of your dwelling heere in fearer r ;. andfo foorth, to the ende of the Chapter. 14. And the Ap'oßie` Paule, in like manner, I therefore being prifanerin the Lorde,pray i75' you that yeewalle eworthy the vocation ,whervntoyeearecalled. With many other fuch places. And certai:.l yitistrue, ourfinfull foulesfhallonedayruetheproofeofit ,gphef4., if it be not warned : Clod heareth not (inners: but if a MAX bee a veorJlipper ofGed, and doth his will,himhearethbee. Y ea. therfore marke it with a minde and a confcience, careful! to performe the like euermore. How Danid both perfwadeth the Lorde ioh,9.13; to heart him,and flrengtheneth himfelfe in affurance,to be heard by performance of the,dutieof a childe,to him whome bee caiìeth in+ his prayer his Father, eyther before or after. Before in theft places: Sanemee, for I hauefought thy precepts. And againe, Let thyhande Pule mee, for ahauechofenthyprecepts. And in the tallp;ro,ir: verle of that Pfalme, Seek! thy Seruant , for I doe not forget thy Commaundements. 9. With fuch like fpeeches, manie. Afterwardes, as appcarech in the t45. verfe, 73 Beare mee ó Lorde, and I will beepe thy Statutes. By which praélife of the Saint of God, wee may make this affured, but dread - full conclufion; That Father in mouth ,and Sonne without fenfe in life,maketh him of a Father a Judgè,and turncrh his fauour into furie; his pittie into plagues, Note and our hoped health in Heauen,into affured woe in Hell for euermore. Therefore, againe and againe,lct vs cake this profiteof this .worde FATHER, cues to reforme vs daylie, as the Lorde fhall flrcngthen , into the obedience of Children. So (hall wee fay in comfort with Saint John; Whatfoeeeerweeaske, we receÿwe of him, becaufewekeepe his Commaundements , and doe thofe things which areplea- fng :hhisfight. Yea, doewee no way flrengthen the error of merite heereby, but ¡citifying, hereby our felnes in truth,not in a lying name and thewonely,the Chu.. (lien of,G.dd,borh pleafe the Lord, with obedience of Faith,& comfort our felues in truth of promifes altogether frce,made by a good Father veto the fame. 41 fiurthfruite againe may bee of this wordc Father in this beginning, euen to. prone v,to thcconfciences of the whole World, the fufñciencie and perfcélion of Thefourthvfe, theworkepf('£jRIST forvs. For by which God is fo fully pacified and plea..ofthcmord fed fo contented and fatisfied,as that ofa Iudge topunifh,he becômeth a Father: Fater; ío fa snuti aud;we.ofenemies,Sonnes & fellow heirés withChri.Fj,that is abfolutel perfei/a,audeiery way full. But by the work of aril/ for vs this isdone,andweit d the.
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