Ìn- I I2 Directions forgetting and keeping give her a. bill of Divorce : Or that a fervant for- fakes his Mailer ; or a fubject hisPrince ; or a Parent is for faken by his child ; becaufethey comfort them- felves in their Obedience and Lpyalty , gathering thence that they are not flat Rebels, and (hall not be ufed as Rebels ! Or that any that enter Covenant with Superiors do forfake them,becaufe they comfort theinfelves in their keeping Covenant, as a fign that theCovenant fhall be kept with them : All thefe are as wifecollections, as to gather that a man forfakes Chrift and his Righteoufnefs, and fetteth uphis own in flead of it, bccaufe fl° looks at his not forfaking, refuting and vilifying of Chrift, his Love and faith- full obedience to Chrift, as comfortable figns that Chrift will not forfake and reject him. Do thefe men think that a Rebel may have the Love of his Prince, and as much comfort from him as a Loyal fubjeft ? or a whorifh woman have as much love and comfort from her Husband, as a faithful Wife ? or a flubborn rebellious fon or fervant have as much love and comfort from their Father or Matter as the dutiful? If therebe fo near a Relation as hitherto we have fuppofed,between a foveraign and fubjection to him,and a husband and Marriage-fair'hfulnefs to him, and a Malter and fervice to him-nd a Fatherand lo- ving obedience to him ; it is orange that men fhould fuppofe fuch a fzrange oppofition, as thefe men do ? Certainly God doth not fo when he faith;AzIal. 1.6. IfIbe aFather where ïs mine honour ? and i 16e a 1LIafIer Where ùmy fear ? And Ifa z . 3, 4. Hear O heavens, andgive ear o earth , for the Lord bath fpoken Ihave noterstledandbrought upchildren, and s ley have rebelled againfi erìe ; The Cox krroweth hls owner,
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