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R. 15.
Erbelans,
Chap.3.
397
let thee
a
pattern,
to
pray
as he
prayed,
if
to exprefle
thy
confidence,
by looking
up
to
heaven,
if
thy
fervency, by ftretching out thy hands,
if
thy humility, bycaftingdowne thy countenance
: have
not the
ge-
fture
withotr the matter,
but
have
the matter
and
firthe
geflure
to
ir.
The
Papifts
(hall
flume
us;
who thew
a
great
deale
of
outward devoti-
on
when
as
we are wanting
in
theoutward
(hew
of
it: They
(land
up-
on
the outward
fhew, and fo fhall
condemne themfelves, they want
the inward;and
t"(s,becau(e
we
know better things, butdoe not fo well
in
the
outward.
The
Turke
fo
reverenceth
criiahomets
temple, that
he goes in
for-
ward and comes
out backward,
are
condemnable for that groffe
fu-
perftition;
but they
condemne
us
for want
of
reverence:
To
conclude,
who
ever worfhipped
a
God,
true or falle, but
he
thought
there was
an
outward
profeffion
to
be maintained
and
made
good
in
the outward
Phew!
I
paflè
from
this
point.
3.
We
fee
that
going to
God
for the matter
of
Chrift
and
for
his
people,
he
fetteth God
beforé
him
as
the Father
of
Chrift
,
the Father
of
his
people:
which doth teach
us,
That
when
we
cometo God,
we
mullfo
fet
him
before
us
as
maketh
molt
Date.
to
confirme
our
faith
touching
the
thing
we
requefl.
But
pafling
by this
,
and
letting the refpeél
to Chrift
alone
as
for-
merly handled, we will come
to the
property
of
God
our Father
in
regard
of
us, giving
us
our name.
V
E
It S.
15.
of
whom the whole
family
in
heaven
and earth
is
named.
VEas.
55.
In
the verfe mutt
be
obferved three things.
r.
The
giving
of
us
our
Name.
a.
The
Perlons
who
are
named,
all
the
family.
3.
The
diftribution
of
the
place
in
whichthis houfhold
is,
in
hea-
ven
er
earth.
The fiat
eonfideraten then
is
this:ThatGod
doth call
all
believers
af-
Dart.
ter
bic
name:
thus here it
is
faid,
of
whom
is
named:
And Iam.
2.7.
the
altedo
proudfwaggerers
are there
Paid
to
blafpheame
that glorious name,
called
leviers.
upon
believers;
Even
Gods
name, which hee
bath
called upon all
of
them
as his
children: And
lohn
r
r2.
it
is
faid
that
all
believers have
this
priviledge,
to
be
called
his
children:
For
as
the Parent
Both give
the
name unto
the child,
Gen.
48.
6.
Jacob
biddeth that
his name fhould be
called
onthofe whom
he
did adopt for
his
children. And
Luke
r.
Zachary
giveth the name
of
John
the Baptift:
So
it
is
a
property
due
to
God
as
our Father
to
call his
name upon
us.
Which
doth
teach
us
three things, the Scripture
it
fclfc collecîing
them:
The
firtt you have
r
lohn
3.I.
Bebold,whatgreat leve the
Father
bath
rf
s,
(hewed unto
us, that
we
fhauld
be
called
his Sonnes.
It
was no fmall favour
which
carafes
had
(hewed him
by
Pharaohs
daughter,
that
he
fhoald
be
Heb.tr.,4.
calledher
foume.
It
(heweth us
our duty,
r
Pee.
I.
17.
If
wend
him Father,
who
with-
2
gut
refpslt
ofperfons juslgetb every
man,
pap
the
time ofyour (oiourning
here
in
feare.
z
Tim. 2.19.
Let
every
one
by
Z
that
nameth
thrift,
M
m
that
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