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492

Privi

ledges

of

the

Children

of

God.

it

is,

that

they

are freed

from all kind

of

bondage,

from

a

fps-

'it

of bondage, and

from- all bondage

whatfoever, they

are

tro,

more bond

-

(laves

,

as

every

man naturally

is

;

you

know

what

Chriil

faith, Do the

children

pay

tribute

orfl-rangers

?

The

children of the

kingdom

they

are free

,

they are not

in

that

fervility

as

others are, they

are

not

fo,

much

as

fervants, they

are in

a

higher

degree

thep

fervants and

yet

to

be

a

fervant

,

of

God it

is

a

very

great priviledge,

but

they are beyond. In.

.

the

4.

Gal.

7.

N

herefore than

art

no

more

a

fervant

but

a

Son..

They

are

beyond

the

degree of

a

fervant

in

the

houfe

of

God.

It

was a

great

honor

ra

Moles

that

he had

this

title. ,

/Clefts my

fervant

;")but

the meanea believer

in the

timesof

the Corpel,

hath

a

greater priviledge

then

Moles

had,

he

is a Son

;

There

is

not that fpirit of fervility

now, but

a

more free

ipirit

in

the

childe

of God

;

Therefore

in

the 8.

Rom.

14, t

5.

As ma-

ny as

are

led

by

the

Spirit

of

God they

are

the

Sons

of

yogi

,

for

ye

have

rçot

received

the

fpirit of

bondage

again

to

fear,

but ye

have

received the

fpirit

of

Adoption

,

whereby

we

cry

Aba

Fa-

ther. The

fpirit of

Adoption,

I (hall f

eak

of

thprefent-

ly

-:

But

now

I

onely (hew their

priviledge

in

refpeei of be-.

ing

delivered

from,

pmt

of

bondage

;

they do not

ferve.

God

now in

that

m

i

'nary

way

as

formerly

,

nor out

of

that

slavery

of fpirit from fear

;

the people

of the

Jews,

even

the

,

Godly

people. The

Holy

.Ghofl

faith

in the

2.

lIeb.

were

all

their

life time

fuójeû

to bondage.

through the

fear of

death

r

There,

was a

fpirit

of

bondage

and

fear

upon the hearts

of

the

people

cf

God

in former times. Now

(oçIexpeas

his

chil-

dren

11-,ould

ferve him out

of another principle,

out

of

a

grin-

ciple

of

love

as

it

befeems children

,

which

we

(hall (hew

more

when

we

come

to

the duties

of

,children.,

as

they

are

the.childrenOf

God.

Yea

and licewife

they were un-

der

the

bondage

of

a

more tedious

way

of

worfl

ip,

The

bondage

of the

Law.

Now

the

children of God

are

freed

from

that

, from

the

bondage

of

fin

,

and

from the bondage

of

the Law they are

wholly

free. That's the

fecond privi-

ledge free

from bondage.

Thirdly,