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`jl'riviledger

af

the`Chi!dren

of

God.

497

rall

inflin61

in

the

children

of

God

to

run

to their Father

for

protection.

Indeed

a

carnali

heart,

,if

he

be wronged,

all

the

way

he hath

to

helpe himfelfe,

it

is

to rage,

and

fret,

and

vex,

and

ieeke

to

revenge

himfelfe

:

But

a

child

of

God,

the

way

that he bath,

it

is

to goe

and

make his moane

to

his

Father, to

make

his

moane

to

God,

and

to

tell mod of

all

the

wrongs

that

he

bath; of

all

the

calumnies

that

are call upon

him, and

of

all

his accufations

;

he

goes

prefently to

his

Father,

and makes

his

moan

there. There's

a

notable Scripture

in

the 109

PM:

4

v.

faith

David

there;

For

my

love they

are

My

adverfaries.

What then

?

they

are mine

adverfaries, and

God

knower

I

in-

tend

nothing

but

good

unto them

;

there

is

no

Spirit of

bitter

-

neffe

and

rage

in

me,

but yet they

are

carryed

on by

a

wicked

Spirit

;

what then

?

B''dtI

pray,

you have

it

in

your books,

but

Jgive

my felfe unto

prayer. But

gave

này

felfe,

is

in

another

cha-

racer,

and

fo

notes

that the

Interpreters put

it

in

to

make

up

the

fence,

they are

my

adverfaries;

But

I,

am

I

an

adverfary

to

them

againe

?

No

;

But

I

pray, They are mine

adverfaries

.

for

my

love

;

but

I

know

what

to

doe;why.what

will

you

doe

?

I

know what

Ile

doe;

as

if

David

fhould

fay,

Ilegoe toGod

and

tell

my

Father of

all

this

Ile

goe

to prayer,

that fhall be

my

helpe

and

refuge. That's the

viledge

of

Gods children,

that they

have

the protection of their Father,

he will

prote6

them

in all

their

wrongs and

injuries that are

done unto

them.

Ninthly

,

Laftly, They'il:all

have

a

Kingdome

:

We

are

made Kings and

Priefls

unto

the Father

by

Jefus ChriP

;

;--

Why

now my

Brethren

we

may

fly

concerning this point

of

children, of

adoption,

as

the Apoflle

in

the

Sth

of

the. Rom:

having fpoken

concerning

the benefit

both of

Jullification

and

Adoption

together

;

Then

he concludes

after

he had

faid

this

Why then

what

fhall

we

fay

unto thefe

things

f

What

{-hall

we

fay

after

all

this

?

So

that

thefe things

hai,,e a

Reallity

in

them,

they

be

certaine.t

iths;

what (hall we

fay

rro

thefe

things

?

Thefe high

-

prerogatives

and

priviledges of the children

of

.God

:

O

who

would not

be

.a

peace-

maker, when he

4ó2h

have

fucha

bleflìng

as

this

is':

But

there's

Faith

required

to

Make

thefe things -Beall

to the foule.

S

f

f

Tenthly,