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Triviledes
of
the
Children
of
God.
Tenthly , T
at's
one
thing that palled
from
me.
in his.pri-
viledges. The priviledge
of
a_child
ofGod
is,
his coup
a
iions-
towards
him
as a
Father
;God
loth
compafli
nace
himboth
in
his
fins
and aifli&ions.In
the 103
Pfal:
As a Father
pitties
hi,
ehild,
fo
the
Lord
pitties them
that
feare him.
And
that
knowne
place
in
the third of
Mal.
And
they
fhall
be
mine,
faith
tree
Lord
of
¡lofts,
in the day when
I
male
spy),
7ewells,I
dare
them
as
a
man
Jjsar
cs
his
onely
Son:that
ferveth
hina.I
f
you have
a
Ser-
vant that
difpleafes you,you
can
turne
him
out of
dóores
;
But
youwill not
fo
prefently turne
a
child out
of dootes,
or at leali
you will
not be
fo
ready
to,
dif-inherit
hitli
;
Nay,
a
man
that
hach a
Fathers
arfe
&ions, will never
di&
inherit
his
child,
ifhe
returne
to
him, whatfoever
his
fault
be;
Nbw
this is
the
lace
of.Gods
children;
if they were
in any
other relation indeed' to
Cod,
they might be cali
off
;
as
now,
a
wife
may
be call
o.
f
from
her husband,
fo as
!l
e never be
entertain'd
againe,
though
the
fl
ould
be
never
fo
forrorfull, if
11,e
commit
adul-
tery
or uncleannelfe.
Jer:
3.
a.
They
fay,
¡fa
man put away
kris
wife,
and
fhegoe
fromhim,
and
become
another mans,
iball he
returne
(into
her
againe
?
fball
not
that
Land
be
greatly
polluted
?
She can
never
returne
to
him
again
;
but
it's
not
fo
with
a
child,
a
child catrnever
be
in
filch' a
difpofition
that
fbal1
b
made uncapable
of
his
Fathers
love
:
There's
no
relation elfe
whatfoever but
there
may
be
fuch
a
change
of
ir,
as
that they
.
may wholy
lode
the benefit of that Relation
;
but
a
child
can
never
while he lives
;,
though
he
be
a
difobedient child, yet
he
cannot loofe
altogether
the benefit of that
Relation of
a
child
;
for
notwithilanding
his
difobedience, yet
upon
his coming_in
to
his
Father,
though he be
never
filch
a
prodigall
fon,
four.
kind
of
Fatherly
affection
yvill
work
;
There's
no
kind
of
Fa-
ther
in
the
world that
bath
but.Nature
in
him, but
hough
the
child bath
been
never lo difobedient, yet
if
he
were
fuse
that
the
:heart of the child were
now
changed,
his
bowells would
yeame
towards him
;
this
is
the Relation
of
a
child,
I
fay
it
canti;ver
be whály loft
,
butthere
will
remain
a
capacity
of
receiving fome Fatherly love.
A
fervant may be call out
from
fervice,fo.as
the.;-e.
can
be
no capacity of receiving
him
againe
and