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5

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ties

of

Children.

vino hiná,

why

it

thou,

being

the

Kings

Son, leave

from

day

to.

day,

w

It thou

not

tell me

?

t,e

perceived

the countenance of

.4mx,,4

much

de eeled,

and looks

fickly

upon forrow of

heart,

ard,1ai.th

heathy art

thou

thus

being

a Kings

Son

?

It's

ftrange

being

a

Kings Son,

that

thou 1houldelt

be.

fo

dejected

in thy

fpirits

;

Haff

not thou enough that

belongs

to

thee,to Comfort

'thy heart,

whorl

thou art

a

Kings

Son

?

O,

fo

it

fhòuld be

with

the

Sons

of

the living

Good

;

Doeff

thou

beleeve

that

thou

art

a-

child

of

God, that

God

bath

Adopted thee,

and fer his

heart

upon

thee

as

a

child,

O

why

doth the

want

of

fotne few

outward Comforts

dues

thee

?

You

mill fay,

If

I were the child

of_

Cod,

,God

would

not

let

me

wane

thefe

things.

-

--

O

thou

art

'ínií iken in

this;

God

hall

other

manner

of

blefíîngs to

let

forth

his

Fatherly

love to

thee

in,

then

Code.

-outward

things.,

A child

that

is

lick and weak,

might

fay as

well,

If

my

Father lov'd

me,why

w:l

l

he

not

give

me

fuch

and

fuch

meare,

why

the child

hath

need ofPhyfick. Now

doeff,

not

thou love thy child when

chou

giv'f±

him Phyfick, and

not

what he cryes

for

:

If

God

be

thy

Father,

and thou his

child,

wilt not thou

give

Cod

leave

to nutter thee

his

child,

as

he

gives

thee

leave ro

nuitl,ine

ovine

child.

-

....

yea_

let

me

fay

more

to thee

then thus

;

Thou mayeft

notwithftanding

thybeing without

outward

Comforts,

thou

mayef+

have

the

fame

Fatherly

love

that Jefus Chrifl

his

Son

had,

and will

not

that

ferve thy

turne

;

Y®u

will

f

y,Thar

will

férve

indeed,

Mark

in

the

r7

Joh:

z6

v, And

I

havedèclared

unto

them

thy

.Name, and

will

declare

it

,

that

the

love

wherewith thou

hail

me

may

be

in

them,

and

I

in

them.

Now

mark, how

did the

love of

Cod

work

towards Jefus

drift

hi

Son

?

Did

he

not

let

him be

without

many

outward Comforts

in this world

?

There

'was

a

time that he

wa

;

in

hunger, and

warred bread;

and then

theDevill

world

have

had

him

diflrufted

in

his

Fa-

ther

:

Oh no, Though

de

Fox-es

had

h:elcs,

and

the birds

of the

a're

had

nefls,

yet

he

had

not

a

hole to

h%de

his

head

in. Thou

hill

as

good

a

Cottage to

dwell

in as

Chiff

had;Chrif} he

was

thirfly,

and he

was

faine

to

beg

à

little

water of

a

woman

to

drink,