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502

Duties of

Children.

will be aboundant in fervice when you ferve

out

of

love.

Fourthly, And

further,

you

Inuit be

obedient to

God,

the

principle mull

be love, and look that in

all

your

wayes you

be

as

obedient children,

In the

5

Ephe:

as

obedient

children,

a

command of

God thould

be more

to

you

then

all

the world

betides

:

Ile

give

you

one

intiance

that the

Holy

Ghat

makes

ufe

of

for

the obedience

of

children

to

their Parents,

and

that

is, the obedienceof the

fons

of

the

Rechabites,

that the

Holy

Ghofl

doth

record

for

their

honour,

fer:

3

5.

5

,

6. e/Ind

I

fet

before

the

fons

of

the,

bottle

o

f

the Rechabites,

pots

full

of

wine,_and cups:

and

I

Paid unto

them,

driszke

ye

wine

:

mark

their

anfyver,

but

they

fad,

we

will

drink,no

wine.,

why,

for

Jena-

dab the

fo.n

of

Rechab

our

father

commanded us

flying,

ye,

fh,ill

drir,kno

wine,

neither ye

, nor your

fons

for ever,

that

was

argu-

ment

enough, this

was

a

long

time after the

command,

and

though

it

was, fuch

á

command

that

fonadab

had no power

to

injoyn upon

his

i0ns,but that

was

the obedience

that they pro

-

fell

CO

owe

to

their

father, that

becaufe

their father

commas

ned them,they

would

never

drink wine though they might:-

-

Nowhow

many will call

God Father,

and fay ,

Qur

Father

whioh

art

in

Heaven, and the like,

yet

yeeld

no

obedience

to

him

;

Now

though

God

their Father doth

but command

them

that

they

should

not

be

exceffively in

it,

and

if

they

be

prone

to

wine or flrong

drink,that

they

I

could aviod

the occafons of

coming where

wine and flrong drink

is, they regard

it

not

I

but remember

it

is

thy Father that

commands

thee

:

The

Re-

ehabites

would drink

no

wineat

all

if

their Father commanled

them

;`O

the

command

of

a

Father ibould

be

flrong

auto

us

if

we profeffe

our

felves

to be children.

Fifthly, Another

Duty

is

to

trulc

in

our

Father,

and

to re-

lye

upon

hin,

if the Father doth

but

promire

any

thing, the

child relies

upon him: A

child relies

upon

his

father

for

provi-

fions, and all

things needful.

A

child. when he comes to defire.

any

thing

of

his

father,

he

Both

not

Rudy arguments

to per

-

fwade

his

father, it's

enough

to

call

him

but Father

:

The

word

Father

bath enough

argument

in

it,

to

perfwade out

all

argu-

.:ments

whatfoever,if

a

Granger come

to

defire

a

thing,

he

mull

bring