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Duties of

C;Ïiddren.

503

bring

arguments

to

&.fain

it,

but

a

child need not

b

.caufe

he

is

his

father,

and

a'fir-anger

if he

lives

upon'another,

though

he

hath

a

great-many reafons

to think why the

other

should

rrtain-

Caine

him,yet he will be

affraid

lea

he should

.become

burden-

I'm= unto him,-but now

a

child

-do:h

not

think

io;

Yea,

if

child hath.provokt his

father, and he

is

angrywith him,

}yet

a

child

will

truft

tb

his

father

for

all

that,

he

is

my

father, and

he

will

truf

i and

relye

yet

upon

his

fatherly love,and

there's no

fuch

way

to

obtain

any

thing

of

his

father

as

to catt

himfelf

up-

on his

fatherly love.There's,a great deal

of difference

between

the confidence

of

a

firanger

and

the confidence

of

a

child,

&

of

a

great deal

of

difference between the confidence

of

one

That

is

begotten

again

by

the

Spirit

of

God, the

confidence

of

a

child ,and

a

ítranger

:1'1e

give

you

that

Scripture for

the

con-

fidence

of the children of

God

trufiing

upon

their Father,

and

relying upon

his

grace

and,Mercy no

withfiandingtheir

offen-

ces

;

In the

64

of

Ifa:

But

we

all

are

as an-unclean

,

thin,,

-nd

all

oar

righteoufneJfes

are

as

lathy rags,

and

we

all

do

fade as

a

leaf,andour

iniquites

like

the wind

have

taller

xu

away,and there

u

none

that

calleth

upon

thy

name,'

that

firs

up

hinrcfelf'to

take

hold

on

thee;

for

thou

haft

kid thy

face

from

u-s,and

haft canfunel

as becaufe

of

our

iniquities,

then

in

the

8. v:

But

now

O

Lord,

thou

art

our

Father,

for

all

this,though we

are

all

As

an

unclean

thing, and all our

rightepufnefíes

are

as

filthy rags, and

we all

do

fade

away

as-

aleaf,

and

there''.4 none

that calleth

upon

thy,

name

We

are

all

wicked and

vild,

and

thou

haft

even

confir-

med us,

but

now

O Lord thou art

our

Father:

This

is

that that

anfwers

all, thou

art

Our

Father,

fiill fhe relyes

upon

God

as a

Father

:

Othis

Title of Father,

it

is

a

mighty rock

of faith,

a

mighty

foundation

of

faith unto

all

the

Saints

that

God

is

their

Father;

-0

trull then

in

him,

relye

upon him for fupply, for

help,

were

it

not

a

great

dt!19rou. to

any

father

that

his

chit-

diren_thould-go

to

all his neighb:-

tars

to beg

bread

?

and

fay

my

father will"-not

give

it

me,

and

I (hall be fiarv'd

for

all my

fa-

ther,

this

would

be

accounted

,a

great

dithonour

,

Parents

wold

have

their children

look

to

their

duty,& let them

alone

fo:providing

for

them :Soif

thou

call'ft

God Fathers

ter

God

aline

for

providing for

thee,

and

rely

upon

him,

as

the

!heart

of