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504

Duties of

Children.

pf

a

child doth

relye

upon

the

Parents

for

wh

>arfoever

is Bands

in

need

of

:

And

therefore it

ou

lhoulù

co,,

into

any

g: eat

fufferings,

yet (till

exercise

faith

upon

Cod

)

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:

is

that

promife

for

the helping of the

faith

at

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the

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lafi.

I

will

he

a

Father

to

you,

and

ye

kall

be

my

Sons

and

Daughters

faith

the

Lord

4dmihty:

Ma

k,it's

an

Exhorta-

tion

to

come

.out

from fall

worfhip,Come

out

from

amongthcen,&

be

yefeparate,

faith

the Lord,touch

no

unclean

thing,and

I

will

re-

ceive you,

&

willbe

a

Father

to

you,

andye

fhall

be

Noy

Sons

and

Daughtersfaith

the

Lord

Almighty.If

we

leek to worfhipGod

a

sa

Father,and

come

out

from all falfe wortisip,then

it

may

be

we fhail

fuller

much,

and

men

will oppofe and

hate

us,

and

we

are like

to

meet

with hard things

in

the

world

;

Wel,

faith

God

though

others fhould call

you

out of all, though

your

very Parents thould be

againf}

you,yet

I

will

be

a

Father

to you,,

and

you

fhall

be

my

Sons

and

Daughters

faith

the

Lord

All-

mighty

;

I

am

the Lord

Allmrhty,

and able

to do

you

good,

able

tohelp

you

and fupply all your wants,and

therefore

be

not

afraid,

relye

and

trufl

in

me, for

I

am

your

Father, faith

the

Lord Allmighty.

Again,. If

you

be children, then delight in the prefence

of

your

Father,

make

ufe

of

the fpirit

of

Adoption,

come often,

before

your

Father

;

When

you go

to'.prayer,

do

not

go

to

prayer

meerly

as.a

duty, but

go

to

prayer

as

children

ufe

to

go

to their

father

:

O God

takes much

delight

in

the fpirit

of

A-

doption

:I

remember

it's

an

expreflion

that Lather

hash about

ir,,faith he,

the word Father

bath

more

elegancy before

God,

then

Demoflhenes

or

Cicero

had

in

all

their elegant

Orations,

and it

pierces the

Heavens,

and

fills

the Iieavehs

with the

n

site

of

it

:

O

make ufe

of

the

fpirit

of

Adoption, O

love

to

be

in

the prefence of

thy

Father,

though

God

thy

Father

may

feem

to

be

angry

with

thee, yet do

not go out

of

his

prefence,

a

child

if

he bath

a

childifh

difpofition, and

not

a

hale fordid

difpofirion

,

he will

not

be calf

out

of

the

prefence

of

the

Fachee,

you may

read in the

5 a

.

Fla:

i r.

Though

it

was

a

time

when .3od was angry with

David,

ye'-

Lord

caft

vne

riot

out

of

t-by

prefence,

as

if

he fitotdd

fay,

Let

me

be in thy

prefence