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Dzaties

of

Children.

5o;

pretence, though

it

be thy frowning countenance

:

O

prize

duty

as

thy

priviledge,tn

be often

in

prayer

to

thy

Father,

you

that pray

meetly

as

a

task,and do

not

know

what the meaning

of the fpiric

ofAdoption

is, do not

know what

it

is

for your

hearts

to

fpring within

you

when

you

go

to God

in

prayer

;

Surely

there's

a

great

deal of

caufe

that

you

should fear

that

youare not

yet

among

the

number of

children.

Seventhly, And

then

if

you

be Gods children,b,

zealous for

him,

A child would be zealous for

the

honour

of

his

father,

yea

a

child would

tight

for

his

father though

his

father be

an-

gry

with

him,

a

fervant willnot

do

fo

for his

mallet.:

I

remem-

tet

C

rs

fats

his fon

upon

a

time

Peeing

his

father

in

danger, the

ttory

faith he

was

borne dumb, but when

he

f

iv

a

Souldier rea-

dy to

kill his

father,

prefencly

die natural

affe6tion

that he

had

did break the

bars

of

his

ipeech,and made

him

cry our,O

f

pare

Crafxc,

he

never

fpake

word

before, yet

when he came

to fee

his

father

in

danger, thät

brake open

his

lips,

and

made

him

cry,

O sill

not

Cri

fees

;

Sa

it

should be with you, though

you

never

fpake

word

in all your

ltves,yet

when

you

fee your

father

dillionoured,

ô

cry

out,0

fpare

the

hotáour

of

God,do

nothing

againft

the

honour of

God,

you

that

are of

the

meeiceít,quiet_el.t

fpirìts, that

you

can

purl:

any

thing concerning your (elves,

yet when

you

fee

your

faner

ftruckt at, that should

make your

I

irks

boyh

within you,

if

you

were children

you

would

do

fb.

Eightly, And

you

would,

imitate

your

Father

;

Be ye holy

at

your

IIeavenly

Father

is hóly,

-

and,

fhe,v

forth

the

Image

of

your Father

;

It's

the

honour

of

a

child to

be like

his

father;

A

father loves

his

child

fo

much

the

more

I

remember

it

was Paid

of

7hesdotious

fon,

that

good

Emperour,

he

would

neverdye

fo

long

as

his

fon

lived,and we

fey

of fome,th

it

fuch

a

man will

never

be dead

to

long

as

this.

child

is

alive, thus

it

should

be with

all

the children

of

God;

'7

iey

fhould labour

to

hold

forth

the vertues

of

hi,n

that

bath

called

them

out

of

derinnefr

into

his

marvailous

light

(i

Pet:

2.

9.)

They íhould

to walk;

as

every one

thát

converfes

with them they fhould

put them

in

mind of

God

:

There

fiioúld be the

Image

of

God

in

the

T

t

t

child,

ïi