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Sob

Dales

of

Children.

child, that

every time he

be

lokt

upon, men

may

be put

in

mind

of

God,

I

have.

heard

oat

of the word what

a holy

God

God

is;

Ana God

and

jeius

Chad}

was

of

a

meek

and

quiet

fpirir;

I

have

heard much

of

God

in his

word,

and

every

time

I

lee the

Holy

carriage of

fuch

a

one

I

am

put

in

mind of

God,

for certainly they

are led

by

the Spirit of

God,

that's

the evi-

dence

of

a

child in.the

8

Rom:

If

we

be led

by

the

Spirit

of

God

Ire

are

the foci

of

God:

--

And

among

other things,tn

the

point

of peaceablenelfe

be

like

your

Father there

:

--

If

you

would

have

e

idence that

you

are

begotten

from above,

I

fay, Blew

forth

the gracious Spirit

of

God

in

you, in

the

loving

of peace,

that

to

you

may nor only

be the children of

God

and have

comfort

to

your

own foules

that

you

are

the

children of

God,

but that

you may

be called the children of

God

And

that's

the

next

point, that

this

is

a

great bleíling, not

onely

to be the

children of

God,

but to

be called the children

of

God,

and

this

is

the duty

of

all

fuch

as

are the

children

of

God,

to

walk

fobefore men,

as

they

may

be called

Gods children,

that the

thoughts

ofmen

may he

convinc't

of

them

fo

as

to

fay,

verily

thefe are the children

of the living

God.

91y,And

let the children

of

God

walk

one

towards another,

as

children

of

the fame Father

:Though

it's true the children of

vild

perfons'that

have no

education

at all,

but

are

rude,

they

Will

be

fighting one with

another,

and

their Parents

perhaps

look on,becaufe

they

are

rude &have

no

breeding

:But

if

inert

of

any rank

and

quality

in

the world

that

have

breeding

them..

felves, and bellow breeding upon

their

children,

fhould

fee

them

wrangle and fight one with another

before

their

face;

O

howgrievous would

'it

be

to

them

Ít'

is

enough

that the

chil-

dren of

the world

wrangle

one with

another,

and

tight, let

nor

thofe

that profeffe.Goc to be their Father, O

let

them not

in

the prefence

of

their

Father

wrangle and fight

one

with

ano-

ther

far certainly the Spirit

of God

cannot bare

it

:But

we

pafs

to

that remains.

They

hell

be

called the

children of

God.

They

(hall

not

only be fo,

but

be accounted

fo

in

the

work

iilefore

men

:

That's then the point.

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