Chap. 29. An Expotitian eepgn the Boot¿, of o s. Verf. 5. 461 ¿rot of the youth:happy is the man that bath hie riverfall of them; they fhall not beafh.toeed, bat they (hall (peak with the enemies in the Gate (Pfal.1 r7,5. ) As if he had Paid, their childrenwill be readyboth to plead andacI for them,if occalon be,, they will not fee their Parents wronged either in perfon,flate,or credit, to the belt of their power. Parents are as the Center, children are as a circumference drawn about them, or they 'are as fo manylines meeting in them. Thiswas it further addition of jobs happinefss . bíá children were about him. Hence Note ;. 'Ito' one of the greats'? oatward blef ings to have afamily fall ofdutiful children. To have many children is the next bleffing to much grace to hrve many childrenabout us, is better then tohave much wealth about us, To have ttore of thefe Olive plants(as the Pfalmifl calls them) round about our Table, is better then t®have floreof oyl std ,.vine upon our table. We know the worth of dead, or rather iivelefc I. eafures, but who knows the worth of living creatures ? Ever y> man who bath children, bath not a bleffing in them, yet child.-en are a blefling,and force have many blefiîngs in one child. C' i-;dten are chiefly a bleffing to the childrenof God. Lo (faith .David, Pfal.127. 3.) Children are an heritage ofthe Lord, and thefrait ofthe womb is hie reward. But are not houles and lands, Gold and Silver, an heritage of the Lord alfo, that is,,anheritage bellowed by the Lord°upon his people ? doubtlefs they area for the earth is bra, and thefullnefs ofit, and hegiveait to the children of men. But though all things are of God, yet all things arenot alike of him ; children are more of God, then houles and lands. And fo the Scripture fpeaks of a wife (Pro. 19. 14.)i-hale and riches are the inheritance offatbers,andaprudent wife ir oftbeLord.. As if hehadPaid, a prudent wife is a more fpecial and immediate gift of God then houfes and lands;yea,the care and favour of God in providing a prudent wife is fogrear,that in comparifon thereof the Lord Teems to put off the whole care of providing houles and lands to parents themselves, or did look upon them as fcarct: worthy his looking after. Wife and children Jr,' the bea vifìble heritage which God bellows upon his people in this world: 4brabarrr was rich, and hehad re eiveda-good wife fromGod,
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