Chap. 3 T. .4n Expofitiox upon the Book of i;. Vera. 8. 3 ,7p of it ; yet that which is ordinary and orderly ( where there is a due working of Natural! ff&ion) for the Joffe of Children is very great ; yea it is fo great, that the furrow for fin by which Chrilt is pierced, yea the fo row for that f}eciali fin of piercing Chri(t,which'tis prophecyed the repenting 7ewes Thall b aft-. Lied and affheted with at laft ( which furely will be as dcepe and as baking a forrow as ever any was, that furrow I fay ) is hu° pa- rallel'd byhis mourning, who wourneth for his only Son, and by his bitternes, who is in bitternes for his firft-borne (Lath. t 2. io.) Then God layeth his axe to the roote of a mans heart, when he lets him fee his off fpring rooted out. Some canpart eau ly enough with their children yea fosse are ready to thinke themfelves eaftd by partingwith them , and are even willing their children thould die to fave charges. How in. humane how unnatural! this is reeds noother proofe but the re- port of it. Children are the belt goods the belt good things which God bath to give us, except his Grace and Himfelfe. God bvill give(as he promifed Ifa. 56.4, g.)to the Eunuchs that keep his Sabbaths, and chufe the things that pleafe him, and take boldcf hta Covenant, a name and a place in buis houfe, and within buis walks better then offops and daughters. Yet it muff be confc (fed that the nameof tons and daughters is the belt outward treasure in our houle, and the molt beautiful! ornament of our walls. How raked are thole wails, howunfurnitht is that houle, where the children are taken downe and removed by death,elpecially where ( as 7sb fpeakes) A mansoff fpring are whole' roc'eed out
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