376 VERSE 3. Eph.f.s. K0113. 3.127 Marklo. Phila.' S. I Cora4.Zo. I Pet.Z.213. 411Chrifisfidyear are ha uChildren. made perfeel , by the feeds and beginnings of the fame perfeaton, by the participationofthe fame Spirit ofho- Endre , byexpectance of the fame glorie and finall re- demption. In the meane time then wee fhouldwalke as Children ofthe light , or as it is here , as Children ofthe morning. TheDay is given us to worke in , and therefore in the morning, as Toone as wee have our Day before us, wee fhould endevour to walke honenly. Night-workes are commonly workes of uncleaneffe , violence, difhonor, and therefore want a cover of darkueffe to hide them. Theeves ufe to come in the night, i 'Thef.5.2. The eye of the adulterer vvaitethfor the twylight, laying, no eye than fee mee, and difguifeth himfelfe, lob 24.15. In the twylight, in the evening, in the blackanddarke night,hee goeth to the houfe ofthe firangewoman,Prov.7.9. The oppretlor diggeth through houfes in thedarke. For the morning is, to them as the ,Gaddowofdeath, lob 24.16,17. They that are drunken are drunken in the night, 'net. 5.7. Sinnes areofthenatureoffome Cullen weeds,which will growno where but in the fide ofwells,and ofdarke places. But workes ofChriflianityare neither uncleane, nor difhonorable; they are beautifiill and roiail workes, theyare exemplary, and therefore publike workes,they are theinfelves light (let your lightThine beforemen) and therefore they ought to.bee done in the light. - If wee bee Children wee fhould expreffe the affe- &ions of Children. The innocencie,humility,andDove- like fimplicity of little Children; as the Sonnet ofGod bkme/ele,pure,and without rebuke. Children sn though men in underaanding.The Appetiteoflittle Chil- dren, As new borne babes defre the fincere milke ofthe word thatyee may grow thereby. In all impatiencie the breafi will pacifie a little infant , in all other delights the breadwill entice it anddraw it away: ever fo fhould the word and woribipof God worke uponus in all our di- flempers,
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