ThebirthofaChrijlian heal,eny. flempers, and in all ourdeviations; Chrift was hungry VAR S E 3. and faint with failing; it was about the fixth houre, and hee had fent his Difcipks tobuymeate , and yet having anoccafion todoe his Father fervice,heeforgach6'food and refufed to eate,loh.4.6.8.34.The LoveofChildren. bee that is begotten loveth him that didbeget him. 7 lei, 5,7. witha Love ofThankfulssefe. We love him.6ecassfe He lovedus, I 104.19. I love the Lord,becaufe behatt heardmy voyce,and my fupplication,Pfal.776 .T. With a love ofobedience ; faith Ivorketh bylove, gal.5,6. Love is thefulfilling titheLaw, Rem. t 3.1o. Ifa man loveme bee will ke.epe mywords,loh.74. 3 . with a loveofreverence, and awfull feare. AStowehonoureth hisFather,Ma1.1.6. Ifyou call on the Father , &c. Paffe the time ofyourfo- journinghereinfeare, i Pet.I.17. ThefaithofChildren. For whom fhould the Childe relic on for maintenance and fupportance but the Father ; Take no thought, laying, what (hall wee eate,or what (hall wee driuke,or wherewith (hall wee bee cloathed; For your heavonly Father knoweth that you have needof all there things? Natth.6. 3 1,32. The hope,affstrance,and expellatsonof Children; For as Children depend on their parents for prefent fupply, fo for portions andprovi lions for the fu- ture; fathers lay up for their Children, and fo doth God for his. There is an inheritance relervedforus,1. Pet.7.4. Lafily, the Prayers and rev:eftsofChildren. Becaufe ye are Sonnes , God hath fent forth the ,S'psrst of his Sonne into your hearts, crying, dbba Father,Ga1.4.6. Note 2. TheBirth ofa Chriflian is a divineandhea- venlywork,. God is both Father & Mother ofthe Dew, by his power and wifedome, a Father;by his providence and indulgence,a mother.Progeisitongenitrix600,there- fore hee is cald in Clem. Alex. Mem:pater, to note that thofe zaufarides which are in the fecond agents divided, are eminently and perfealy in him unitt d , as all things are to bee refolved into afirti unity. Hath the Raines B b 4 Father, 377
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