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4.¹ That we apply all the goodness of earthly parents to God after a transcendent, and supereminent manner. For as the heaven is higher then the earth, so great is his mercy, &c. If ye being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven,² give good things to them that ask him?³ On this ground have the Saints in former times said, Though Abraham be ignorant of us,⁴ and Israel acknowledge us not, yet thou,⁵ ô Lord, art our Father, &c. Can a woman forget her ⟨p. 26⟩sucking child? yea though they may forget, yet will not I forget, saith the Lord. ⁶When my Father and mother for sake me, then will the Lord take me up. According to this transcendent application of fatherly love to God, we ought to have our faith strengthened therein. How much comfort may such Parents as are tender over their children, or such children as have tender Parents, or any other that know the tenderness of earthly Parents, receive by this application, if they believe, as they ought, That Our Father which is in heaven, is as much more tender then fathers on earth, as Heaven is higher then earth? Yea such as have impotent and unnatural Parents on earth, may uphold themselves through faith in their Father who is in heaven, being as a Father, ready, and, as in heaven, able to supply all their necessities.

4.¹ That we apply all the goodnesse of earthly parents to God after a transcendent, and supereminent manner. For as the heauen is higher then the earth, so great is his mercie, &c. If ye being euill know how to giue good gifts vnto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heauen,