Thirdly, Gracious little Children may look upon God as their Father, in respect of Adoption. God in his free grace, accounts them his Children, through the Sonship of the Lord Jesus Christ; & thus, as 'tis said in Joh. 1. 11. They have power to be called the Sons of God. Gracious little Children are united unto Him that is the Saviour of the World. As young as they are, the Almighty Lord of Lords, and King of Kings counts them old enough to be married unto Himself. In the Ancient, Eternal, Well-ordered Covenant of Redemption, the Lord Jesus Christ was made a public person, representing of all his chosen Ones; he was thus constituted by an Eternal Agreement between God and Him; and gracious little Children say their Amen, to that Agreement; those little […] put themselves under the wing of ⟨p. 99⟩the Lord Jesus Christ, and cry unto him, O be our Surety for good. Now Christ and they are one; the Reckoning of God from all Eternity, and the Spirit of God in fullness of Time, hath made them so; and thus these little Children become the Children of the great God. For the Name of God is, The Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; the Word of God is, He shall, cry unto me, Thou art my Father. It now follows, that all gracious little Children arrive unto that Advancement, in Rom.8.16.1•, Children of God, and joint Heirs with Christ. Now they have a New Name upon them, and the Lord Jesus now speaks unto them in such Heart-breaking terms as those, My Father is your Father, and my God is your God.
Thirdly, Gracious little Children may look upon God as their Father, in respect of Adoption. God in his free grace, accounts them his Children, through the Sonship of the Lord Jesus Christ; & thus, as 'tis said in Joh. 1. 11. They have power to be called the Sons of God. Gracious little Children are united unto Him that is the Saviour of the World. As young as they are, the Almighty Lord of Lords, and King of Kings counts them old enough to be married unto Himself. In the Ancient, Eternal, Well-ordered Covenant of Redemption, the Lord Jesus Christ was made a publick person, representing of all his chosen Ones; he was thus constituted by an Eternal Agreement between God and Him; and gracious little Children say their Amen, to that Agreement; those little 〈…〉 put themselves under the wing of ⟨p. 99⟩the Lord Jesus Christ, and cry unto him, O be our Surety for good. Now Christ and they are one; the Reck'ning of God from all Eternity, and the Spirit of God in fulness of Time, hath made them so; and thus these little Children become the Children of the great God. For the Name of God is, The Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; the Word of God is, He shall, cry unto me, Thou art my Father. It now follows, that all gracious little Children arrive unto that Advancement, in Rom.8.16.1•, Children of God, and joint Heirs with Christ. Now they have a New Name upon them, and the Lord Jesus now speaks unto them in such Heart-breaking terms as those, My Father is your Father, and my God is your God.
