The truly blessed man

5. And he is also kind in it to his Children. Not only i• he just, but merciful too, a father is as kind in giving his Child seasonable correction, as in giving him his daily food: It belongs to his Covenant, Heb. 1•.6. And his faithfulness is to be celebrated in it, Psal. 119 75. It is the way in which he shows them their folly, and teacheth them wisdom▪ and Godly men have abundant reason to say that it was in love to their Souls; that he would not suffer them to ruin themselves, 1 Cor. 11.•2.

5. And he is also kind in it to his Children. Not only i• he just, but merciful too, a father is as kind in giving his Child seasonable correction, as in giving him his daily food: It belongs to his Covenant, Heb. 1•.6. And his faithfulness is to be celebrated in it, Psal. 119 75. It is the way in which he shews them their folly, and teacheth them wisdom▪ and Godly men have abundant reason to say that it was in love to their Souls; that he would not suffer them to ruine themselves, 1 Cor. 11.•2.

2. Hence then to what a degree of brutishness are they grown, who will not be reclaimed by severity? The horse & the mule, though brutes may be broken and brought to, with pains used upon them, so a to be governed with a bit and a bridle; needs then must they be under a character of greater brutishness, whom neither mercies will melt, no judgments break, but they go on in their evil ways after all; and are there not many, that are grown Judgment proof, and beyond the efficacy of continued smitings? as they, Isa 1.5.