That ye may be the children] That ye may hereby declare your selves to be Gods children, who doth good to his enemies, whereas men naturally studie revenge. Se verse 9. of your Father] Children use to imitate their own parents; so must ye imitate God, Ephesians 5:1. which is in heaven] Chap. 6. 9. Whom ye owe more to then to your earthly parents, and ought rather to imitate. maketh his sun to rise] Causeth the sun, the most glorious creature, to give light and warmth, and the rain to cool and refresh wicked men in their persons and their grounds, that they may be fruitfull.