But] Or, Yet. as Chap. 17. 6. thou art our father] Albeit thou mightest justly destroy us; and art able so to do: Jeremiah 18:6. yet deal mercifully with us; since thou art our father, and hast taken us to be thy children. Psalms 103:13. & Psalms 138:8. Job 10:8. Chap. 19. 25. & 63. 16. we are the clay, and thou our potter] Chap. 45. 9. Jeremiah 18. we all are the work of thy hand] Psalms 119:73. & Psalms 138:8. Job 10:8-11. Malachi 2:10.