A25478:1701
A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically…
A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically resolved by sundry ministers
London: printed for Thomas Cockerill, 1676
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
MOTIVE IV.
4. The love that you should bear unto your Families should engage you often to pray together with them. 1Will you show your love unto your Children in providing Portions for them, that they may live in credit in this life? and will you not so much as pray with them, that they may live in glory in the life to come? Will you do much for their Bodies, and nothing for their Souls? You that are fondest Husbands and Fathers, never love Wife and Children as you ought, till you love their Souls. The Soul is the best and more noble part, and love to the Soul is the best and more noble Love: But to love the Body and neglect the Soul is but cruel brutish Love. What do you more for your young ones, than the birds and beasts do for theirs? Do you feed their bodies? do not birds and beasts do the same for theirs? Love your Wife, Children and Servants as you ought, and this will provoke you to pray together with them.
4. The love that you should bear unto your Families should engage you often to pray together with them. 1Will you shew your love unto your Children in providing Portions for them, that they may live in credit in this life? and will you not so much as pray with them, that they may live in glory in the life to come? Will you do much for their Bodies, and nothing for their Souls? You that are fondest Husbands and Fathers, never love Wife and Children as you ought, till you love their Souls. The Soul is the best and more noble part, and love to the Soul is the best and more noble Love: But to love the Body and neglect the Soul is but cruel brutish Love. What do you more for your young ones, than the birds and beasts do for theirs? Do you feed their bodies? do not birds and beasts do the same for theirs? Love your Wife, Children and Servants as you ought, and this will provok you to pray together with them.