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Mr. Baxters rules & directions for family duties showing how every one ought to…Mr. Baxters rules & directions for family duties shewing how every one ought to…
Mr. Baxters rules & directions for family duties showing how every one ought to behave himself in a Christian behaviour, suitable to that relation in which God hath placed him : wherein is set forth the duty of parents (required of God) towards their children, likewise children's duty to their parents, husbands to their wives, and wives to their husbands, masters to their servants, and servants duty to their masters ...Mr. Baxters rules & directions for family duties shewing how every one ought to behave himself in a Christian behaviour, suitable to that relation in which God hath placed him : wherein is set forth the duty of parents (required of God) towards their children, likewise childrens duty to their parents, husbands to their wives, and wives to their husbands, masters to their servants, and servants duty to their masters ...
S.l: printed by H. Brugis for J. Conyers, 1681
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A short prayer for Children.
Let thy blessing O Lord, be upon my Parents and Governors, cause them to instruct and Educate me in thy fear, cause me with thankfulness to receive their instruction, and to love, honour, and obey them in obedience to thee: keep me from the snares of evil Company, Temptations, and youthful pleasures, and let me be a companion of those that fear God; let my daily delight be to meditate on thy Law, and let me never have the mark of the ungodly, to be a Lover of Pleasure more than of God; furnish my Youth with those Treasures of Wisdom and Holiness which may be daily increased and used to thy Glory. All this I beg and hope for on the account and merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour, saying, as he hath taught me, Our Father which art in Heaven, hallowed be thy Name, &c.
LEt thy blessing O Lord, be upon my Parents and Governours, cause them to instruct and Educate me in thy fear, cause mee with thankfulness to receive their instruction, and to love, honour, and obey them in obedience to thee: keep mee from the snares of evil Company, Temptations, and yotuhful pleasures, and let mee be a companion of those that fear God; let my daily delight be to meditate on thy Law, and let me never have the mark of the ungodly, to be a Lover of Pleasure more than of God; furnish my Youth with those Treasures of Wisdom and Holiness which may be daily increased and used to thy Glory. All this I beg and hope for on the account and merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour, saying, as he hath taught me, Our Father which art in Heaven, hallowed be thy Name, &c.