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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
The Servants Prayer.
O Lord, as thou hast made me a Servant, make me co• sionable and faithful in my place, trusty and careful […] my Masters Goods and business, as I would be if it […] my own; make me submissive and obedient to my govern•• […] keep me from Self-will and Pride, from murmuring and […] iterant speeches, from falsehood slothfulness & all deceit, that […] be not an Eye Servant pleasing my Lust & fleshly Appetite […] may cheerfully and willingly do my duty, as believing that […] art the revenger of all unfaithfulness and may […] not only as unto man, but as unto the Lord, expecting from […] my chief reward. All this I beg on the account of the […] of my dear Saviour Jesus Christ, concluding in the […] hath taught us, Our father which art in Heaven, &c.
O Lord, as thou hast made mee a Servant, make mee co• sionable and faithful in my place, trusty and carefull 〈…〉 my Masters Goods and business, as I would be if it 〈…〉 my own; make me submissive and obedient to my govern•• 〈…〉 keep mee from Self-will and Pride, from murmuring and 〈…〉 iterant speeches, from falshood sloathfulness & all deceit, that 〈…〉 be not an Eye Servant pleasing my Lust & fleshly Appetite 〈…〉 may chearfully and willingly do my duty, as believing that art the revenger of all unfaithfulness and may not only as unto man, but as unto the Lord, expecting from my chief reward. All this I beg on the account of the of my dear Saviour Jesus Christ, concluding in the hath taught us, Our father which art in Heaven, &c.