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The noble-mans pattern of true and real thankfulness presented in a sermon preached before…The noble-mans patterne of true and reall thankfulnesse presented in a sermon preached before…
The noble-mans pattern of true and real thankfulness presented in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable House of Lords, at their late solemn day of Thanksgiving, June 15, 1643 : for the discovery of a dangerous, desperate and bloody design tending to the utter subversion of the Parliament and of the famous city of London / by Edmund Calamy ...The noble-mans patterne of true and reall thankfulnesse presented in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable House of Lords, at their late solemne day of Thanksgiving, June 15, 1643 : for the discovery of a dangerous, desperate and bloody designe tending to the utter subversion of the Parliament and of the famous city of London / by Edmund Calamy ...
London: printed by G.M. for Christopher Meredith, 1643
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Sixthly, You must do all this, not only in your own persons, §6but you and your houses, you and your Tenants, you and all that depend upon you. For every Master of a family stands accountable to God for his family as well as for himself; For these public relations, and subordinations of Master and servant, Father and child, &c. are from Gods appointment, and are parts of our Stewardship, for which we must give a severe account. And it is a certain rule, That man is not a good man, that is not good in all his relations. For there are duties required of us by God in every relation (as Masters, as Fathers, as Magistrates, as Parliament-men, &c.) ⟨p. 52⟩The same God that requires us to serve him as private persons, requires us to serve him in our relations, and though thou beest never so careful of thy duty as a private person, yet thou mayest go to Hell for neglecting thy duty as a Master, as a Magistrate, as a Parliament-man. And although thou shouldest be good in one relation, yet if thou doest not endeavour to be good in every relation, thou shalt never go to Heaven. For the same God that commands thee to serve him as a Master, commands thee to serve him as a Parliament-man, &c. And he that keeps the whole Law, and offends in one point is guilty of all. 1Here is a Sea of matter offers it self, and matter of great concernement for the regulating of Noble-mens families, which are in many places rather Beth-avens then Bethels; houses of iniquity rather then houses of God. But I must not launch into this Ocean; Only remember that in the New Testament, when the Master of the Family was converted, all the family was baptized, and what God saith of Abraham, Gen. 18. 19. and what David saith, Psal. 181. 2, 3, 6, 7. and what is said, Exod. 20. 11. Thou and thy servant. Thus much for the Exhortations.
Sixthly, You must doe all this, not onely in your own persons, §6but you and your houses, you and your Tenants, you and all that depend upon you. For every Master of a family stands accountable to God for his family as well as for himselfe; For these publike relations, and subordinations of Master and servant, Father and child, &c. are from Gods appointment, and are parts of our Stewardship, for which we must give a severe account. And it is a certaine rule, That man is not a good man, that is not good in all his relations. For there are duties required of us by God in every relation (as Masters, as Fathers, as Magistrates, as Parliament-men, &c.)