Man ashiv le-Yahoweh, or, A serious enquiry for a suitable return for continued life,…

¹Thirdly, The manner how you should Worship God in your Family is chiefly to be minded, for it is not any service that God will accept, you may keep up a course of praying in your Family, and yet live very unworthy of the great mercy of God in your wonderful preservation. Therefore,

¹THirdly, The manner how you should Worship God in your Family is chiefly to be minded, for it is not any service that God will accept, you may keep up a course of praying in your Family, and yet live very unworthy of the great mercy of God in your wonderful preservation. Therefore,

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1. ¹In your Family worship God really and indeed, with your heart, and mind, and all your strength; do not seem to pray, but pray indeed, in your Family.² For this end consider, (1.) The God whom you serve in your Families is God indeed; he is a real God, therefore worship him indeed, and in a real manner. (2.) The sins of your Families are real sins, your own sins are real sins, and your children's sins are real sins, and have real guilt, therefore confess them really, and mourn and sorrow for them really. (3.) The wants of your Family are real wants; you do not seem to want outward mercies, but except God supply you, you will want them indeed. (4.) The supplies which God doth give you are real supplies: God giveth you real health, and real food, and re•l clothing for your Family, therefore be real in your Family Worship. (5.) You and your Family are real in following of the World, you work in good earnest, and you buy and sell in good earnest: And will you be real in the things of the World that concern your Family, and will you not be real in your Family Worship?