3. 1You must praise God in your lives, and by ⟨p. 282⟩your works and conversations; You must not only speak Gods praises, but you must live to his praise; you must do it with life, and in and by your life. Life is the mercy I call upon you to praise God for, and you must do it by your life. You may praise God with your lips, and not with your hearts, but if you do indeed praise God with your heart, you will also do it by your life. If you will give thanks indeed, you must live thanks. The best thanks-giving is thanks-doing. Thus if you would be thankful for the life of your children, show it by your religious care in their holy Education; That God might not say of you, I spared such a mans Children in time of Plague, and afterwards he brought them up to dishonour me, and to sin against me; if you would be thankful for your own life, then lay it out in holy walking with God.
3. 1You must praise God in your lives, and by ⟨p. 282⟩your works and conversations; You must not only speak Gods praises, but you must live to his praise; you must do it with life, and in and by your life. Life is the mercy I call upon you to praise God for, and you must do it by your life. You may praise God with your lips, and not with your hearts, but if you do indeed praise God with your heart, you will also do it by your life. If you will give thanks indeed, you must live thanks. The best thanks-giving is thanks-doing. Thus if you would be thankful for the life of your children, shew it by your religious care in their holy Education; That God might not say of you, I spared such a mans Children in time of Plague, and afterwards he brought them up to dishonour me, and to sin against me; if you would be thankful for your own life, then lay it out in holy walking with God.
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