A39662:1703
An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it…
An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it was carried on in the Lords Days exercises in Dartmouth, in the first year of liberty, 1688 / by John Flavell.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1692
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.
A. Their Duty is, (1.) To esteem and love them dearly for their works sake, 1 Thess. 5.12, 13. And we beseech you, Brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord and admonish you; and to esteem them very highly in love for their works sake. (2.) To attend on the Word preached by them, as the Word of God, 1 Thess. 2.13. For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because when ye received the word of God, which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but (as it is in truth) the word of God. (3.) To pray for them and the success of their labours, Heb. 13.18. Pray for us, &c. (4.) Not to receive light and malicious reports against them▪ 1 Tim. 5.19. Against an elder receive not an accusation but before two or three witnesses. (5.) To make a competent and comfortable provision for them, Gal. 6.6. Let him that is taught in the word, communicate unto him that teacheth▪ in all good things.
Q. 6. What are the Duties of Natural Parents to their Children?
A. It is their Duty, (1.) To be tenderly, but not fondly affectionate to, and tender over them, Isa. 49.15. Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? (2) To educate them for God,