Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…

Having showed the Duties of Husbands and Wives, I come now to show the Duties of Parents and Children.

HAving shewed the Duties of Husbands and Wives, I come now to shew the Duties of Parents and Children.

The Duties of Parents in reference to their Children, are these.

I. To see that they be admitted into the Church by Baptism in conven• […], i. e. within some few days after they are born. The Jew. ¹vere commanded to circumcise their children on the eighth day; But though Baptism succeeded in the room of Circumcision,² as the Apostle hinteth; yet are not we now under the Gospel strictly tied to that day; notwithstanding from that command of God to the Jews, we may doubtless infer, that the Children of Christians may and ought to be baptized within some few days after they are born.

I. To see that they bee admitted into the Church by Baptism in conven• 〈…〉, i. e. within some few daies after they are born. The Iew. ¹vere commanded to circumcize their children on the eighth day; But though Baptism succeeded in the room of Circumcision,² as the Apostle hinteth; yet are not wee now under the Gospel strictly tied to that day; notwithstanding from that command of God to the Iews, wee may doubtless infer, that the Children of Christians may and ought to be baptized within some few daies after they are born.