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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…
Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of Sepulchres parish / by Tho. Gouge ...Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of Sepulchres parish / by Tho. Gouge ...
London: printed by R. Ibbitson and M. Wright, 1661
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Having showed the Duties of Parents towards their Children, I come now to show the Duties of Children in reference to their Parents, which may be brought to three heads, ⟨p. 146⟩viz. 1 Obedience. 2 Honour. 3 Gratitude.
HAving shewed the Duties of Parents towards their Children, I come now to shew the Duties of Children in reference to their Parents, which may bee brought to three heads, ⟨p. 146⟩viz. 1 Obedience. 2 Honour. 3 Gratitude.
I. Obedience, This is often pressed in Scripture as the main and principal duty of Children in reference towards their Parents. Their Obedience ought to be expressed,
I. Obedience, This is often pressed in Scripture as the main and principal duty of Children in reference towards their Parents. Their Obedience ought to bee expressed,
1 By a cheerful yielding to their Precepts and Commands, readily doing what they require of them, and that for conscience sake, even to the command of God, who requireth this duty at their hands; for saith the Apostle, Children obey your Parents in all things, 1for this is well-pleasing to the Lord. And again, Children obey your Parents in the Lord, 2for this is right. In the former place,3