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Small offers towards the service of the tabernacle in the wilderness four discourses accommodated…
Small offers towards the service of the tabernacle in the wilderness four discourses accommodated unto the designs of practical godliness : preached partly at Boston, partly at Charleston / by Cotton Mather ; published by a gentleman lately restored from threatening sickness as a humble essay to serve the interest of religion, in gratitude unto God for his recovery.
Boston: printed by R. Pierce, 1689
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.
Fourthly, There are solemn Charges with which we are to Instruct our Families. It was the Character which the Lord gives of Abraham, in Gen. 18. 19. I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord. O that this might ⟨image 31⟩be said of every Householder here; I know him, that he will take all of his house, one by one, and Charge every one of them to keep the way of the Lord! What says the Apostle, in i• Thes 2. 11. We charged every one of you, as a father his children. We should call aside our young people, and lay upon them, the Charge of David, in 1. Chron. 28. 9. My son, know thou the God of thy Father, and Serve Him with a perfect Heart and a willing mind; for the Lord searcheth all Hearts▪ if thou seek Him, He will be found of thee, if thou forsake Him, He will cast thee off for ever.
Fourthly, There are solemn Charges with which we are to Instruct our Families. It was the Character which the Lord gives of Abraham, in Gen. 18. 19. I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord. O that this might ⟨image 31⟩be said of every Householder here; I know him, that he will take all of his house, one by one, and Charge every one of them to keep the way of the Lord! What saies the Apostle, in i• Thes 2. 11. We charged every one of you, as a father his children. We should call aside our young people, and lay upon them, the Charge of David, in 1. Chron. 28. 9. My son, know thou the God of thy Father, and Serve Him with a perfect Heart and a willing mind; for the Lord searcheth all Hearts▪ if thou seek Him, He will be found of thee, if thou forsake Him, He will cast thee off for ever.