A50162:172
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.
But about the Stated Time for Family-Instruction, there is a double Discretion to be used. It is to be dispatched in a Quiet Time, in a Time when there is no Disturbance by Passions within, or Noises without. It is said in Eccles. 9. 16. The words of wise men are heard in quiet: and no wise man will speak when there is not Quietness enough to allow an Audience for him. And it is to dispensed in a Lively, Time, in a Time when Spirits are stirring, and Affections are vigorous. Tis said in Rom. 12. 11. Be fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; thus, this piece of Service for the Lord, is to be done, when there is a Fervency of Disposition thereunto.
But about the Stated Time for Family-Instruction, there is a double Discretion to be used. It is to be dispatched in a Quiet Time, in a Time when there is no Disturbance by Passions within, or Noises without. It is said in Eccles. 9. 16. The words of wise men are heard in quiet: and no wise man will speak when there is not Quietness enough to allow an Audience for him. And it is to dispens'd in a Lively, Time, in a Time when Spirits are stirring, and Affections are vigorous. Tis said in Rom. 12. 11. Be •ervent in spirit, serving the Lord; thus, this peice of Service for the Lord, is to be done, when there is a Fervency of Disposition thereunto.
Secondly, We are to Instruct our Families very pertinently. Accommodate our Instructions to their Conditions.