A65285:2331
A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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5. Carry it Lovingly to your Children. In all your Counsels and Commands, let them read Love. Love will command Honour: And how can the Parent but love the Child who is his living Picture, nay, part of himself. The Child is the Father in the Second Edition.
6. Carry it prudently towards your Children. A great Point of Prudence is, when a Parent doth not provoke his Children to Wrath. Col. 3.21. Fathers provoke not your Children to Anger, lest they be discouraged.
Quest. How many ways may a Parent provoke his Children to Wrath?
Resp. 1. By giving them Opprobrious Terms. 1 Sam. 20.30. Thou Son of the perverse rebellious Woman, said Saul to his Son Jonathan. Some Parents use Imprecations and Curses to their Children. This is to provoke them to Wrath. Would you have God bless your Children, and do you curse?
Resp. 1. By giving them Opprobrious Tearms.