The Godly Man's Picture

10 Then we are rightly thankful, when we do propagate Gods praises to posterity, we tell our children what God hath done for us, in such a want he supplied us, in such a sickness he raised us, in such a temptation he ⟨p. 189⟩succoured us: Psa. 44. 1. O God our Fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the time of old. By transmitting our experiences to our Children, Gods name is eternized, and his mercies will bring forth a plentiful crop of praise when we are gone. He man puts the question, Psal. 88. 10. Shall the dead praise thee? Yes, in this sense, when we are dead, we praise God, because having left the Chronicle of Gods mercies with our Children, we put them upon thankfulness, and so make Gods praises live, when we are dead. —dumque aurea voluet astra polus, Memori semper celebrabunt cantu.—

10 Then wee are rightly thankful, when wee do propagate Gods praises to posterity, we tell our children what God hath done for us, in such a want hee supplyed us, in such a sickness he raised us, in such a temptation he ⟨p. 189⟩succoured us: Psa. 44. 1. O God our Fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their daies, in the time of old. By transmitting our experiences to our Children, Gods name is eternized, and his mercies will bring forth a plentiful crop of praise when wee are gone. He man puts the question, Psal. 88. 10. Shall the dead praise thee? Yes, in this sense, when we are dead, we praise God, because having left the Chronicle of Gods mercies with our Children, we put them upon thankfulness, and so make Gods praises live, when we are dead. —dumque aurea voluet astra polus, Memori semper celebrabunt cantu.—