A75287:1228
Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The…
Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and public, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and publike, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.
London: printed by John Field for Nathanael Webb and William Grantham, 1649London: printed by John Field for Nathanaell Webb and William Grantham, 1649
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1. For the Husband and Wife, if godly, they have a promise from the Lord, Psal. 128. Prov. 31.28. & 11.16. Job 5.25.
2. For Parent and Child, God hath made a gracious Covenant with them, Gen. 17.7, 9. Acts 2.39. Jer. 32.39. Prov. 20.7. Good Parents (though poor) leave their Children a good patrimony, for they have laid up many prayers for them in heaven, and they leave Gods favour for their possession, and his promises for a sure inheritance, Psal. 37.25, 26. Prov. 11.21. Psal. 112.2. & 25.13. & 37.29. Prov. 13.22. Isa. 44.3, 4. & 54.13. and Children obeying their Parents, have these promises,