An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters…

But secondly, The sin of Parents is punished many times in the children and in the family. Your daughters and your spouses, I will leave them saith God, and mine hand shall be upon them. When a parent or a husband sees the hand of God against his child or against his wife he should consider, how doth God meet with me in this? is it not a sign of Gods displeasure against me in this particular? It is observable, that of the woman of Canaan, Mat. 15.22. when her child was vexed with an unclean spirit, saith she, Have mercy upon me, O Lord, my child is grievously vexed with a Devil; she did not say Lord have mercy upon my child, but Lord have mercy upon me, for my child is vexed with an unclean spirit, as if she should say, O Lord, my sin may be this unclean spirit, it may be the punishment of my sin, therefore Lord have mercy upon me & forgive me my sin that hath caused such a thing as this, yea Lord it may be I have had an unclean spirit, and this my child did imitate me in somewhat that was evil, and so thy hand is come upon it, I am the Original, therefore Lord have mercy upon me, for my child is vexed with an unclean spirit. So should you, when you see the hand of God upon your children, not only outwardly upon their bodies, cry out, Lord h•ve mercy upon me for my child hath such a disease, hath such convulsion fits, hath such pain and such extremity, Lord pardon my sin. And doth God leave your children in wickedness? do you see unclean spirits in your children, the spirit of filthiness? Cry out, Lord have mercy upon ⟨p. 154⟩me; perhaps it was by imitating of you that they came to have such unclean spirits.

But secondly, The sin of Parents is punished many times in the children and in the family. Your daughters and your spouses, I will leave them saith God, and mine hand shall be upon them. When a parent or a husband sees the hand of God against his child or against his wife he should consider, how doth God meet with me in this? is it not a s•gn of Gods displeasure against me in this particular? It is observable, that of the woman of Canaan, Mat. 15.22. when her child was vexed with an unclean spirit, saith she, Have mercy upon me, O Lord, my child is grievusly vexed with a Devil; she did not say Lord have mercy upon my child, but Lord have mercy upon me, for my child is vexed with an unclean spirit, as if she should say, O Lord, my sin may be this unclean spirit, it may be the punishment of my sin, therfore Lord have mercy upon me & forgive me my sin that hath caused such a thing as this, yea Lord it may be I have had an unclean spirit, and this my child did imitate me in somewhat that was evil, and so thy hand is come upon it, I am the Original, therefore Lord have mercy upon me, for my child is vexed with an unclean spirit. So should you, when you see the hand of God upon your children, not only outwardly upon their bodies, cry out, Lord hve mercy upon me for my child hath such a disease, hath such convulsion fits, hath such pain and such extremity, Lord pardon my sin. And doth God leave your children in wickedness? do you see unclean spirits in your children, the spirit of filthiness? Cry out, Lord have mercy upon