The heart of N-England rent at the blasphemies of the present generation. Or A…

Duties incumbent upon the heads of families are Exemplariness. Instruction, & Government. Upon the Churches Doctrine and Discipline. All experience proveth, that the bitter root of heresy, hath never prevailed, where Doctrine, Catechism, and Discipline have been upheld in their purity & vigour. Concerning the power and duty of the Christian Magistrate in matters of Religion, it is summarily spoken to in the Authors preface unto the sufferings of Christ. But full information is at hand, in diverse elaborate and solid treatises upon that subject lately published. It may therefore suffice at Present, to present the Reader with some texts to that purpose. And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying who soever curseth his God, shall bear his sin. And he that blasphemeth the Name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the Congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death. Lev: 24.15, 16: But other Scriptures omitted. I shall here transcribe only two more, both which are eminently pregnant with this trueth: wherein also are cases put between the cause of God, and our near relations, on purpose to provide against obstructions in this great business of Religion.

Duties incumbent upon the heads of families are Exemplarines. Instruction, & Government. Ʋpon the Churches Doctrine and Discipline. All experience proveth, that the bitter root of heresie, hath never prevailed, where Doctrine, Catechism, and Discipline have been upheld in their purity & vigour. Concerning the power and duty of the Christian Magistrate in matters of Religion, it is summarily spoken to in the Authors preface unto the sufferings of Christ. But full information is at hand, in diverse elaborate and solid treatises upon that subject lately published. It may therfore suffice at Present, to present the Reader with some texts to that purpose. And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying who soever curseth his God, shall bear his sin. And he that blasphemeth the Name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the Congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death. Lev: 24.15, 16: But other Scriptures omitted. I shall here transcribe only two more, both which are eminently pregnant with this trueth: wherein also are cases put between the cause of God, and our neer relations, on purpose to provide against obstructions in this great business of Religion.