B09511:91
The Bostonian Ebenezer. Some historical remarks, on the state of Boston, the chief town…
The Bostonian Ebenezer. Some historical remarks, on the state of Boston, the chief town of New England, and of English America. With some, agreeable methods, for preserving and promoting, the good state of that, as well as any other town, in the like circumstances. / Humbly offered, by a native of Boston.
Boston: printed by B. Green & J. Allen for Samuel Phillips, 1698
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IV. If we would Comfortably Enjoy our Tabernacles, Let us Conscientiously Instruct and Govern those that are under our charge, in our Tabernacles. Let us do what we can, that there may be none but such as may Know and Serve God in our Houses, and it may be Hoped that God will permit our Houses to stand before Him. There is to be Recommended ⟨p. 68⟩unto us, the Great Example of Abraham, in Gen. 18.19. I know him, that he will command his Children and Household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord. Oh! Let not the Houses of Christians, become like the Wigwams of Indians, for the Unnurtured, Uninstructed, Ungoverned, Families in them! Wherefore, Let us Faithfully Teach the Little Folks in our Houses; Teach them, as David and Bathsheba did their Solomon; Teach them to Know those things from their Childhood, whereby they may be made Wise unto Salvation: See that they be none of them unacquainted with the Covenant of God, or, with any agreeable Doctrine of God their Saviour. Let us also Fervently Charge those Little Folks: Charge them to Serve the Lord with a Perfect Heart and a Willing Mind; Charge them to Believe on Christ, and Repent of Sin, and Return to God; Charge them to Enter into their Closets, and Pray to their Heavenly Father in Secret; Admonish them, that they do Consider their Ways; and that especially they Shun all Bad Company, and not Consent, if Sinners do Entice them. If any of ⟨p. 69⟩them do fall into any Sin against God, be sure to Reprove that Sin; Reprove it Scripturally, Reprove it Effectually. And Restrain them from every Sin, which they would be Ready to Run into. Let there be no Children of Belial with you, none that shall be free from the Yoke of a Serious Discipline.
IV. If we would Comfortably Enjoy our Tabernacles, Let us Conscientiously Instruct and Govern those that are under our charge, in our Tabernacles. Let us do what we can, that there may be none but such as may Know and Serve God in our Houses, and it may be Hoped that God will permit our Houses to stand before Him. There is to be Recommended ⟨p. 68⟩unto us, the Great Exemple of Abraham, in