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A catechism or brief instruction in the principles and grounds of the true Christian…A catechisme or briefe instruction in the principles and grounds of the true Christian…
A catechism or brief instruction in the principles and grounds of the true Christian religion With a short treatise premised concerning the profity and necessity of catechizing.A catechisme or briefe instruction in the principles and grounds of the true Christian religion With a short treatise premised concerning the profity and necessitie of catechizing.
London: printed by Edward Griffin for Henry Fetherstone, 1617London: printed by Edvvard Griffin for Henry Fetherstone, 1617
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Thirdly, the express commands of God are many and divers for this duty: Deut. 6. These words which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart, and thou shalt rehearse them continually unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou tarriest in thine house. Likewise vers. 20. If thy son shall ask thee in time to come, saying, What mean these testimonies and ordinances, ⟨image 10⟩&c. then thou shalt say unto thy son, &c. And Psal. 78. God established a testimony in Jacob, and ordained a Law in Israel, which he commanded our Fathers, that they should teach their children, that the posterity might know it, and the children which should be borne, should stand up and declare it to their children.
Thirdly, the expresse commands of God are many and diuers for this dutie: Deut. 6. These words which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart, and thou shalt rehearse them continually vnto thy children, and shalt talke of them when thou tarriest in thine house. Likewise vers. 20. If thy sonne shall aske thee in time to come, saying, What meane these testimonies and ordinances, ⟨image 10⟩&c. then thou shalt say vnto thy sonne, &c. And Psal. 78. God established a testimonie in Iacob, and ordained a Law in Israel, which he commanded our Fathers, that they should teach their children, that the posteritie might know it, and the children which should be borne, should stand vp and declare it to their children.
And in the new Testament, very pregnant is that which is Ephes. 6. Ye Fathers provoke not your children to wrath, but bring them up in instruction and information of the Lord.