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Small offers towards the service of the tabernacle in the wilderness. Four discourses, accommodated…
Small offers towards the service of the tabernacle in the wilderness. Four discourses, accommodated unto the designs of practical godliness. The first, concerning the methods wherein men ought to engage both themselves and their houses in the service of God. The second, concerning the right and best ways of redeeming time in the world. The third, concerning the carriage which we should have under trials used by God upon us. The fourth, concerning the end, which in our desires of life, we should propound unto ourselves. Preached partly at Boston, partly at Charleston. / By Cotton Mather, Pastor of a church in Boston. ; Published by a gentleman lately restored from threatening sickness; as an humble essay to serve the interest of religion, in gratitude unto God for his recovery.Small offers towards the service of the tabernacle in the wilderness. Four discourses, accommodated unto the designs of practical godliness. The first, concerning the methods wherein men ought to engage both themselves and their houses in the service of God. The second, concerning the right and best waies of redeeming time in the world. The third, concerning the carriage which we should have under trials used by God upon us. The fourth, concerning the end, which in our desires of life, we should propound unto ourselves. Preached partly at Boston, partly at Charleston. / By Cotton Mather, Pastor of a church in Boston. ; Published by a gentleman lately restored from threatning sickness; as an humble essay to serve the interest of religion, in gratitude unto God for his recovery.
Boston: printed by R. Pierce. Sold by Jos. Brunning, 1689
THE GOOD MANS RESOLUTION. › Section 14 › To offer some Directions about Family-Instruction.
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Fourthly, There are solemn Charges with which we are to Instruct our Families. It was the Character which the Lord gives of Abraham, in Gen 18. 19. I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord. O that this might ⟨p. 51⟩be said of every Householder here; I know […] that be will take all of his house, one by one, and Charge every one of them to keep the way of the Lord! What says the Apostle, in 1 Thes. 2. 11. The charged every one of you, as a father his children. We should call aside our young people, and lay upon them, the Charge of David, in 1 Chron. 28. 9. My son, know thou the God of thy Father, and Serve Him, with a perfect Heart and a willing mind; for the Lord searcheth all Hearts; if thou seek Him, He will be found of thee, if thou forsake Him, He will cast thee off for ever.
Fourthly, There are solemn Charges with which we are to Instruct our Families. It was the Character which the Lord gives of Abraham, in Gen 18. 19. I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord. O that this might ⟨p. 51⟩be said of every Householder here; I know 〈…〉 that be will take all of his house, one by one, and Charge every one of them to keep the way of the Lord! What saies the Apostle, in 1 Thes. 2. 11. The charged every one of you, as a father his children. We should call aside our young people, and lay upon them, the Charge of David, in 1 Chron. 28. 9. My son, know thou the God of thy Father, and Serve Him, with a perfect Heart and a willing mind; for the Lord searcheth all Hearts; if thou seek Him, He will be found of thee, if thou forsake Him, He will cast thee off for ever.