Secondly; Have not you Sinned about these Untowardly Children? it may be, ⟨p. 20⟩the very Subjects of your Sin, are made the Authors of your Sorrow? I beseech you, to Search and Try your Ways. Have […] Instructed these Children as you should have done? The Philosopher, seeing once a Child misbehave himself, he gave a Box on the Ear, to the Father that should have Taught him otherwise. Truly, Many a Parent has cause to Chastise and Reproach himself, because of his Children's misbehaviours. 'Tis of Him, that they have been, Better Fed than Taught. Or, Ask your selves, Whether your Conduct in your House, has been according to that Rule, in Eph. 6. 4. Fathers, provoke not your Children to wrath, and yet bring them up in the Nurture and Admonition of the Lord. Have you not sometimes been too Fond of them? You have heard, what Sons they were, whereof 'tis said, Their Fathers do not Restrain them: You have heard, what Sons they were, of whom 'tis said, Their Father never Displeased them at any time. One truly says, There are other creatures, besides Apes, that bug their […] to Death. Or, Have you not […] been too Fierce to them? The Severity […] a Father in Austere Looks, Raging Words, Cruel Blows, and Rigid […] the Authority of a Father ⟨p. 21⟩unreasonably Strained, especially about their Callings, or their Matches, often, like Spanish Flies, raises those Plisters on the Minds of the Sons, that the Sons can show nothing but Ill Humour after it. Or, finally, Have you Prayed for your Children, with Effectually fervent Supplications? There is cause to judge, that all the Children of Job were such, that none of them were Lost for ever. Now, 'tis noted, in Job 1. 5. Job offered Burnt Offerings, according to the Number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my Sons have Sinned, and have taken their Leave of God, [for so I take Leave to Translate it] in their Hearts; Thus did Job continually. Have any of your Children, so Sinned against God, as to Take their Leave of Serving Him? See whether you have Prayed for them Every One by Name, Every Day, since you have had them, that it might not be so?
Secondly; Have not you Sinned about these Untowardly Children? it may be, ⟨p. 20⟩the very Subjects of your Sin, are made the Authors of your Sorrow? I beseech you, to Search and Try your Wayes. Have 〈…〉 Instructed these Children as you should have done? The Philosopher, seeing once a Child misbehave himself, he gave a Box on the Ear, to the Father that should have Taught him otherwise. Truly, Many a Parent has cause to Chastise and Reproach himself, because of his Childrens misbehaviours. 'Tis of Him, that they have been, Better Fed than Taught. Or, Ask your selves, Whether your Conduct in your House, has been according to that Rule, in Eph. 6. 4. Fathers, provoke not your Children to wrath, and yet bring them up in the Narture and Admenition of the Lord. Have you not sometimes been too Fond of them? You have heard, what Sons they were, whereof 'tis said, Their Fathers do not Restrain them: You have heard, what Sons they were, of whom 'tis said, Their Father never Displeased them at any time. One truly says, There are other creatures, besides Apes, that bug their 〈…〉 to Death. Or, Have you not 〈…〉 been too Fierce to them? The Severity 〈…〉 a Father in Austere Looks, Raging Words, Cruel Blows, and Rigid 〈…〉 the Authority of a Father ⟨p. 21⟩unreasonably Strained, especially about their Callings, or their Matches, often, like Spanish Flies, raises those Plisters on the Minds of the Sons, that the Sons can show nothing but Ill Humour after it. Or, finally, Have you Pras'd for your Children, with Effectually fervent Supplications? There is cause to judge, that all the Children of Job were such, that none of them were Lost for ever. Now, 'tis noted, in Job 1. 5. Job offered Burnt Offerings, according to the Number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my Sons have Sinned, and have taken their Leave of God, [for so I take Leave to Translate it] in their Hearts; Thus did Job continually. Have any of your Children, so Sinned against God, as to Take their Leave of Serving Him? See whether you have Prayed for them Every One by Name, Every Day, since you have had them, that it might not be so?
