Help for distressed parents. Or, Counsels & comforts for godly parents afflicted with ungodly…

and the Parents of those Children, may so powerfully Challenge them, that they shall, either in the Letter, or in the Better, be all of them infallibly accomplished. I take Notice, That in the Commandment, what we Translate, That thy Days may be Long, is to be read, That they may Prolong thy Days. They! Who? Thy Father, and thy Mother; THEY shall Prolong thy ⟨p. 51⟩Days, and make thee Happy, by their Blessing of thee, in the Name of the Lord, if thou carry it well unto them. Enable your Parents to plead thus before the Lord, on your behalf; Lord, This Child of mine has deserved so well of me, by many Dutiful Endeavours to answer my Desires, that if it were in my power to do him Good, he should never want any good Thing; wherefore, I bring him to Thee, O my God, for Thee to do him Good, and Preserve him, and Honour him, and Satisfy him with Long Life, and Show him thy Salvation. I assure you, these Blessings of your Obliged Parents, will cause you to Prosper wonderfully!

and the Parents of those Children, may so powerfully Challenge them, that they shall, either in the Letter, or in the Better, be all of them infallibly accomplished. I take Notice, That in the Commandment, what we Translate, That thy Dayes may be Long, is to be read, That they may Prolong thy Dayes. They! Who? Thy Father, and thy Mother; THEY shall Prolong thy ⟨p. 51⟩Dayes, and make thee Happy, by their Blessing of thee, in the Name of the Lord, if thou carry it well unto them. Enable your Parents to plead thus before the Lord, on your behalf; Lord, This Child of mine has deserved so well of me, by many Dutiful Endeavours to answer my Desires, that if it were in my power to do him Good, he should never want any good Thing; wherefore, I bring him to Thee, O my God, for Thee to do him Good, and Preserve him, and Honour him, and Satisfy him with Long Life, and Show him thy Salvation. I assure you, these Blessings of your Obliged Parents, will cause you to Prosper wonderfully!

But there is this further to Encourage you, if you have Godly Parents: The Children of such Parents are under Advantages for the Fear of God, above any in the World. With what Encouraged Souls, does a Jacob say, The God of my Father has been with me! And a Moses, The God of my Father was my Help! And a David, O Lord, I am the Son of thy Handmaid. Oh, the many Prayers, Oh, the many Patterns, whereby your Parents, are hearing of you to Do well! And there are peculiar Promises