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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 the 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. ; [Two lines of Scripture text]The Bostonian Ebenezer. Some historical remarks, on the state of Boston, the chief town of New-England, and of the 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 offer'd, by a native of Boston. ; [Two lines of Scripture text]
Boston: printed by B Green and J. Allen for Samuel Phillips, 1698
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Come then; Don't any more plead, That you have no Time for Family-Prayer. Did God Give thee all thy Time; and shall He have none of it? Find a little Time for thy Soul, as well as for the World; Or, go write that Sentence upon thy Mantle tree, What is a man profited, if he gain the whole World, and loose his own Soul?
And plead no more, That you want ⟨p. 67⟩Confidence or Utterance, for Family Prayer. But, Meditate on that Warning of the Lord Jesus Christ, Whosoever shall be Ashamed of me, of him also shall the Son of Man be Ashamed. Sit down, and ponder, What are your Sins, your Wants, your Woes; There is no need of making Elegant Orations before the Lord: Call thy Folks together; Fall down before the Lord among them all; Cry to the Lord for them as well as He shall enable thee: Try, to Night, if thou never didst before; Try; God will Help thee, man; and thou wilt come to the Minister who thus advised thee, and say, Blessed be the Lord, and Blessed be thy Advice, and Blessed be thou for giving it!
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