Sirs, When you have done thus, for your Children, you have a singular Advantage to plead for the Fulfilment of that word upon them, in Isa. 44.3. I will pour my Spirit upon thy Seed, and my Blessing upon thy Offspring. You may go before the Lord, and plead, Lord, Was not the Baptismal Water poured by thy Command upon my Children! Oh, Do thou now pour upon them the Heavenly Grace, which that Baptismal Water Signified. And now, no sooner let those Children become able to understand it, than you shall make them understand, what the Design of their Baptism was. Parents, I am to tell you, That if you Let your Children grow up, without ever telling them, That, and, Why, they were Baptised into the Name of the Lord, you are fearfully Guilty of Taking the Name of the Lord in vain It was the manner of an Excellent Minister, upon the Baptising of a Child, Solemnly to deliver the Child into the Hands of the Parents, with such words a those, Here, Take This Child now, and bring it up for the Lord Jesus Christ, I charge you. God from Heaven speaks the like words to you, O Parents, upon all your Baptised ⟨p. 16⟩Children. And that you may bring up your Children for the Lord Jesus Christ, You must as soo• […] you can, Let them know, That in Baptism, they were Dedicated unto Him. Show them, That when they were Baptised, they were Listed among the Servants and Soldiers of the Lord Jesus Christ, and that if they Live in Rebellion against Him, Woe unto them! Show them, from, Mat. 28.19, 20. That since they are Baptised, into the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, they must observe all Things, whatsoever the Lord Jesus Christ has Commanded them. Show them, from Rom. 6.4. That since they are Baptised, they are Buried with Christ in Baptism, and must Live no longer in Sin, but be Dead unto all the Vanities of the World. Show them from Gal. 3.27. That since they are Baptised, they have put on Christ, and must follow His Example, and be as He was in the World. Show them from 1 Pet. 3 21. That being Baptised, they must now make the Answer of a Good Conscience, to all the proposals of the New-Covenant: and God propounding to them, Shall my Christ be thine, and wilt thou be His? they ⟨p. 17⟩must conscientiously answer, Lord, with all my Heart! Put this very solemnly unto your Children; My Child, Shall God the Father, be thy Father? Shall God the Son, be thy Saviour!
Syrs, When you have done thus, for your Children, you have a singular Advantage to plead for the Fulfilment of that word upon them, in Isa. 44.3. I will pour my Spirit upon thy Seed, and my Blessing upon thy Offspring. You may go before the Lord, and plead, Lord, Was not the Baptismal Water poured by thy Command upon my Children! Oh, Do thou now pour upon them the Heavenly Grace, which that Baptismal Water Signified. And now, no sooner let those Children become able to understand it, than you shall make them understand, what the Design of their Baptism was. Parents, I am to tell you, That if you Let your Children grow up, without ever telling them, That, and, Why, they were Baptised into the Name of the Lord, you are fearfully Guilty of Taking the Name of the Lord in vain It was the manner of an Excellent Minister, upon the Baptising of a Child, Solemnly to deliver the Child into the Hands of the Parents, with such words a those, Here, Take This Child now, and bring it up for the Lord Jesus Christ, I charge you. God from Heaven speaks the like words to you, O Parents, upon all your Baptised ⟨p. 16⟩Children. And that you may bring up your Children for the Lord Jesus Christ, You must as soo• 〈…〉 you can, Let them know, That in Baptism, they were Dedicated unto Him. Show them, That when they were Baptised, they were Listed among the Servants and Souldiers of the Lord Jesus Christ, and that if they Live in Rebellion against Him, Wo unto them! Show them, from, Mat. 28.19, 20. That since they are Baptised, into the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, they must observe all Things, whatsoever the Lord Jesus Christ has Commanded them. Show them, from Rom. 6.4. That since they are Baptised, they are Buried with Christ in Baptism, and must Live no longer in Sin, but be Dead unto all the Vanities of the World. Show them from Gal. 3.27. That since they are Baptised, they have put on Christ, and must follow His Example, and be as He was in the World. Show them from 1 Pet. 3 21. That being Baptised, they must now make the Answer of a Good Conscience, to all the proposals of the New-Covenant: and God propounding to them, Shall my Christ be thine, and wilt thou be His? they ⟨p. 17⟩
