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A family well-ordered. Or An essay to render parents and children happy in one…
A family well-ordered. Or An essay to render parents and children happy in one another. Handling two very important cases. I. What are the duties to be done by pious parents, for the promoting of piety in their children. II. What are the duties that must be paid by children to their parents, that they may obtain the blessings of the dutiful. / By Cotton Mather. ; [Three lines from Malachi]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Michael Perry, 1699
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Let a Fourth of your Charges be That, in Prov. 9.6. Forsake the Foolish and Live. Charge them to avoid the snares of Evil Company; Terrify them with Warnings of those Deadly Snares. ⟨p. 29⟩Often Repeat this Charge unto them, That if there be any Vicious Company, they shu• […], as they would the Plague or the Devil. Often say, My Son, if Sinners entice thee, consent thou not. Often say, My Child, Walk with the Wise, and thou shalt be wise, but a Companion of Fools shall be destroyed. Oh, Don't let the Beasts of prey, carry away thy Children alive.
Let a Fourth of your Charges be That, in Prov. 9.6. Forsake the Foolish and Live. Charge them to avoid the snares of Evil Company; Terrify them with Warnings of those Deadly Snares. ⟨p. 29⟩Often Repeat this Charge unto them, That if there be any Vicious Company, they shu• 〈…〉, as they would the Plague or the Devil. Often say, My Son, if Sinners entice thee, consent thou not. Often say, My Child, Walk with the Wise, and thou shalt be wise, but a Companion of Fools shall be destroyed. Oh, Don't let the Beasts of prey, carry away thy Children alive.
Shall I add; It is here intimated, That an Abraham, is to Command his Children, very particularly, about, The Way of the Lord. The Way of the Lord, is the Way of his Right, pure, Instituted Worship. Well then, Command your Children, That they don't Forsake the Holy Institutions of the Lord Jesus Christ, and Embrace a Vain Worship, consisting of Things that He never Instituted. There are some clauses in the Second Commandment, which in imate, That if Fa••ns would see the Mercies of God upon their Children, they must Charge them, to Worship God, only in those Ways, of Worship, that God hath Appointed.