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Parental wishes and charges. Or, The enjoyment of a glorious Christ, proposed, as the…
Parental wishes and charges. Or, The enjoyment of a glorious Christ, proposed, as the great blessedness, which Christian parents desire, both for themselves, and for their children. In a discourse, now put into the hands of such parents, as would be assisted in their duty, by putting such things into the hands of their children. : [Two lines of quotation in Latin]
printed by Timothy Green, 1705
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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.
III. Good men who Enjoy a CHRIST, are greatly […], That their Children may be partakers with them, in the Enjoyment or so great a Blessedness. All men do Naturally desire a Blessedness for their Children. There is in Men by Nature, an inexpressible Stor•ee, and Passion, for the Blessedness of their Children. Tis a very […] man, who Enjoys any Blessedness, and Wishes not the like Enjoyment for his Children too. But now, tis the Distinguishing property of Good men, to pitch upon this Blessedness for their Children; A CHRIST; A CHRIST! ⟨p. 23⟩Oh, That they may Know Christ, and Love Christ, and Serve Christ, and by a Christ be saved from the•• Sins! THIS is the Blessedness chosen by all religious Parents, for their Children, a thousand times rather than Thousands of Gold and Silver.
III. Good men who Enjoy a CHRIST, are greatly 〈…〉, That their Children may be partakers with them, in the Enjoyment or so great a Blessedness. All men do Naturally desire a Blessedness for their Children. There is in Men by Nature, an inexpressible Stor•ee, and Passion, for the Blessedness of their Children. Tis a very 〈…〉 man, who Enjoyes any Blessedness, and Wishes not the like Enjoyment for his Children too. But now, tis the Distinguishing property of Good men, to pitch upon this Blessedness for their Children; A CHRIST; A CHRIST! ⟨p. 23⟩Oh, That they may Know Christ, and Love Christ, and Serve Christ, and by a Christ be saved from the•• Sins! THIS is the Blessedness chosen by all ••ligious Parents, for their Children, a thousand times rather than Thousands of Gold and Silver.