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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Parental Wishes and Charges. › [On the Lords-Day Evening; To my YOUNG MEN.]
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[On the Lords-Day Evening; To my YOUNG MEN.]
AND now, Come, ye Children, Hearken to me, and I will Teach you that Fear of the Lord, that shall bring you to the Enjoyment of Him. The Inference will now be Irresistible. If Godly Persons desire above all things, the Enjoyment of a CHRIST, as the greatest Blessedness for themselves, and for their Children, certainly it becomes, it concerns our Children to desire this Blessedness for themselves. Yea, if ever they become Godly Children their Godliness will first show it self, in their Desiring of this Blessedness. Oh! If once our Children were come to this Language, A Christ, A Christ, for a Perishing Soul! Then should we begin to hope, that they will not Perish, Then, and never till then, should we see upon them, the Hopeful Beginning of those things that accompany Salvation.
But how shall they be prevailed withal? Nothing that we can say, tho' we should speak with the Tongue of Angels, will be prevalent upon the Blinded and Hardened Minds of Sinners. But,—
But how shall they be prevailed withal? Nothing that we can say, tho' we should speak with the Tongue of Angels, will be prevalent upon the Blinded and Hardned Minds of Sinners. But,—