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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.]
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.
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,—
O Thou Almighty Spirit of Grace; Thou art stronger than all the Powers of Darkness, which holds the Minds of our Young People in such a deplorable Captivity. Oh! Do thou Exert thy Strength, and Glorify thy CHRIST, and conquer and persuade our Young People, to Embrace Him as the Greatest Blessedness, and awaken them into those Agonies, that shall never give them any Rest, until they are Blessed with an Interest in Him.
O Thou Almighty Spirit of Grace; Thou art stronger than all the Powers of Darkness, which holds the Minds of our Young People in such a deplorable Captivity. Oh! Do thou Exert thy Strength, and Glorify thy CHRIST, and conquer and perswade our Young People, to Embrace Him as the Greatest Blessedness, and awaken them into those Agonies, that shall never give them any Rest, until they are Blessed with an Interest in Him.
In Expectation of what the Holy Spirit of God breathing in His Word, may do upon the Souls of our Young People, we will now set before them, Why they should pursue such a Blessedness as the Enjoyment of a Glorious CHRIST, and How they shall obtain such a Blessed Enjoyment.