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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.
First; Methinks, In that Expression, A Glorious CHRIST, you may see that intimated, which may admonish you, that you cannot have a Greater Blessedness, than the Enjoyment of Him. Glorious things are to be spoken of thee, O thou blessed Enjoyment! Children, you have GOD for yours, if you have CHRIST for yours. As CHRIST is, the True God, the Great God, the Most High God; so, to Enjoy Him, is the Truest, the Greatest, the Highest Blessedness, And his Office and Offer is, to bring you unto GOD. How Joyfully may you now sing, Lam. 3. 24. 25. The Lord is my Portion, saith my Soul; therefore will I hope in Him: The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to the Soul that seeks Him. Good! Yea, An Infinite Good! There is enough in Him, to suffice Himself, and enough to suffice & fulfil the Desires of all the Souls that come unto Him. The Knowledge of GOD, you have it if you know JESUS CHRIST, whom to know is Life Eternal. The Favour of GOD, you have it, if you are Favoured and Accepted in His ⟨p. 36⟩Beloved CHRIST. Fellowship with GOD; Truly our Fellowship is with the Father, if it be with His Son JESUS CHRIST.
The CHRIST proposed unto your Enjoyment, as He is the Manna of Angels, thus He is the Wonder of Angels; And may we not imagine, that our Contempt, of Him, is the Wonder, and the Anger of Angels? Oh! Could we look into the City of God!—You are Astonished, O ye Heavens, and you are very Disdainful at our Infidelity.