N01022:64
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.
Be assured of it, Children; The Enjoyment of a Glorious CHRIST, will bring you to an Inheritance, beyond all Humane Comprehension. For, if you become United unto the Son of God, you do your selves become the Children of God. And then! What follows? Rom. 8. 17. If Children, then Heirs; Heirs of God, and Joint-Heirs with Christ. The Inheritance which the Great GOD will bestow upon his Children, can be no small Inheritance. No, Children, You shall Inherit all things; yea, the Great GOD Himself will be your Inheritance.
Be assured of it, Children; The Enjoyment of a Glorious CHRIST, will bring you to an Inheritance, beyond all Humane Comprehension. For, if you become United unto the Son of God, you do your selves become the Children of God. And then! What followes? Rom. 8. 17. If Children, then Heirs; Heirs of God, and Joint-Heirs with Christ. The Inheritance which the Great GOD will bestow upon his Children, can be no small Inheritance. No, Children, You shall Inherit all things; yea, the Great GOD Himself will be your Inheritance.
What shall I say? You have no Righteousness of your own, wherein you may dare to appear before God the Judge of all. But come to the Enjoyment of a Glorious CHRIST; From that moment ⟨p. 41⟩you become Owners of a spotless and splendid and glorious Righteousness; A Righteousness more acceptable to God, than the Obedience of all the Angels in heaven; A Righteousness wherein you may venture to stand before the Judgment-seat of God.
You have grievous Maladies on your Souls; None can Cure your Maladies. But come to the Enjoyment of a Glorious CHRIST; From that moment, the Cure is begun. The Lord our Healer takes you into his hands; He will never Desert what his healing hands have undertaken, till he present you Glorious, without spot, wrinkle or blemish, before his Father.