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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.
You are to Die in a little while; and you are by Death to be stripped of all that you Enjoy in this world. But come to the Enjoyment of a Glorious CHRIST; Then Death it self will be your Gain; By Death you shall Gain a Deliverance from all Pain, and all Sin, and all Temptation; You shall Gain a Paradise, where the Blessed JESUS will visit you with his Consolations.
You are to Dy in a little while; and you are by Death to be stript of all that you Enjoy in this world. But come to the Enjoyment of a Glorious CHRIST; Then Death it self will be your Gain; By Death you shall Gain a Deliverance from all Pain, and all Sin, and all Temptation; You shall Gain a Paradise, where the Blessed JESUS will visit you with his Consolations.
In a word; In the Enjoyment of a Glorious CHRIST, you will have, what will make up the want of every other Enjoyment! It is a memorable passage, Isa. 9. 1. At the First time, He made Vile the Land of Zebulun, & the Land of Naphtali; so in the latter time He shall make it Glorious; Even the way of the Sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles. The People of the Country here described, were afflicted with an Early Captivity; The Assyrian Captivated them, and committed fearful and bloody Depredations upon them. Well, but says our God, I will make them Amends for these Afflictions. What Amends? It follows, The People that sat in Darkness have seen a Great Light. A CHRIST, a CHRIST, coming and shining upon a wretched Country makes Amends for the most severe Calamities; The Country is Glorified in such a rare Enjoyment! Are you Poor? In a CHRIST, you Enjoy a Goodly Heritage. Are you Sick? In a CHRIST you Enjoy the Saving Health of God. Are you Reproached? In a CHRIST you Enjoy an Advocate, Have your ⟨p. 43⟩friends forsaken you? In a CHRIST, you Enjoy a Friend of more Value, than all the Friends in the Universe. How, how can you subsist without Him?
In a word; In the Enjoyment of a Glorious CHRIST, you will have, what will make up the want of every other Enjoyment! It is a memorable passage,