N01022:70
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.
Oh! That the God of all Grace, would cause these things to sink down into the hearts of our Young People, and therewith infuse a concern for a CHRIST into them!
First; By our Fall from God, we are all become very Miserable: And, O my Young People, Who but a Glorious CHRIST can Deliver you from the Numberless and Exquisite Miseries, into which you ⟨p. 44⟩are Fallen? It is most sure, that by our Sin and Fall, we have made our selves miserable Creatures. We have Sinned; and our Lamentation may be that; Lam. 5. 16. Woe unto us, that we have Sinned. Children; You have Sinned, and you are Estranged from God, you are Abhorred by God; surely, this is to be very Miserable! You have Sinned, and you are sunk into an Ignorance of God, into an Enmity to God; surely this is to be very Miserable! You have Sinned, and your Minds are Infected, your Wills are Depraved, your Affections are all out of Order; the Powers of Darkness hold you in Chains of Darkness. And is not this to be very Miserable? Every one of you is a Sinner; and the Voice of every Sinner may be that; Rom. 7. 24. Oh! Wretched one that I am; who shall Deliver me! Now, if you have a CHRIST, you have a Deliverer. But if you are without a CHRIST, Oh! Wretched Ones that you are; you have none to Deliver you! Could you Deliver your selves from your Miseries, or could any one else Deliver you; Then to ⟨p. 45⟩be without a CHRIST, would not be so Miserable. But, Isa. 10. 3. What will you do in the Day of Visitation? To whom will you flee for Help? Saith the Lord; Without me they shall Perish among the Prisoners of Desperation. What will become of a stung Israelite, if he look not unto the healing Serpent? We read, Act. 4. 12