But the Children of this Family in a ⟨p. 27⟩most singular manner, have cause to lay these Deaths to heart: To have a Father and a Mother both taken from you, and such a Father, and such a Mother, and this so soon (within less than a Month) after one another, is a Solemn Providence. And do the Children of this bereaved Family say to me, Do you apprehend that there is any signal Evil to come upon us because of these Deaths? My Children! I hope there is not: for it is Evident that you lay to heart what has befallen you: Else why have you desired us who are here this day, to Lament with you, and Pray with you and for you? One Word of Counsel I shall leave with you, which if you hearken to it, and Practise accordingly, (and I am persuaded that you will do so;) then I know that God has blessings in store for you. The Word which I would leave with you is only this, Follow the holy Example of your Pious Parents. Walk in the steps of their Faith and good Works. Imitate their Righteousness, and their Charity: So shall you be known to be the Children ⟨p. 28⟩whom the Lord has blessed: The GOD of your Father, and the GOD of your Mother will be your GOD also. There are three Comfortable Scriptures which you, My Children, may do well to think on, and let me Exhort you to be often thinking on them. One is that which was insisted on in the former part of this day: Psal. 27.10. When my Father and my Mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up. Parents use to take up their little Children and set them on their knees, and when they are grieved will wipe away Tears from their Eyes. So does God (speaking after the manner of men) do by His Children. Tis said concerning some of Josephs Great Grand-Children, That they were brought up upon Josephs knees. Joseph would take his little Grand-Children and in his Paternal kindness dandle them on his knees. If the Lord will be your Father, the loss of no other Father can make you Miserable. If Jesus Christ will own you as His Children▪ although' your Father and your Mother forsake you, this is Comfort enough, ⟨p. 29⟩you have an Everlasting Father who will never leave nor forsake you. A second Scripture which I recommend to your Meditation, is that in Gen. 25.11. Where tis said, That after the Death of Abraham, God blessed his Son Isaac.
But the Children of this Family in a ⟨p. 27⟩most singular manner, have cause to lay these Deaths to heart: To have a Father and a Mother both taken from you, and such a Father, and such a Mother, and this so soon (within less than a Month) after one another, is a Solemn Providence. And do the Children of this bereaved Family say to me, Do you apprehend that there is any signal Evil to come upon us because of these Deaths? My Children! I hope there is not: for it is Evident that you lay to heart what has befallen you: Else why have you desired us who are here this day, to Lament with you, and Pray with you and for you? One Word of Counsil I shall leave with you, which if you hearken to it, and Practise accordingly, (and I am perswaded that you will do so;) then I know that God has blessings in store for you. The Word which I would leave with you is only this, Follow the holy Example of your Pious Parents. Walk in the steps of their Faith and good Works. Imitate their Righteousness, and their Charity: So shall you be known to be the Children ⟨p. 28⟩whom the Lord has blessed: The GOD of your Father, and the GOD of your Mother will be your GOD also. There are three Comfortable Scriptures which you, My Children, may do well to think on, and let me Exhort you to be often thinking on them. One is that which was insisted on in the former part of this day: Psal. 27.10. When my Father and my Mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up. Parents use to take up their little Children and set them on their knees, and when they are grieved will wipe away Tears from their Eyes. So does God (speaking after the manner of men) do by His Children. Tis said concerning some of Iosephs Great Grand-Children, That they were brought up upon Iosephs knees. Ioseph would take his little Grand-Children and in his Paternal kindness dandle them on his knees. If the Lord will be your Father, the loss of no other Father can make you Miserable. If Jesus Christ will own you as His Children▪ altho' your Father and your Mother forsake you, this is Comfort enough, ⟨p. 29⟩you have an Everlasting Father who will never leave nor forsake you. A second Scripture which I recommend to your Meditation, is that in Gen. 25.11. Where tis said, That after the Death of Abraham, God blessed his Son Isaac.
