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The A, B, C. of religion. Lessons relating to the fear of God, fitted…
The A, B, C. of religion. Lessons relating to the fear of God, fitted unto the youngest & lowest capacities. And children suitably instructed in the maxims of religion. : [One line from I John]
Boston, : Printed & sold by Timothy Green, at the lower end of Middle-Street, 1713
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Secondly. They must be very Senseless indeed, who can't learnt this Lesson in the Fear of God; I must not Abuse the Good Creatures of God; nor abuse any Self in the Use of them. Every Body knows, That our Drink, and our Meat, and our Clothing, are the Good Creatures of God. It may therefore be soon known, by our very Children themselves, That it is a Wicked Thing to Drink too much; It is a Brutish Thing to Eat too much; God has not given us our Apparel, to hang ⟨p. 13⟩out the Flags of Pride, and gratify our Vanity. Children, This Lesson is not beyond you; Rom. XIII. 13, 14. Let us Walk Honestly; not in rioting & drunkenness; Put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not Provision for the Flesh.
Secondly. They must be very Senseless indeed, who can't learnt this Lesson in the Fear of God; I must not Abuse the Good Creatures of God; nor abuse any Self in the Vse of them. Every Body knows, That our Drink, and our Meat, and our Cloathing, are the Good Creatures of God. It may therefore be soon known, by our very Children themselves, That it is a Wicked Thing to Drink too much; It is a Brutish Thing to Eat too much; God has not given us our Apparel, to hang ⟨p. 13⟩out the Flags of Pride, and gratify our Vanity. Children, This Lesson is not beyond you; Rom. XIII. 13, 14. Let us Walk Honestly; not in rioting & drunkenness; Put on the Lord Iesus Christ, and make not Provision for the Flesh.
Thirdly. There is this Lesson in the Fear of God, which every one may learn, as soon as 'tis possible; The Lord's Day must be kept Holy to the Lord; the Sabbaths of the Lord must be the Lord's. Our Children themselves, can't but soon perceive, that we distinguish One Day in Seven for the peculiar Service of God. When the Passover was instituted, it was then supposed; It shall come to pass, Your Children shall say to you, What mean you by this Service? On the Institution of the Lord's Day, we may soon inform our Children, What we mean by the Service. Even these, and they who cannot Comprehend any more than these, may be informed; The Glorious God having Made the World is Six Day, & Rested on the Seventh, He has allowed us to Work in the world Six Days, but Commanded us to Rest from doing so, that