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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
The Second Remark.
Then People of an Higher Capacity, & such as have Out-grown the Years and Wits of Children, are most Inexcusable, if they should persist without the Fear of God. It was a sharp Censure and Satyr upon some; 1 Cor. III. 1. I could not speak unto you, but as unto Babes. But it must come with a greater Sharpness, if it may be said, You have not so much Fear of God in you, as might be expected in Babes. Alas, It would be Inexcusable in our Children, if they should Know and Do no better, than many People who pretend unto the Years of Discretion. O You that are come to some Forwardness, and it may be, some Figure and Station in the World; it cannot be endured, that YOU should go on still in your Trespasses. When Life & Death are set before you; What? Are you not Old enough to Choose; And will you still make a Choice, like an Infant or an Idiot? You have the Path on ⟨p. 36⟩the Right Hand, and the Path on the Left, set before you; What? Will you act as if you were the Children of Nineveh, not knowing the Right Hand from the Left? The Demand of God was that; Show your selves Men. Certainly, 'tis time for many of you to Show your selves Men; and not Prove your selves Worse than Children. 'Tis to be shown by the Fear of God.
Then People of an Higher Capacity, & such as have Out-grown the Years and Wits of Children, are most Inexcusable, if they should persist without the Fear of God. It was a sharp Censure and Satyr upon some; 1 Cor. III. 1. I could not speak unto you, but as unto Babes. But it must come with a greater Sharpness, if it may be said, You have not so much Fear of God in you, as might be expected in Babes. Alas, It would be Inexcusable in our Children, if they should Know and Do no better, than many People who pretend unto the Years of Discretion. O You that are come to some Forwardness, and it may be, some Figure and Station in the World; it cannot be endured, that YOU should go on still in your Trespasses. When Life & Death are set before you; What? Are you not Old enough to Chuse; And will you still make a Choice, like an Infant or an Ideot? You have the Path on