I. The first Thing I am to observe, is this. There are considerable Consolations enjoyed by those whom their MOTHER Comforteth. 'Tis a Consolation to have a Mother Living. He is a barbarous Wretch, and worthy to have his Eyes pulled out in the Valley of Careases, who does not count it so. Tho' it should be a Decayed Mother, a Decrepit Mother, one under all the Inconveniences of a Superannuation, and one that must be entirely supported by her Children, yet the Presence of their Mother with them, is grateful to them if there be not a Barbarity of Ingratitude in the Children. The Jews have a Proverb among them, That a Mine of Gold in an House were not so rich a Blessing, as the presence of such a Mother there. But then, there are numberless Consolations which good ⟨p. 10⟩Mothers give unto their Children. Mothers are the Comforters of their Children. They are by Nature so; have a strong Instinct of Nature for it; are Naturally very desirous to see their Children Comfortable. They can't bear to see their Children in any uneasy Circumstances. From this Natural Inclination in our Mothers to Comfort us, how cheerfully do they, while we are yet in our Minority, go through' many Fatigues, many Troubles, many Self-denials for us? What poor Shifts had we made in our Minority, if we had not had Mothers to Comfort us? It was required, Deut. XXII.6. If a Birds Nest chance to be before thee, and there be a Dam sitting upon the Young, thou shalt not take away the Dam. A Dam is ill spared from a Nest of Young ones. O Young ones, that have had your Mothers continued unto you, until you have been brought up to your Maturity, Be Thankful; Be Thankful to a Compassionate God, for all the Consolations which He has by your Mothers bestowed upon you. Nothing like an Own Mother! If she be yet with ⟨p. 11⟩you, prize her Exceedingly! 'Tis but here and there, that Mothers-in-Law, are found Mothers-in-Love. Those few that are so, are never enough to be commended! And still, as we grow up, the Concern of our Mothers to Comfort us does not grow Cold. Our Mothers continue their Concern to see us have all sorts of Consolations, as long as they continue their Concern to see us have all sorts of Consolations, as long as they continue with us. But then, there are some Cases, wherein the Consolations we receive in our Mothers, are Aggravated, are Distinguished, are Unspeakable.
I. The first Thing I am to observe, is this. There are considerable Consolations enjoy'd by those whom their MOTHER Comforteth. 'Tis a Consolation to have a Mother Living. He is a barbarous Wretch, and worthy to have his Eyes pulled out in the Valley of Careases, who does not count it so. Tho' it should be a Decayed Mother, a Decrepit Mother, one under all the Inconveniences of a Superannuation, and one that must be entirely supported by her Children, yet the Presence of their Mother with them, is grateful to them if there be not a Barbarity of Ingratitude in the Children. The Jews have a Proverb among them, That a Mine of Gold in an House were not so rich a Blessing, as the presence of such a Mother there. But then, there are numberless Consolations which good ⟨p. 10⟩Mothers give unto their Children. Mothers are the Comforters of their Children. They are by Nature so; have a strong Instinct of Nature for it; are Naturally very desirous to see their Children Comfortable. They can't bear to see their Children in any uneasy Circumstances. From this Natural Inclination in our Mothers to Comfort us, how cheerfully do they, while we are yet in our Minority, go thro' many Fatigues, many Troubles, many Self-denials for us? What poor Shifts had we made in our Minority, if we had not had Mothers to Comfort us? It was required, Deut. XXII.6. If a Birds Nest chance to be before thee, and there be a Dam sitting upon the Young, thou shalt not take away the Dam. A Dam is ill spared from a Nest of Young ones. O Young ones, that have had your Mothers continued unto you, until you have been brought up to your Maturity, Be Thankful; Be Thankful to a Compassionate God, for all the Consolations which He has by your Mothers bestow'd upon you. Nothing like an Own Mother! If she be yet with ⟨p. 11⟩you, prize her Exceedingly! 'Tis but here and there, that Mothers-in-Law, are found Mothers-in-Love. Those few that are so, are never enough to be commended! And still, as we grow up, the Concern of our Mothers to Comfort us does not grow Cold. Our Mothers continue their Concern to see us have all sorts of Consolations, as long as they continue their Concern to see us have all sorts of Consolations, as long as they continue with us. But then, there are some Cases, wherein the Consolations we receive in our Mothers, are Aggravated, are Distinguished, are Unspeakable.
