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Three sermons lately preached at Boston. I. Showing the virtue of Christs blood to…Three sermons lately preached at Boston. I. Shewing the vertue of Christs blood to…
Three sermons lately preached at Boston. I. Showing the virtue of Christs blood to cleanse from sin. II. That natural men are under the government of self-love. III. That the Gospel is the means of conversion. : To which a fourth is added, to stir up young men and maidens to praise the name of the Lord. / By Solomon Stoddard A.M. Pastor of Northampton.Three sermons lately preached at Boston. I. Shewing the vertue of Christs blood to cleanse from sin. II. That natural men are under the government of self-love. III. That the Gospel is the means of conversion. : To which a fourth is added, to stir up young men and maidens to praise the name of the Lord. / By Solomon Stoddard A.M. Pastor of Northampton.
printed by B. Green for Daniel Henchman, 1717
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1. By Instruction. It is not sufficient that they are brought to Public Worship, and that they be learned to Read the Word of God, but Parents should see that they profit by Public Means, and they should be instilling the Principles of Religion into them. Timothy had a godly Mother, and he was versed in the holy Scriptures from a Child, 2 Tim. 3.16. And as Parents should instruct their Children in Principles of Faith, so also they should teach them rules of Obedience. That was one of the designs of the book of Proverbs. Prov. 1.4. To give subtlety to the simple, to the Young man knowledge and discretion. The law of nature is much obliterated, and there is great need that the Precepts thereof should be often inculcated, that convincing light should be set before them, that they be urged and expostulated with, and that rules be pressed upon them. Prov. 31.2, 3. What my son, and what the son of my womb, and what the son of my vows, give not thy strength unto women, &c. Young People are giddy and heedless, and counsel had need to be often renewed.
1. By Instruction. It is not sufficient that they are brought to Publick Worship, and that they be learn't to Read the Word of God, but Parents should see that they profit by Publick Means, and they should be instilling the Principles of Religion into them. Timothy had a godly Mother, and he was versed in the holy Scriptures from a Child, 2 Tim. 3.16. And as Parents should instruct their Children in Principles of Faith, so also they should teach them rules of Obedience. That was one of the designs of the book of Proverbs. Prov. 1.4. To give subtilty to the simple, to the Young man knowledge and discretion. The law of nature is much obliterated, and there is great need that the Precepts thereof should be often inculcated, that convincing light should be set before them, that they be urged and expostulated with, and that rules be pressed upon them. Prov. 31.2, 3. What my son, and what the son of my womb, and what the son of my vows, give not thy strength unto women, &c. Young People are giddy and heedless, and counsel had need to be often renewed.