Ambrose - Houston-Packer Collection BX5200 .A49 1674

to the ""'Jlity of the poor, inftruiling thy children ~trtdfervams (and the reil: ofthy family) in the fear and nurture ofth• Lord? Orfor thefins here f.rbidden ; Say firll:, hall: thou not fometime fpent the Lords day in idlene!fe, or in worldly buii– Ezck 46· 10 ne!fe, in vanities, or in fin? Secondly, hall: thou not omitted publick duties, or camel[ Nehem 1o. 31 in too late, or wentell: out too foon? Thirdly, hall: thou not on thofe d"yesf'ldware.r, and 'l··•s. carried bttrthens, brought in jhe~<ves, or !Vrought in the harvejt? Fourthly, hat!t hou not employed thy cartel, or fervants, or children, or any other, though thou workeJtnot _ thy felf ?"Fifthly, hall: tllou not profaned the Lords day, by nccdlc!fe works, words, or thoughts about thy calling, or about thy recreation? Sixthly, .hath jOt the lhiCl: obfervante of the duties of that day been tedious unto thee, faying in thine hcart,Whm Amos 8. ~- ,.,11 the day begone? If in any of thefe thou haft tranfgre!fcd, then hair thou broken this Commandment, Remember that thou k!ep holy t-he s~bb~tth-day. Sect. 6. Sim againft the fifth Commandment. I T is the fifth Commandment, Holtoltr thy Father amlthy Mother.] For the duties here required, iFamily. they are either in Common-weal. · ': · Church. Firll:, for the Family: Say, ifthou art an husband; 1. Hafhhouevcr loved thy ~~~~-\ 5 ; ' 5 'fo)~":.n;;,t:~gw::t;;;;.~l::/:?r':..~~:;;e:pzifr:z:;,t;:::~::;:;,";~::::;h.~~~ If thou art a wife: 2. Haft thou fubmitted to thine own huJhand, '"umo the Lord in t"Jery thing? 3· H aft thou put on the ornament ofa mee/z."nd quiet fpirit, which iJ in the fight ofGod ofgreat price ? lf thou art a parent : 4- Haft thou bro~tght "P thy chtidren m the nurmre and adm(Jnition ofthe Lord? 5· Haft thoJt corrtfted them~ yu not provtJ/ed Eph. 5. 22,24 I Pet.J-4 Ephcf. 6. 4 • Tim. 5· 8 them by immoderate correilion ? 6. Haft thou pr011idedf or them in their callings, or out– Rom, 1 - 3° ward cll:ates? If thou art a childe; 7.Haft thou obeyed thy parents, and received correilion with[11bmijfion and reverence? 8. Ha{f thot< relieved them in their lVants ? Haft thor< ob– ferved their inftruilions, and covered their injirmitieJ? If thou art a Mall:er: 1 o. Hall: Prov. , 5 , 15 thou entertained GodJfervants,and given unto thy fervam that whichzs juft and equl f!f Gen. 9 • 22 thou art a fervant: I I. Haft thou been obedJ<ntto thy Mafler accordmg to thejlejh, with Col. 4 1 /far and trembling, in Jinglenefl'e of heart> JtS IIJtto Chrifl l Not anfwering ilgain:J not Tit. 2. 9, to purloini11g, but jhelVing all goodfidelity ? , , Seconaly, for the Common-weal; if thou art a Magill:rate: 12. Hall: thou ewc~tted jull: !awes? r 3. Hall: thou reformed others abufes,according to the power thu ;, in th" ? Ifthou art a Subject: I4- Hall: thou obeyed the higher powers in all jull: commands? ll.om. 13. 1 I 5· Hall: thou been jitbjeil unto them, not only for wrath, bttt alfo for confnence fak!? Thirdly, for the Church; Iftnou artaMini!l:cr; I6. Hall: thou ttmght in fafon, Muth 5 , 16 . and OHt of {eafon? I7. Hath thy light;%imd brfore 7JJen, th"t they might fee thy good Gd. 6 6 • workf? If thou art an hearer: 18. Hall: thou comm~tnicared to them that teach thee in all H<b.t;, 7 , , 7 good thing'? I g. Hall: thou obeyed them, and prayed for them, 1111d loved them, and 18 foUowed thm1, conjide"ring the end of thtir t:onver[Ation ? Orfor the fin' here forbiddm. .Prov. IS· S Prov. ~o 17. and :zo. 20• And firll:, for the Family: Say, if_thpu art an husband: r. Hall: thou not fame– times abufed thy wife, or fmitten her, or injured her, in thought, word, or d~ed? If thou art a wife : 2, Hall: thou not been wafteful, or froward, or idle ? If thou art a parent: 3 • Haft thou not been carelefs, efpeciaUy of thy childrens fouls? If thou art a child: 4· Hall: thou not defpifedtbyfathm or mothers irtjlruil.ons? 5· Halt thou not mocked them, or defpifed them, or, cur fer/. them, or [mitten them, or jl,amed them, or grieved them? If thou art a,mall:er·: 6. Hall: thou not governed thy family negligently? 7- Hall: thou not wiuhhe.ld that which is jull: and eqqal in diet, wa~d, encouragement? If thou art a fervant: g, ,Hall: thou not been idle, and Jlothtul? g. Hall: thou not ferved grudgingly, and not from the heart? ·, Secondly, for ~he Common-weal~ if thou art a Magill:rate ; 1 o. Haft thou not been . . u

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