eine'J Counfel for, &c. hew to pray; by minding them oftheir fins, wan;s and mercies; the materials of prayer. This was the pra:l:ice of J~lm, and or" Jdus, Luk:_ 1 I. 1, 2, &c. 7,Set up catechifin~ ~n your.families,<\t the Ieafl: oncee:veryweek. Ha~eyou nodread ot ·che Alrmghry's chJrge, that yo'J. fuould tear:h fhefe ;~ill!~ diligently to your chiidrm, and talk..JI( JhtmM yo11 fit i 11 your haufes, &c. Dellt. 6. 6, 7, 8, 9. and 4 9, 10. and I r. I8,19,20. aud train them up in the way whereit~ they fhouldgo, Prov. 2 2. 6. the margin , Hath God (o commended ..Abtaham, that he would teach bit children and houfoold, Gen. I 8. l 9. and that be had many ; 11 • ft~uiled[t:rva11ts, Gen. I 4· I 4· ~e the margin,_andgiven fllch apro– zmfe eo htm thereupon; anrl w11l not you put m f ;r a fuare, neither jn.the J;>raife, nort.he promife? Hath,Chrift honoured catechiiing Wtthh1s pretence, Luly_ 2. 46. and wtll you not own it with you~ .praC-tice? Saynot; they arecarelefs, and will not learn: What have y'ou your .tuthority for, if not to ufe it fqr God, and thtt good of their ro ~llS? You will call themup, and 'force them to do your work j and fuould you not at leaft beas zealous in putting them upon .God's work? Say not, they are dull, and are not capable: If Ehey bedull, God requires of you the more pains, and pstience ; but (o dLlll ctS they are_, youwill make tf.lem to learn how to work; and can they ~ot learn as well how to live? Are they capable of rhe myfterles of your trade, and.are .they not capable of the plain principles of "Religion? · Well~ as ever you WO'Jrd fee the growth of Religion, the cure of ignorance, the remedy of pro£mene~. _thedownfctll of · errotir~ falfil you my joy in ,go.ing through with this duty. Will you anfwer the catkofdivine provid~nce? Would you re. move the incumbent, or prevent the impending calamities? Would you plant nurferies far the Church of God ? Would yeu that God 1hould build your.houfes, andblefs your fubftance? Wouldyou that your children ihould bids you, that your fervants 1hould blefsyou? Oh then itt up piety in yonr f&milies~ as ever you would bebldfed, _or b~ a bleili,ng: Let your hearts and your houfes bet~e temples of the livingGod, in which his wor1hip(according to aU the fore-men– tioned dtretHom) may be, with conftancy, reverend1y performed. Prov. 29. J. He that beingoften re[rDvel, hardneth hS ?JecJt..., foa/4 f~ddenly be deftroy~d, an1 that without r~merJy. · Oh, be wife in · tion)e, that you b~ not m1ferable to etermty. f ,f N r-· s. . ) . . ..
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