3erm. 8. Carnal Relations. 167 preferve your render Grapes. David fmote Goliah in the fore- heat'; he finites the Devil and Sin in the fore-head ( qui initio tentationi.t vincit ] Stella in I oc. that falls upon,and overcomes tentation at firtf Ic is a fayingof Sal- vias [ Cum- primum hamv pecearc incipit , eiEternum fibi accendit ig- Sa1v. de G;ib. man] When one fiat begins to fin, then he kindles the Eternal fire ] Dee. í4.p.,=6. Oh that you would then begin to calf water uron the Fri+ kindlings of (in inyour little ones ! Cut off theocca(ions of fin by prudent interpo- fition. It is (+range to fey, what excufes and palliattons for fin, what collutions in fpeech little children will ufe. Before thou can(} reach them tofpeakplain Englifh, the Devil, and a corrupt he1rt,tivill teach them to fpeak plain lies. While their tongues do yet filter much in pronunciation ; they'l falter more in doublefpeakir:g. What great need is there then to put a curb and bridle upon thy thuds tongue as Pfa1m 39 =0 well as thine own. Undermine their fallacies by difcreec examinations, and fagacious questions. If this workbe not feu to betimes; pollìbly in pro efs of years they may prove too cunning to be catcht , unleCs thou fcafon themquickly with the awe of Gods jur!gemenrs , and the danger of fin : Teach their confcience ro blufh , as well as their cheeks, that they may from an in-wrought principle efchew the evil, and do the good. Elfe they may too foon pro,-e like the Hares in aiE- (iE'iafr d. a i- lian, that by leaping this way and that way,when they come nigh. their mul.l.5.c.#7 mufe, do Lraeg ic -rt]_ confound their ,foufteps to prevent dif covert'. If thou fuffer a childe, or a young fervanr, togo on in fin un- regarded, untaught, unchid, and rhin'< is too little to minde at firft that finful folly will be thy fcourge in the end. God many times whips anaged Parent by thatchilde, which was unwhipt at firs+. Adonijdtb , Kings 1. hadwell nigh broken, the defagn of Dtivid about Solornnats being fer iin. the Throne; whom his F..ther had never difpleafed by laying, why haíi thou dose fo ? clan is, never check( him for his faults. The means to takeaway the root , and foundation of evil cullomes and habits, is to Ifvon. ad fall a weeding in the fpri.ng of thy childes life [ Agre .reprehendas good Gaud. pt tó:. Agis confuefcere.1 Reproofs will go down untowardly; when children come once..to their teens , when their years come up to double nutty bers. S. Preferve them from evil focier,=. David not onely hated fo in general, but efpecially he deteí+ed to have it beco e an inmate in Pfalm soil 7. his houle. He that worketh deceit (hallnot dwell =vithin my bottle : N'e that telleth lies (hall not tarry inmy. light That fo I he.evi l rx mpie; cud pitch-like focietyof wicked perfoa s might nn= c!e,ve rn, and corrupt his near Relations. Children are like the Polypass in cr£!ian, that turns 61f?.. into .
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