294 ine 3poo? ano famiïp Child, they afterward as formally teach him at age to go to Church, and at Taft to receive the Lords Supper ; And this is almoft all that they do for his falvationo They never teach him the meaning of the Covenant whichhe was entred into. If they teach him to fay the Creed, the Lords Prayer, and the Ten Commandments, they never teachhim to underhand theme They never ferioufly mind him ofhis natural corruptions, or of the need and ufe of a Saviour and a Sanctifier, nor of the danger offin and Hell, nor of the way of a holy life or of the Joyful State of Saints in Glory. They teach him his Trade and bufinefs in the world, but never how to ferve Godand be Paved. They chide him for thofe faults which are againft themfelves, or againft his profperity in the world : But thofe that are againft God and his foul only,they regard not: If theydo not by their own example teach him to be prayerlefs and to negleft Gods word, to curfe, to fwear, to fpeak filthily, and to derideaholy life (which in Baptifm he vowed to live) yet they will bear with him inall this wickednefs, The .Lords day they are content that he (pend in idlenefs and áports, infteadoflearning the word of God, and pra&icing his holy worfhip, that fo he may be the willinger to do their work, the week following. In a word, they treacherouly teach their Children to ferve the flefh, the world, and the Devil, which in their Baptifm they renounced, and to neglc b, if not deAbife God, the Creator, Redeemer and Santlifier of fouls, to whom by Vow and Covenant they were dedicated. So that their Education is but a'reaching or Permitting them to break and contradic' their f3aptifmal Vow, and under the name of Chriftians, to rebel againft Pod and Jefus Chrit. .And
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