- - ljO 'The Saints Jure ----~ -------- - Founhly,by Reafons. 'R.!_a{of# 1 • · Fir!l:, Thy Children fprung-from thy Loines, From the ~nd a.nd came into the World, to cncreafe the num~': ()ftbeir being. oer of Gods people, to learne the way to Heaven,~ and walke in it; not onely to ,uphold thy Houfe, inherite thy Po!feffions, and convey thy Name to future Generations. The glorifying of our God, ferving our Brethren in love, falvation of our owne Soules, are the chiefe ends why we live a little while in this World. NowParents i11ou!d be moft felicitous to further their Children, for the attamement of the maine end, and moll: fo- ' Reafon ~. Nccdl1tie. 1{et4fon 3· Example of E.li. ~ . 1\ell{rm 4. Equitie. · . veraigne good. · Secondly , Negle& of this Dutie, makes Parents worfe to their Childron, than to their Beafts : For, r They provide for their Beall:s all things ne– ceffarie for them ; but in their owne deare Chi!~ dren,they negleCt that One necej!arie thing. 2 They procure for, and put their Bea{h to all things ofwhich they are capable.Their Children arc capable ofGrace,and Immortalitie; and they never meddle, nor move them to looke that way, or lay hold upon eternall Life. Thirdly, Let 'the remarkable and rufull ex~ ample of Eli, be for ever a keene fpurre in the , fides of flouthfull Pare.nts, to quicken them to this Dutie. Fourthly, Thou art farre more cruell than the Oilrich and the Dragon,- and mayefi be fa id to · have fuckt the brefis of Tygres,and to be hewed out of the hardeft Rocke; if havingbrought thy 1 Childreo , '--,----~----------------------~--------~
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