Catechizing. Examples. 291. expedient fpecially in filch anexercife towitneffe thefame.This alto is to be exaaded inre. 4 gardof ourpallor or catechift,for that it is requifite theminifier Mould bane an apàrance ofhis hearers profiting in particular.Foralnuch as thenwe feeby thepraélife ofthewhole Church, that catechizing is a thing commanded byGod, we muff know that whiles we Thal! be in this holy aólion,we are doing athingwell pleafingonto God: 6 Children mutt be taught precept byprecept,line by line, fornetime in thecatechifine Efay as. to informe them,.fometime in hrllorses to refrefli them. 7 Wemuff not alwaiesnieafssre amanby hisprelènt affeEEon, but by hisperfeuering Seethefief aition,for many more profit in theende which angcrly receiuethe doótrine, thenthey yvoe: which receiue is cheerfully atthe Grp. g It is a foule finneand worthy ofpublikereprehenfion, publikely to reuerence the do&rine willingly, and privatelyto gamefay it, becaufe itbewrayethvs ratherofbolero- nity then ofgood confcience toreceiueit. q Manyreie& do&rineprefentlyasthoughtheymadenoaccountofit ,whoafterward willembrace it willingly,and after aduifement,and the workingof Gods fpirit receiue it thankfully. x o Mofesbeing weil brought vp, couldnot bewell drawen away neytberbyÆgypt, norwhen hewent thence:whichappeareth alto inlofeph, Daniel, and his brethren. This Eircàtionof oughtto moouevs to teach our children in wordandaélion,chat afterward they mayhaue children. Gods bidingupon that goodbeginning,the want whereofcaufechmany men tobe puni- flied in their children. u We muttpressenthardnesofhartbetimesinchildrenbygodly &difereetcorreélion and inftru&ion.Childrenhue oftentimes the fins oftheirparenés,andcberfore whend ey $eetb`Scrw i clralfen thc,they fhould in wifdosne firft confider,ifthat itwerenot a finwinch they gave tiehnR pert: thèm,as it were,whichnow they areaboutCo corrcff, and finding it fo,they fhould firti be humbledin themfel ues, and foproceede to correólionwith prayer,;n thefeare of God, 'in wifdomé,m loue,aad defireof theirconuerfion,andwith thatmeafure ascorrccìing their own fins aftera fort in theirchildren.Forosen begetting'their childrenwithout rcgçnerati- on,giuea naturallpropagationof theirfins,without forcefpeciallbleffMg of Gcd ring it;& none in regeneranô bcgettethanywith fuckgifts ofnature astheyhave by grace. CHAP. 23. 01Examples,andbolo must netfrnne Ion éxample,ando f diaersoccafuns offnne o. Vrplaineexcnfes now adaies are moo eft;itiscuflome, f :cviuitur,there bemany others that huefo. Are not our arguments nowadaies loch,, asthe Eunuches, { i .King.ze. vnmMicheah. Seeallthe Prophetswhich arefotsrehundredfpeakggeod tò theKing.i. as theKin," wouldbane them,therefore I pray thee, fay thou fo too. This is one argwneut,andhow doe ye anfwer it?EwenasChufai faidto.Abfs/om,that he went not with hisfriend,becaufe themultitudewas not with him, for where themultitude is, euresthere willI be.Hereis thepraaife,but where isa preceptfor is?I wil fhew you whereye fhalhaue a preceptfor it.There is a fellowa controller ofMefcr,thechildofBelialthat hasha precept. Sntichrig:: Denynothing that yea maywin the multitude.But,ifhe had payed tisere,he.hadnotbinclean contrary to Mcfer,Exo.z3:z. but hegoeth further and faith;Thougb theygoe wrong,thosemath awe withthem,anddo as theydo.Oh that this leadnottoperdition :Weare naturallyinclined tothis;euery man is firtt euill,euery one by nature is a Papifl,alviachiuelill,eueryone is gi- uen to follow a multitude. Ofthis dotìrine fomemayhaue vienow, andfose hereafter: And feeing,as Aefehinesfaith, wemutt learne that now whileltwe beyong,whcih wemutt praelife,whenwe be old:I(hall thinke the word ofGodhat) it fruite,ifany Thalbeware by st,&prablfe is hereafter,Firft,I note,where theholyGhop flatly forbiddeth thefollowing of amultitude, that it is a thingthat commeth topalle daily : we snuit notthinke theholy Derari, nüd Ghopgiueth precepts ofchofethings,that comenottovfe in feuenyeeres,this is one chicfe pranpaure C c a point
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