Hoadly - BX5136 H6

166 The Reafonablenef Guides in all the whole ,Eftablifbment ? Do you think that, fuppofing there were an Eftablifhment,in which there werepro- vided and fettled, able Phyficians, good Tutors, proper Trades, wholfom Diet fufficie,nt Cloathing for your Children, fuch as you your felves fhould judge to befo ; and fuppohng the Confequences of Separating from thisEftablifbment,in order to take care of thernfelves, were as per- nicious as theConfequences of Separating from the Eftablifhed Church ; Igo you think, that it would not be their Duty to recede from theirRight to chufe for them - felves, and to ref fatisfied, and happy in thePublickProvifon?Again,Do you think that you íhould not blame your Children, if,whenyou required them to attend,with you, upon thePublickService of God, ina Church, in which they could not pretend there was any thing deffruaive of their Salvation, they íhould beg your excufe, and claim aRight to look after themfelves ; andone follow one Paftour, and another another, and fill your family with fuch quarrels,and fuch hatreds,as Separation in- troduces into the ChriftianChurch ? would this beamiable in your Eyes ? and would you judge them to be then in the way of their

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