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A56718 Patròs kat́optra kan paidòs gonyklisiá: = The father's spectacles to behold his child by and the child's cushion to kneel before his parents. By a lover of parental and filial unity. Lover of parental and filial unity. 1695 (1695) Wing P867A; ESTC R217232 83,294 145

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seem to mock at their Parents and dispise them when dead and gone their interment is in the field and their grave the birds of the air Prov. 30.17 and their end shame and everlasting contempt Dan 12.2 30th Direction is Let all thy duties be sweetned with a true hearty and ever lasting affection towards thy Parents in their Life Death and after This is the first Commandment 1 John 2.7 and the last commandment 1 Tim. 1.5 1 Cor. 13.8 the new commandment John 13.34 and the old commandment Levit. 19.18 If thou do all in love thou hast a stamp of the divine nature in thee for God is love 1 John 4.8 and love is the fulfilling of the Law Rom. 13.10 Gal. 5.14 Love covers a multitude of infirmities Prov. 10.12 Love worketh no ill Rom. 13.10 it is the fruit of the Spirit Gal. 5.22 This should be the first mover of thee to thy duty and that which should keep thee close to it unto the last 1 Cor. 13.4 to 13. So also thou must with patience submit thy self under the discipline of a true Church of Christ Remember to submit to the Authority of Magistratical Power and Rulers under all moral and civil Laws also for they in a Nation are as Parents ruling under Divine Authority Atheism and Idolatry are as opposite to divine power as Adultery Theft or Murder and other criminal Facts and ought to be suppressed by the civil laws but in point of matter time and manner relating to the worship of the Trinity in Unity none have power neither Prelate nor Magistrate to make or impose laws to compel the conscience it being Vicegerent only under divine Authority that none can compel or command it the carnal Sword may put the Mind into fear and also wound the Body but it cannot hurt the Conscience the most it can do is to fright some into Hypocrisie but for certain it never makes good Christians We read 2 Cor. 1.24 St. Paul had no dominion over the Churches faith neither can Pope Conclave Councils Convocations nor Magistratical Powers by Fines Imprisonment Inquisition Exilement or Confiscation of Goods nor Death but the Tares and Wheat ought to grow together till the Harvest which is the end of the World Mat. 13.30 39. Our Saviour taught a good Lesson if those in Authority could but learn it To do to all men even as we would have they should do to us Mat. 7.12 Luke 6.30 When the Apostle saith Let every soul be subject to the higher powers Rom. 13.1 He cannot mean in matters of Religion and Conscience for then he himself would not have been continually under Persecution for his Religion and Conscience as he was at all times and places Acts 20.23 But his meaning must be in civil things Again where St. Peter saith Submit your selves to every Ordinance of man for the Lords sake 1 Pet. 2.13 14. He shews you their Authority is only to afflict evil doers not the conscientious persons for if so he himself had been guilty Acts 4.18 19. In yielding thy self with patience under the Authority of thy Governours thou art in a state to receive the Blessing in that fifth but first Commandment that hath the promise Ephes 6.2 In the next place I shall add some motives as inducing arguments to perswade you to be mindful of your duties each to other And First Let the necessity of the work be the primum mobile to move you to those duties preceeding And 1st If you omit your duties each to other you are under the guilt of sin Sin lieth at thy door Gen. 4.7 2ly You are Bond-slaves to the Devil 2 Tim. 2.26 3ly Every spiritual part in you is altogether out of joynt James 3.16 4ly You are totally void of an holy life 1 Thes 3.13 5ly You desace the image of Christ in your Souls Rom. 8.10 6ly None of your works can be pleasing to the most high Rom. 13.7 7ly You leave your selves without a promise of eternal life Heb. 6.12 15. 8ly You are still under the wrath of God Rom. 2.5 9ly You live always in fear and danger of the Execution of divine justice Heb. 2.15 10ly You have no true peace in this life nor assurance of eternal peace in the world to come Isa 57.21 11ly You are destitute of an heavenly heart Rom. 8.6 12ly You are under the Dominion Power Curse and Thunder-claps of the Law Deut. 27.16 For there is but one Law-giver who is able to save and to destroy James 4.12 The Lord is our judge the Lord is our Law-giver Isa 33.22 Whoso breaketh one of his Laws and teacheth Men so to do is guilty of all James 2.10 Mat. 5.19 If he that despised Moses Law died without mercy what will become of them that despise the law of Christ Heb. 10.28 Therefore Parents obey this Law and educate your Children betimes Prov. 22.6 And you Children honour love fear reverence and obey your Parents that you may not come under the lash of the Law Deut. 5.16 A Second Motive is Consider the woful state of thy Soul if thou live and die in disobedience Die thou must for certain sooner or later the time when the place where the manner how the matter for what none knoweth Remember 1st Christ will come in Flaming Fire taking vengeance on the disobedient 2 Thes 1.8 2ly The Lord himself will be a swift witness against those that fear him not Mal. 3.5 3ly Thy own conscience then will be worse to thee than a thousand witnesses 1 John 3.20 Mark 9.44.46.48 4ly The Disobedient as Goats will Christ set apart as cursed for everlasting fire Mat. 25.41 5ly When death comes it deprives us of the means of grace which hath been often offered to us if we would but have had hearts to have embraced it Eccles 9.10 Mat. 23.37 Luke 13.34 6ly It will be a weeping time too late to see the Saints in glory and you your selves thrust out Luke 13.28 7ly It will be very dreadful to repent when repentance will do no good Luke 16.24 8ly For those that omit their duty now it will be a sad time when they shall pray and it will be too late Mat. 25.11 12. 9ly It will be bad and sad to have the damned and infernals to be thy Companions Mat. 25.41 10ly It will be a woful time to stand at the very gate of Heaven crying calling and knocking yea beholding the Saints in their glory Luke 13.28 when you must be cast down into eternal flames Mat. 25.41 This is enough to make an heart of Stone to melt but yet moreover thy Torment is aggravated still 1st Thy sins will hang on thy back heavier than ten thousand mountains to press and keep thee down into Hell fire Isa 24.21 Chap. 30.27 Jer. 25.27 Thy sins will be set in order before thine eyes Psal 50.21 A 2d is Because they had time means and power while they were in this world to embrace the means of Grace offered to them but they refused it and