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The path-way to perfection shewing the duty of children to their parents ... / by J.S. ...
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J. S.
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1698
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The PATH-Way To âERFECTION Shewing the Duty of Children to their Parents ãâã the promised Blessings which attend ââose that truly perform it The Variety of Worldly Pleasures in respect of âââptations with proper Methods to refrain their ââââements and suitable Remedies against them The great necesity of Repentance with awakeââââ Motives and Exhortations thereunto As also the ââânal Danger and miserable Consequences which ââââds the delay and neglect thereof the comfortaâââ Enjoyments which accompanies that great and âââessary work with directions and Encouragements âââreunto By J. S. D. D. ãâã not thy self of to morrow for thou knowest not what ãâã Day may bring forth Prov. 27.1 London Printed 1698. Courteous Reader If these Christian Arguments should not be reckoned worth laying out one Penny be pleased to read it Gratis keep it clean and return it in an hour I Shall first begin with the Duties of Children to Parenââ considering the many inconveniencies which generally âââtend the neglect thereof for 't is in vain to undertake ãâã work of repentance without the performance of this Dutâ it being Expresly Comanded by God himself I. EXOD. XX. XII Honour thy Father and thy Mother that thy Days may ãâã long in the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee BUT how little this Duty is regarded is too manifeââly known in all parts of this Nation for Pareâââ have for the most part their Children no longer unââââ their Obedience than they are under the Rod for beâââ grown up they think themselves free from all manneâ ãâã Command and tho' perhaps some do observe it yââ the case be throughly Examin'd 'tis for their own Intâââââ sake by gaping for what they have but very few oâ ãâã purely upon the Duty of Conscience This unnatââââ Sin of Disobedience to Parents was by the Law of Mââââ Punishable with Death Deut. 21.19 but if Fathers ãâã Mothers now a days should be so severe with their Children Oh what great numbers would make themselves Childless thereby Hear what the wise Man advââââ Prov. the 23.22 Hearken to thy Father that begaâ ãâã and despise not thy Mother when she is old But the Yââââ of our Age are so far from hearkening to their Paâââââ Councel that they esteem it as Wisdom to despise it and proceed so far as to mock and deride their Person âââeir Extream Age when Infirmities has both rendred âââem useless and helpless but let such vile wretches read ââârov 30.17 The Eye that mocketh his Father and despiâââsh to Obey his Mother the Ravens of the Valley shall pick âââut and the Young Eagles shall eat it There is ordinariâââ such a Pride and headiness in Youth that they cannot âââide to submit to the Councels and wholsome Instructions ãâã their Parents many times accounting them the Effect ãâã Dotage when indeed they are the fruits of Sobriety and ãâã experience design'd for the good and welfare of their Souls and Bodies The Debt that a Child owes to his Parents is so great ãâã can never hope to discharge unless he calls God to his âââl in begging of him that be would be pleased to reward âââân for the many troubles and sorrows that they have âââdergon for him by multiplying his blessings upon them ââât instead of this some are so unnaturally Wicked as to âââsack as I may say Hell it self for Curses by pouring ãâã black and dismal Expressions against them which is âââing so horrid odious and abominable that one would âââk there needed no perswasion against it But we see âââânly God himself who best knows Men's hearts ãâã it possible otherwise he had not pronounced such âââeavy Sentence upon it Exod. 21.17 He that Curseth Father or Mother let him Die the Death And our own experience tells us that many Children there are who âââugh greediness of the Possessions of their Parents have âââhed their Deaths but let such know that how sliely ãâã fairly soever they carry it before Men there is one ãâã sees and knows the secret wishes and desires of their âââts And further take Notice that they who watch ãâã Long for the Death of their Parents may be the âââice of God before they are aware untimely meet ãâã their own for as the Fifth Commandment proâââh Long Life as the reward of honouring the Paâââ so by Consequence short life is threatned upon breach of that Duty to prove which I could repeat sevâââ remarkable Instances in order thereunto And again we are to render them all due obedieâââ Ephes 6.1 Children obey your Parents in the Lord for ãâã is right again Colos 3.20 Children Obey your Parâââ in all things for this is well pleasing to the Lord. You see here St. Paul asures us 't is not only righâââ obey our Parents in point of natural subjection to thâââ but there is a higher degree of perfection enexed tâââ viz. it is well pleasing to the Lord so that you see ãâã is so necessary a Duty that Consequently without it cannot please God And Lastly we cannot Honour our Parents as we ouâââ unless we assist them in their wants of what kind soeâââ whither in weakness of Body Poverty or whatsoeâââ earthly unhappiness befals them for Christ himself teâââeth us that this is Contain'd within the Precept of ãâã nouring our Parents as you may read Mark 7.10 11 13. How then shall those answer it who deny relief their poor Parents and cannot find in their hearts to pâââ with with that which they vainly throw away upon thâââ Pride and Excess to satisfie the pressing necessities ãâã those to whom they owe their very being Nay some ãâã yet worse who out of great Pride scorn to own their ââârents in their Poverty when themselves are advanced Wealth they hold it a disparagment to look on their poâââ Parents so that the Childs prosperity many times proâââ the Father and Mothers unhappiness but this is so unnatural and inhuman ingratitude as will surely find a shall Vengeance from God unless timely repented of therefore for the Lord sake and as you tender the welfare ãâã your Precious Souls not only read but put in practise this great and necessary tho much decayed and neglected Duty in performing which you will not only meââ the Gracious promised reward of Long life and prospeââty in this world but 't will be a means to obtain through ãâã ââmerits of Christ our redeemer a happy Crown of ââory in the Kingdom of bliss Eternally which God of ãâã infinite Mercy grant to us all Amen And so I descend to speak something relating to the uncerââââty vanity and deceit as well as mutability of Earthly âââceited Pleasures which are the only Obstructions of Reâââtance II. âhe Vanity and Uncertainty of Earthly Pleasures âââle I. VIII The Eye is not satisfied with Seeing nor âhe Ear fill'd with Hearing ãâã this latter Age the Pleasures of this World are the ãâã Idols of Mankind for 't is impossible to Love our selves ãâã not to Love our Pleasures the World has truly noâââng