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A54497	A demonstration of family-duties: or Certaine propositions and reasons of them taken [ou]t of the holy Scriptures, tending to shew the necessity, nature, and manner of performance of such religious duties, as Christian families ought to spare some time unto from common affaires every day. By T.P.	Paget, Thomas, d. 1660.	1643 (1643)	Wing P168AA; ESTC R220409	63,974	165

to be observed unto the Lord. Morning and Evening ought t● be performed by the Famili●● and housholds of the people o● God PROOF This Proposition may be endently inferred from that propheticall imprecation or threatning Jerem. 10 2● Powre out thy fury upon the Families that call 〈◊〉 upon thy Name And also from the approved testimony which God himselfe giveth un●● Abraham touching this matter See G●●● 18. vers 19. I know Abraham that he will command his children and his houshold after him and they shall keepe the way of the Lord. I. REAS. Because God hath made a speciall covenant of grace with the Families 〈◊〉 his people and therefore he expecteth a●● looketh for speciall religious family-family-duties from them See Jerem. 31.1 At the same ti●● saith the Lord will I be the God of all the famili●● of Israel and they shal be my people c. II. REAS. Because the members of the same family doe usually and for the mo●● part share and partake more or lesse both in the welfare in the miseries of one another mutually And therefore they ought to use the meanes that God hath sanctified and ordained for the mutuall good and benefit of one another Noah and his houshold were preserved in the Arke Gen. 7.1 c. Rahab and her houshold were saved at the overthrow of Jericho Josh 6.23 Obed-Edom his houshold were blessed because of the Arke 2 Sam. 6.11 12. Nabal and his whole family were in danger of destruction together 1 Sam. 25.17 Achan and his houshold perished together Iosh 7.24 OBSERV It is remarkable throughout the holy Scriptures how whole families with their Governours are many times made mention of together Salvation came into Zacheus his house when he became a sonne of Abraham Luk. 19.9 Cornelius feared God and his house Act. 10.2 Lydia was baptised and her houshold Act. 16.15 The Gaoler with all his house beleeved Act. 16.34 Paul baptised the houshold of Stephanus 1 Corinth 1.16 The house of Onesiphorus is prayed for by the Appstle Paul joyntly 2 Timoth. 1.16 c. XXVIII PROPOSITION Family-duties of religion ought to be performed both mornin● and evening every day by the whole family of the people o● God joyntly and together PROOF Worthy Joshua that most vic●●rious Generall of the Israelites when h● had gotten the land of Canaan into the possession and driven out the inhabitance professeth this for himselfe for his who●● family Josh 24.15 As for me and my ho●● wee will serve the Lord. And according 〈◊〉 this his most pious resolution the Israeli●●● do at the same time professe in like manner See Josh 24.16 17 18 21 24. I. REAS. Because every family of the people of God is as it were a little Church or Congregation of Saints See Rom. 16. ●● Philem. vers 2. And to the Church in thy ho●● Now in a Church-assembly the worship 〈◊〉 service of religion ought to be performe by the congregation joyntly See this Ne●●● 8.1 And all the people gathered themselves tog●ther as one man c. 1 Corinth 11.33 Wh●● yee come together tarry one for another II. REAS. Because God hath order the condition of families for the most pa●● in such sort that there is convenient oppo●tunity for the members of thē to be prese●● together morning and evening every day albeit in other parts of the day their affaires may call them to be abroad and severed one from another And this may seeme to be some reason of that direction Deut. 6. vers 7. Thou shalt teach them when thou liest downe and when thou risest up that is both morning and evening OBSERV As it was one ordinance of the Passeover in the celebration of it that it should be eaten in every family by the members of it joyntly and together Exod. 12.46 And accordingly it was observed by our Saviour Christ and his disciples who were his family See Math. 26.18 20. Mark 14.14 17 18. Luk. 22.11 14. So it ought to be in other religious family-duties the Governour the rest of the family ought to joyne together XXIX PROPOSITION Albeit in prayer and Scripture-exercises there ought to be a joyning together by the members of the family morning and evening every day as hath beene shewed in the former Proposition yet notwithstanding in the religious exercise of meditation it must be otherwise viz. The severall members of the family ought to meditate alone apa●● by themselves as opportunity i● the day time or in the night season serveth thereunto PROOF See this in the examples of God servants Gen. 24.63 Isaac went out into th● field to meditate at eventide Psal 119 14● David saith Mine eyes prevent the nigh● watches that I might meditate in thy word REAS. Because meditation is a worke 〈◊〉 the inward man or an act of the minde a●● heart seriously discoursing of this or that and answerably affected This is implied Psal 19.14 45.1 49.3 The meditation● my heart And therefore others cannot joy●● therein See 1 Corinth 2.11 For what m●● knoweth the things of a man save the spirit of m●● which is in him OBSERV If meditation indited in th● inward man of the minde and heart sha●● afterwards be uttered by word of mouth i● the presence of others such an utterance o● it altereth and changeth the nature of the service whether it be in preaching prayer conference c. Sith such uttering is the good fruit of godly meditation of the heart See Psal 45.1 My heart is inditing a good matter I speake of the things which I have made touching the King my tongue is the pen of a ready writer XXX PROPOSITION For the more decent orderly and edifying performance of religious family-duties morning and evening daily some one of the Family ought to be as it were the mouth of the rest going before them in the reading of the Scripture and in making their requests knowne by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving And the others of the family ought to testify their assent onely by a reverend silent attention and at the end of prayers saying Amen or So be it PROOF See both of these First for Scripture-exercise 2 King 22.10 Shaphan read it the booke of the law before the ki●● Josiah Secondly for prayer Act. 27.35 Hee the Apostle Paul gave thanks to God in the presence of them all that is He being in the ship and to eate something with the rest o● the company was as it were their mo●●● in the requisite thanksgiving at that time See also in our Saviour Christs course whe● he prayed with his disciples John 17.1 Th●●● words speake Jesus and lift up his eyes to heave● and said Father c. I. REAS. Because the Lord who is a God of order and not of confusion doth require a decent and orderly performance 〈◊〉 religious services which is when one speaketh others keepe silence as the Apostle Paul sheweth more fully 1 Corinth chap. 1● and then concludeth thus vers

25. Hebr. 11.36.37 LV. PROPOSITION Governours of families ought to study and indeavour in a speciall manner for cleernesse of knowledge and soundnesse of judgment in the waies and word of God and to strive unto all godlinesse of conversation in their Christian walking that so they may be approved of God and not need to be ashamed in going in and out before their families PROOF The Apostle Paul chargeth the Evangelist Titus to inculcate this lesson to the Churches in Crete See Tit. 2.1 2. But speake thou the things which become sound doctrine That the aged men be sober grave temperate sound in faith in charity in patience See also his cha●● to Timothie 2 Timoth. 2.15 Study to s●● thy selfe approved unto God a workman that ●●deth not to be ashamed c. This instruct●●● and advise concerneth all such persons wh●● are to be imployed in the worke of the Lo●● in any kinde in their going in and out befo●● others whosoever And consequently it c●cerneth governours of Christian families I. REAS. Because such a due qualifie frame of spirit and an answerable walking will tend much to the preservation of the authority to a giving prevention of contempt of their persons with those who● they have to doe withall See a notable proofe of this Mark 6.20 Herode fe●● Iohn knowing that he was a just man and an h●●● and observed him and when he heard him he 〈◊〉 many things and heard him gladly And th●● the Lord is graciously pleased to hono●● them as doe honour him as he hath said 1 Sam. 2.30 Them that honour me I will ●●nour and they that despise me shal be lightly estemed II. REAS. Because otherwise if they be ignorant or profane and dissolute or remisse and carelesse in their behaviour the● their performance of duty and service to God in their families wil be much sleighte● and disregarded through an aptnesse in inferiours to take occasion thence thereunto This may be seene in a most remarkable ex●mple even the sonnes of old Eli that were ●he Lords Priests See 1 Sam. 2. vers 12. 17. compared together The sonnes of Eli were sonnes of Belial they knew not the Lord The sinne of the yong men was very great before the Lord for men abhorred the offering of the Lord. OBSERV King Solomon succeeding his father David in the Kingdome of Israel by Gods designment and it being offered unto him to aske what he would and the same should be granted unto him from the Lord He very prudently and providently asked wisdome knowledge to goe out come in before that great people of God as being most behoovfull for him Now this his petition was so well approved and accepted of God that he granted unto him not only wisdome and knowledge according to his desire but also riches and wealth and honour too such as no Kings before him or after him had the like See 2 Chron. 1.7 8 9 10 11 12. LVI PROPOSITION Moreover Governours of families ought to looke to the waies of their families to take co●● that the members of their ho●●holds doe joyne in the service God with them PROOF When Jacob was advertised goe up to Bethel to dwell there and to s●● the Lord he takes course with his fam●● that they should joyne with him there See this Gen. 35.2 3. Then Jacob 〈◊〉 unto his houshold and to all that 〈◊〉 with him Put away the strange Gods 〈◊〉 are among you and be cleane and cha●● your garments And let us arise and g●● up to Bethel c. And thus renow●● Joshua approved himselfe See Josh 24. ●● But as for me and my house wee will serve 〈◊〉 Lord. I. REAS. Because governours of famili●● are charged to see not only to the welfare 〈◊〉 the bodies and outward state of those th●● belong unto them See 1 Timoth. 5.8 〈◊〉 any provide not for his owne and specially for th● of his owne house he hath denied the faith and worse then an infidell But they ought also 〈◊〉 watch for their soules by how much the good of their soules is of greatest value Se● Math. 16.26 For what is a man profited if 〈◊〉 shall gaine the whole world and loose his o●● soule Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soule God gave the fourth commandement to all men but specially to Governours of families Exod. 20.8 10. And we know God had a controversy with old Eli for the wickednesse of his sonnes See the story 1 Sam. 2.29 II. REAS. Because if governours be carefull to doe their full endeavour in the behalfe of those of their families in the busines of serving God albeit possibly they cannot prevaile with them so effectually as were to be wished yet they shall in so doing save their owne soules See this implied Ezek. 3.19 Yet if thou warne the wicked he turne not from his wickednesse nor from his wicked way he shall dye in his iniquity but thou hast delivered thy soule True it is this is specially spoken of the Minister but the governour of the family may learne his lesson hence sith he hath as fully the charge of his family as the minister hath of the Congregation in this matter OBSERV It is the wisdome of those that are to be governours of families to lay a good foundation for tractablenesse unto religion in those that are to belong unto them First by marrying in the Lord and living chast in wedlock that there may be an holy seed See Mal. 2.15 And secondly by taking heed whom they doe admit to d●● with them that they be tractable unto ●●gious courses See Davids resolution h●● in Psal 101.6 7. Mine eyes shal be 〈◊〉 the faithfull of the land that they 〈◊〉 dwell with me He that walketh in a●fect way he shall serve me He that ●●keth deceit shall not dwell within 〈◊〉 house He that telleth lies shall not t●●● in my sight Allus The Lord in his 〈◊〉 forbade any Proselyte to be admitted to 〈◊〉 Passeover though he were himselfe circumcised and did outwardly professe the fai●● unlesse all the males in his house were c●●cumcised also and did professe the fa●● aswell as himselfe See Exod. 12.48 LVII PROPOSITION The members and inhabitant● of Christian families ought to b● willing and tractable to joyn● readily together in the performance of family-duties of religion and to submit to their governours going out and in before them therein PROOF This rule of direction is implied in the letter of the first commandement of ●●e second table of the morall law Exod. ●0 12 Honour thy father and thy mother It is ●●plied also Hebr. 13.17 Obey them that have ●e Oversight of you and submit your selves c. ●ee Ephes 6.1 2. I. REAS. Because in such their tractable ●ubmission in the Lord they shal be a great ●omfort and encouragment to their governours who doe watch for their soules as ●hey that must give account that they may doe it with joy and not with greife as is ●poken Hebr. 13.17 See Prov. 23. vers 24 25. The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoyce and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him Thy father and thy mother shal be glad and she that bare thee shall rejoyce II. REAS. Because unspeakable fruit and benefit shall redound unto them themselves by such their submission and tractablenesse to their rulers in the waies of religion See Prov. 1.8 9. My sonne heare the instruction of thy father and forsake not the law of thy mother For they shal be an ornament of grace unto thy head and chaines about thy neck III. REAS. Because of the encouragment thence to others the people of God who will joy to see their order See 2 John vers 4. I rejoyced greatly that I found of thy children king in trueth as we have received a commande● from the Father OBSERV Any members of famili●● even godly servants may adorne the Gos● by a due approving of themselves to t●● governours See Titus 2.10 Whe● through an undue course of theirs 〈◊〉 Name of God and his doctrine may be ●●phemed as is implied 1 Timoth. 6.1 LVIII PROPOSITION Those Christian families a●● thrice happy and blessed for eve●● more whose God is the Lord and doe feare this glorious a●● fearefull Name THE LORD THY GOD walking in 〈◊〉 waies and departing from all in quity PROOF See Psal 144.15 Happy is t●● people that is in such a case yea happie is that pe●ple whose God is the Lord. See also Psal 119. ● Blessed are the undefiled in the way who walkes the law of the Lord. REAS. Because they shall have peace as mercy from the Lord both temporally spiritually and eternally See this Galat. 〈◊〉 16. And as many as walke according to this ●●le peace be on them and mercy and upon the Israel of God Psal 119.6 Then shall I not be ●hamed when I have respect unto all thy comman●ements See also Psal 125 127 128. ●holly being three of the Psalmes of degrees OBSERV O how it concerneth all Christians to exercise themselves unto godlines sith bodily exercise profiteth little but godlinesse is profitable unto all things and hath the promises both of this life and of that which is to come See 1 Tim. 4.7 8. Revel 22.20 He which testifieth these things saith Surely I come quickly Amen Even so Come Lord Jesus FINIS