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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	child_n	neglect_v	parent_n	3,017	5	9.3090	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42057	Christ a Christian's life: Or, a practical discourse of a believer's life derived from Christ, and resolved into Christ. Being the substance of several sermons preach'd by the author upon his recovery from a fit of sickenss, and now extorted from him by the importunity of friends. By John Gammon, minister of the gospel, and pastor of a congregation in White-Chappel.	Gammon, John.	1691 (1691)	Wing G190; ESTC R216433	173,217	426

of Love Eightly Let me beseech you in the Name of the Lord that you would set up Godliness in your Families we can never expect Holy Assemblies while Godliness is neglected in Families Children and Servants not being instructed at home is a great cause of their being unprofitable under the Word preach'd Godly Instruction is too much neglected both to Children and Servants by Professors in our Age I am afraid there are some that scarce a savoury Word drops from their Lips all the Week to their Family How can it be thought that unsavoury Spirits ever got good to their own Souls They that keep all to themselves it is to be feared have got little for themselves the good Man brings forth good Treasure new and old Let me intreat you dear Christians whatsoever station you are in whether Parents or Masters whether Children or Servants that you do not neglect private Prayer twice in the day at least if you have opportunity to pray oftner do not slip such fair seasons The Mother would think the Sucking Child not well if it should forsake the Breast a whole day so mayest thou think thy Soul is not right that can pass a day without craving any Spiritual Repast in Prayer Mr. Gurnal ' s Compleat Christians Armour If you neglect private prayer do not expect to thrive in Godliness God gives his Alms at Wisdoms Gate And let me beseech you that are Parents or Governors keep up publick Prayer in your Families look to it that you are not numbred among the cursed Families that call not upon the Name of the Lord. The private House is the Christians Chapel of ease to Worship God in daily with his Family The Church begun in a Fanily and is upheld still by the Piety of private Families If the Nursery be not preserved the Orchard must needs in time decay We cannot expect that Family to thrive in Godliness where publique Prayer is neglected What praying persons might some Children or Servants have been had they been called to that Duty by Parents or Masters when they were under their Government Methinks if persons love their own Souls it should cause them to love and pity the Souls about them It would be great Cruelty in Parents to spend all they get upon themselves and let their Children starve Employ some of that Talent that you have got for the furtherance of their Salvation Should not you be willing that they should find the way to Heaven as well as your selves they have as precious Souls as you and if you have tasted sweetness in drawing nigh to God will you deal so unkindly to hinder your Family of partaking of the Blessing with you If you complain of your weakness in parts or Bashfulness makes you backward to this Duty I answer It is not your weakness in parts will be any hindrance of your Prayer's Acceptance with God nor will it prevent a Blessing from your Family God looks at the uprightness of your Hearts not at the excellency of your Expressions but if you would study your own and Families Souls wants you would as well know how to go about this Duty as you know in their necessities in the World how to go about your worldly business to maintain them and supply their outward wants And as for Bashfulness if your Children were perishing for Bread you would put on Courage to beg with them rather than let them perish how much more should you put on Courage to go with your prishing Childrens and Servants Souls to the Throne of Grace to beg Grace for them as ever you would have your Family thrive under the Publick Ministry as ever you would have them in their Duty toward God and your selves as you would have obedient Children and faithful Servants as ever you would have your Children and Servants separated from a vain wicked World as ever you would bless God that you were their Masters or Parents in a dying hour keep up constant and publick Prayer with them in your Family Ninthly Let me intreat you to love the Truth for Truths sake think not the worse of it because most undervalue it let not their low esteem of the Truths of Christ damp your Affections to it enquire not who is on your side before you take it up as the Pharisees did Have any of the Rulers believed on him Some if they have not the most and highest on their side think Truth not worth their owning It is the misery of many they never made their Faith nor Religion their own what is accounted best among men is always best to them it is what Men teach that are accounted best by the most of people they most adhere to more than they will to the Truths of Christ though the best Men teach them They that are most for Sinners Good are not counted good with Sinners they that preach Christ freely to the worst of Sinners are accounted the worst of Men Though Truth is come to a bad Market and sold at a low rate and few Buyers I beseech you have never the lower Esteem of it buy it as your choicest Crown if you hold fast the Crown of Truth when Christ comes he will give you a Crown of Glory Many I am perswaded that are convinced of the Truth do not own it because it goes in a mean dress Many will hold with every thing the Church that they are of holds though they know nothing aright they hold Such are for Performance or Omission they will do as others do but nothing from a right Principle Beg of the Lord that you may see the Beauty and Glory that is in the Truths of Christ that you may highly prize Truth when you suffer the greatest Reproaches and Evils for owning the same Love Truth for its own sake honour it for Christ's sake commend it for others sake follow it for your own sake Lastly Let me earnestly intreat you to pray for me that I may both in Life and Doctrin be a burning and shining Light that I may find the power and relish of things upon my Heart that I give out to you and others that I may be an Instrument in the Hand of Christ to bring many Souls to him and build up those that are brought in in their most holy Faith and that utterance may be given me with a Blessing from Heaven upon my unworthy Labours that they may not be in vain but that I may daily see the Travel of my Soul it is God alone can open Hearts and unlock the Treasury of Grace in the Gospel and make known the Mystery of the Gospel It is not the hand that sows the Seed but God's Blessing that gives the Increase And if you would have me bear you upon my Heart before the Lord at the Throne of Grace pray give me a meeting oftner there if you expect me to water you pray that I may be watered People little consider what good they keep back from their own Souls in not