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virtue_n and_o religion_n and_o he_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o provide_v they_o the_o best_a master_n and_o tutor_n you_o be_v as_o king_n and_o priest_n to_o they_o have_v the_o power_n to_o command_v teach_v and_o excommunicate_a those_o that_o be_v stubborn_a and_o impure_a whence_o both_o god_n and_o man_n require_v that_o at_o your_o own_o peril_n you_o see_v those_o under_o your_o charge_n do_v perform_v those_o duty_n that_o do_v lie_v upon_o themselves_o for_o which_o cause_n david_n do_v resolve_v psal_n 101._o 7._o that_o not_o a_o wicked_a man_n shall_v dwell_v in_o his_o house_n and_o indeed_o they_o that_o do_v not_o do_v so_o fall_v short_a of_o that_o great_a duty_n prov._n 22._o 6._o of_o train_v up_o a_o child_n in_o the_o way_n he_o shall_v go_v and_o eph._n 6._o 4._o of_o bring_v they_o up_o in_o the_o nurture_n and_o admonition_n of_o the_o lord_n such_o be_v worse_o than_o the_o very_a heathen_a who_o send_v their_o child_n to_o isocrates_n and_o 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duty_n so_o plain_a and_o so_o natural_a to_o train_v up_o child_n in_o virtue_n and_o all_o laudable_a knowledge_n that_o the_o very_a heathen_a do_v court_n and_o practise_v it_o and_o as_o plutarch_n have_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o good_a education_n outlive_v death_n travel_n beyond_o the_o grave_a and_o abide_v with_o we_o through_o all_o the_o tract_n of_o eternal_a age_n and_o therefore_o be_v the_o great_a and_o most_o last_a good_a we_o can_v do_v they_o even_o common_a nature_n prompt_v we_o to_o it_o there_o can_v be_v therefore_o no_o objection_n against_o the_o thing_n itself_o the_o matter_n lie_v only_o in_o reference_n to_o that_o catechism_n enjoin_v by_o the_o church_n which_o some_o object_n against_o upon_o the_o account_n it_o suppose_v child_n baptize_v with_o surety_n which_o they_o can_v away_o with_o this_o point_n we_o will_v full_o answer_v and_o then_o consider_v the_o part_n of_o the_o catechism_n itself_o 1._o 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most_o plain_a and_o excellent_a system_n of_o all_o the_o credenda_fw-la or_o matter_n of_o pure_a faith_n 3._o it_o teach_v what_o we_o be_v to_o do_v and_o that_o from_o the_o decalogue_n or_o ten_o commandment_n which_o be_v the_o sum_n and_o breviary_n of_o all_o morality_n this_o be_v the_o stand_a rule_n give_v to_o the_o world_n the_o lex_fw-la nata_fw-la as_o cicero_n call_v it_o the_o law_n bear_v with_o we_o and_o imprint_v on_o the_o heart_n of_o all_o man_n by_o nature_n be_v a_o counterpart_n of_o this_o all_o the_o moral_a discourse_n of_o moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n be_v but_o comment_n upon_o this_o text_n the_o sermon_n of_o christ_n upon_o the_o mount_n and_o the_o other_o practical_a part_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o epistle_n be_v but_o a_o explication_n and_o a_o vindication_n of_o this_o from_o the_o false_a gloss_n of_o the_o pharisee_n and_o the_o corruption_n of_o the_o gnostic_n therefore_o we_o have_v here_o the_o sum_n of_o all_o practical_a religion_n and_o as_o it_o be_v divide_v into_o two_o table_n so_o our_o catechism_n give_v we_o the_o most_o short_a plain_a and_o close_a explication_n of_o each_o under_o those_o two_o head_n viz._n our_o duty_n towards_o god_n and_o our_o duty_n towards_o our_o neighbour_n that_o can_v well_o be_v comprise_v in_o so_o few_o word_n 4._o this_o catechism_n teach_v the_o lord_n prayer_n which_o be_v give_v not_o only_o a_o pattern_n for_o we_o to_o pray_v by_o but_o as_o a_o form_n for_o we_o to_o use_v therefore_o he_o teach_v it_o the_o disciple_n twice_o the_o first_o time_n be_v mat._n 6._o 9_o and_o some_o time_n after_o as_o st._n luke_n relate_v chap._n 11._o 2._o they_o come_v to_o he_o again_o master_n teach_v we_o to_o pray_v as_o if_o they_o look_v upon_o that_o short_a form_n suit_v indeed_o to_o the_o infancy_n of_o their_o discipleship_n but_o not_o so_o fit_v now_o they_o be_v teach_v far_o and_o come_v more_o near_o the_o stature_n of_o man_n but_o he_o give_v they_o the_o very_a same_o again_o a_o tacit_n reproof_n of_o their_o ignorance_n and_o reach_v after_o novel_n and_o if_o we_o only_o suppose_v he_o may_v design_v it_o as_o a_o form_n he_o can_v not_o well_o have_v express_v himself_o more_o apt_o to_o that_o purpose_n for_o mat._n 6._o 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sic_fw-la vel_fw-la ita_fw-la orate_fw-la pray_v thus_o viz._n in_o these_o very_a word_n which_o be_v better_o render_v so_o than_o as_o our_o translation_n do_v viz._n after_o this_o manner_n which_o look_v somewhat_o like_o a_o geneva_n cast_v as_o if_o it_o be_v intend_v only_o as_o a_o pattern_n to_o form_v our_o conceive_a prayer_n by_o and_o luk._n 11._o 2._o when_o you_o pray_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n say_v our_o father_n