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the_o world_n and_o fall_v into_o extravagant_a folly_n they_o often_o waste_v the_o patrimony_n leave_v to_o they_o and_o the_o family_n which_o have_v long_o flourish_v in_o riches_n and_o honour_n be_v hereby_o reduce_v to_o meanness_n and_o contempt_n so_o that_o while_o parent_n take_v no_o heed_n to_o have_v their_o child_n train_v up_o in_o piety_n they_o run_v a_o very_a great_a hazard_n of_o lose_v all_o their_o provident_a care_n and_o labour_n in_o get_v or_o increase_n their_o estate_n but_o if_o they_o will_v have_v they_o and_o the_o rest_n of_o their_o family_n to_o be_v such_o as_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v and_o thereby_o prevent_v all_o those_o ill_a consequence_n which_o they_o may_v otherwise_o expect_v the_o most_o proper_a and_o effectual_a mean_n will_v be_v to_o keep_v up_o the_o practice_n of_o devotion_n in_o their_o house_n by_o read_v the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o perform_v the_o great_a duty_n of_o prayer_n from_o day_n to_o day_n v._o the_o public_a 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so_o on_o the_o piety_n of_o family_n it_o do_v still_o depend_v for_o its_o continuance_n and_o preservation_n vi_o as_o private_a family_n be_v so_o many_o little_a society_n in_o the_o whole_a civil_a state_n so_o in_o a_o spiritual_a sense_n they_o be_v such_o with_o respect_n to_o the_o national_a church_n and_o we_o find_v in_o scripture_n that_o each_o house_n the_o member_n whereof_o do_v agree_v in_o the_o true_a faith_n and_o worship_n be_v account_v for_o a_o church_n and_o be_v often_o so_o call_v as_o the_o house_n of_o priscilla_n and_o aquila_n 19_o aquila_n rom._n 16._o 5._o 1_o cor._n 16._o 19_o the_o house_n of_o nymphas_n 15._o nymphas_n col._n 4._o 15._o and_o philemon_n 2._o philemon_n philem_n 2._o now_o as_o the_o christian_a prince_n because_o he_o be_v head_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n have_v also_o the_o power_n and_o charge_n over_o the_o whole_a church_n include_v in_o it_o so_o with_o some_o proportion_n the_o domestic_a governor_n beside_o the_o authority_n over_o his_o household_n in_o secular_a concern_v have_v also_o in_o some_o sort_n a_o spiritual_a rule_n as_o it_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o church_n and_o it_o therefore_o belong_v to_o he_o to_o maintain_v the_o honour_n and_o worship_n of_o god_n within_o his_o lesser_a dominion_n in_o the_o more_o ancient_a time_n of_o the_o jewish_a church_n the_o head_n of_o family_n have_v a_o sacerdotal_a power_n to_o offer_v sacrifice_n and_o officiate_v in_o the_o divine_a worship_n for_o themselves_o and_o those_o belong_v to_o they_o we_o read_v how_o careful_a the_o holy_a patriarch_n be_v to_o provide_v themselves_o altar_n wherever_o they_o have_v their_o abode_n by_o build_v convenient_a place_n as_o chapel_n wherein_o together_o with_o their_o family_n they_o do_v offer_v both_o sacrifice_n and_o prayer_n unto_o god_n thus_o noah_n gen._n 8._o 29._o abraham_n gen._n 12._o 7_o 8._o and_o chap._n 13._o 18._o isaac_n gen._n 26._o 25._o and_o jacob_n gen_n 33._o 20._o and_o chap._n 25._o 7._o 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and_o in_o his_o measure_n perform_v the_o duty_n of_o a_o ecclesiastic_a or_o bishop_n in_o his_o house_n 51._o house_n august_n in_o joan._n tract_n 51._o and_o sure_o he_o be_v bind_v to_o officiate_v himself_o or_o at_o least_o to_o take_v care_n that_o it_o be_v do_v by_o some_o other_o and_o all_o person_n of_o quality_n who_o take_v chaplain_n into_o their_o family_n may_v do_v well_o to_o consider_v which_o many_o have_v not_o do_v of_o what_o consequence_n it_o be_v that_o they_o be_v real_o pious_a and_o devout_a for_o how_o else_o can_v they_o expect_v that_o the_o prayer_n they_o present_v for_o they_o shall_v be_v acceptable_a to_o god_n since_o he_o have_v declare_v that_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o wicked_a be_v a_o abomination_n to_o he_o 31._o he_o prov._n 15._o 8._o joh._n 9_o 31._o and_o that_o it_o be_v much_o the_o more_o so_o because_o such_o a_o one_o
it_o be_v observe_v by_o seneca_n that_o man_n be_v best_a please_v with_o the_o freedom_n of_o private_a devotion_n his_o word_n be_v man_n will_v be_v more_o spare_v in_o make_v their_o prayer_n if_o they_o be_v to_o be_v make_v open_o so_o willing_a be_v we_o rather_o to_o pray_v secret_o and_o within_o ourselves_o even_o when_o our_o supplication_n be_v best_a 1._o best_a sen._n lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr benef._n cap._n 1._o and_o we_o find_v that_o this_o be_v not_o practise_v by_o such_o only_a as_o be_v more_o eminent_a in_o virtue_n but_o also_o by_o the_o common_a sort_n and_o those_o of_o the_o worst_a complexion_n as_o do_v appear_v by_o the_o sharp_a reflection_n both_o of_o moralist_n and_o poet_n on_o the_o foul_a disorder_n of_o which_o many_o be_v suppose_v guilty_a in_o their_o secret_a prayer_n while_o present_v such_o petition_n to_o their_o god_n as_o they_o will_v not_o dare_v to_o utter_v in_o the_o hear_n of_o man_n orat._n man_n sen._n de_fw-fr benef._n li._n 6._o 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