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A96969	A short view of the principal duties of the Christian religion with plain arguments to perswade to the sincere and speedy practice of them : to which is added, a prayer suited to the whole, to be used morning and evening / by a divine of the Church of England for the use of his parishioners.	Wrench, Jonathan, 1667?-1741.	1700 (1700)	Wing W3679A; ESTC R42878	40,968	65

Perfections chiefly by the Powers of our Souls yet not excluding those of our Bodies with which we must glorify him as well as with our Spirits and that by such humble gestures of Body as testify and extoll the adorable Perfections of God to others we must entertain right apprehensions of the divine Nature and Excellencies in our Minds frequently call them to mind firmly believe them really delight in Psal 73. 25 28. them and as far as 't is possible imitate those which are imitable by us We must further out of our great Esteem for and deep sense of these his Excellencies admire and adore him 18. 3. 96. 4. Heb 13. 15 Acts 17. 28. ●ow down our Souls before him in Prayer and Praises to him as to our great Creator and ●enefactor in whom we continually live move and ●ave our Beings All this is no more than a just acknowledgment of what God is in himself and here described to us for thus our Faith and Hope that is to say our Assent to the John 6. 40. Truths which he hath revealed and our expectation of what he has promised are debts Rom. 10. 11. we owe to his Veracity or Truth as founded on his Omniscience Holiness and his Omnipotence Our love of and trust in him are 1 Cor. 8. 3. 1. Tim. 4. 10. Isa 26. 4. the necessary effects of our firm Belief of his Almighty Power joyned with his infinite Goodness which renders him both able and willing to do us good Our fear of him or care not to offend him is but the natural consequence Luk. 12. 5. of our Belief of his Omnipresence and Justice armed with his Omnipotence Our patience and submission to his Will are but Heb. 12. 9. in us the reasonable products of his infinite Wisdom and Greatness exerted in his act of Creation Our Honour or our profound Reverence 1 Sam. 2. 30 and Respect to his super-excellent Majesty and to all things relating to him as his Name his Word his Sacraments his Ministers his House and his Day our profound Regard to these naturally flow from our consideration of all his boundless Perfections Lastly his Existing in three Persons Father 1 John 5. 7. Son and Holy Ghost binds upon us fresh Obligations of Obedience to them all particularly of owning and renewing our Obligations and Resolutions of Obedience to them in the blessed Sacrament of the Lord's Supper Because herein we make a particular acknowledgment of what each of these blessed Persons have done for us as that God the Father who once gave his Son to die for the Sins of the whole World is disposed to present him here Rom. 5. 8. 1 John 2. 2. for our spiritual Food and Sustenance The Son as he once freely offered up himself for us upon the Cross So again freely offers to us his Body Heb. 9. 14-12 2. Matth. 26. 27 28. and Blood in this heavenly Feast And Lastly the Holy Ghost conveys that strength and refreshment to our Souls which is here received from the Body and Blood of Christ All which enhanseth our Obligations to renew our Obedience Acts 2. 46. 1 Cor. 11. 26. to them all and in order thereto to come often to this Blessed Sacrament for the worthy receiving whereof the best Preparation is to live Soberly Righteously and Godly in this present World And what it is to live Righteously is the second thing to be consider'd by me Now Righteousness is in short nothing else but the giving to every man his due in all those various capacities and relations wherein he stands Thus there being the relation of Magistrate and Subject of Pastor and Flock of Father and Son of Husband and Wife Master and Servant Brethren and Friends there being also a common Relation to all Mankind as our Neighbour Righteousness consists in an exact observance as well of those special Duties which each of these relations may bring us under in particular as of all other Duties which the common relation of Neighbour lays upon us in general that is in the giving to every Man his due not only as he is my Neighbour but moreover and above as he may be concerned with me in any one or more of the forementioned Relations Thus Rom. 13. 1 4. Eccles 10. 20. Pro. 20. 20. besides the common Obligation of Neighbour our Superiors the Magistrates being Gods Vicegerents and of his Appointment and acting by his Authority justly claim of us an ●wful Apprehension of them in our Thoughts ●e making an honourable mention of them ●ith our Lips submiting to them for Conscience ●●e paying them their Tribute and praying for Acts 23. 5. Jud. 8. 1 Pet. 2. 13. Rom. 13. 5. 7. 1 Tim. 2. 2. ●●eir happy Government of us that which in ●●urn they owe unto their Subjects is their Pro●●ction against the Assaults of their Enemies a ●nstant maintenance of their Rights Proper●●s their Liberty and Religion that under ●● we may lead quiet and peaceable Lives in all ●●dliness and Honesty And as to our spiritual 1 Thess 5. 13. 1 Tim. 5. 17. Heb. 13. 17 ●●ents who have begotten us through the Gospel ●●se also we must esteem very highly in love for ●●eir Works Sake and if they rule well count them ●●thy of double Honour which we cannot bet●● express than by attending to their Word and ●●ctrine with the utmost Application of our ●inds and by falling to the practice of it John 20. 23. 1 Cor. 16. 16. Gal. 6. 6. ●ith all our Hearts which would not only ●event the ungrateful use of the Censures of the ●●urch which we must submit unto when we ●●end but would better dispose us to afford ●●r Pastors an honourable maintenance as it is our ●●ties to do it being as St. Paul says a matter 1 Cor. 9. 14 ●● God 's own Ordaining and Appointment that ●●y which preach the Gospel should live of the Gospel ● Lastly we must joyn with them in their of●●ing Heb. 10. 25 Luk. 2. 37. Acts 2. 46. 1 Thess 5. 17. up the publick Prayers of the Church and ●●ily present our private Prayers to God for them ●or good Success on their Labours that whilst they ●●ch to others they themselves may not be cast away but ●●her may both save themselves them that hear them Again Our natural Parents being under ●●d the Authors and Maintainers of our Be●●gs acquire hereby a right to our Honour ●●l Esteem our Fear and Reverence our Mat. 19. 19 ●●ve and Affection our Obedience to their Col. 3. 20. ●●ful Commands our submission to their ●astisements and lastly our Gratitude in Ad●●nistring Heb. 12. 9. 1 Tim. 5. 4. to their Wants and bearing with ●●eir Infirmities And they as being our Parents are by the Laws both of Nature and Religion obliged to provide their Children ● as far as they are able with a competent maintenance in respect both of their Souls

and Bodies In respect to their Souls that they be brought to an early Baptism that they be Eph. 6. 4. taught to read and as soon as possible be instructed in the Principles of the Christian Religion and that a constant care be had by forbearing Provocations and shewing Piety at Home and by all other good and prudent means tha● they dayly encrease in the Knowledge and Practice of them In respect to their Bodies that their Parents supply them with Food and Raiment and if possible with all the Conveniencies as well as Necessaries of Life tha● 2 Cor. 12. 14. they may be put into the World under a possibility and probability of thriving in it There are also mutual dues between Husband and Wife and the Duties common t● them both are that they love each other and express it in endeavouring to procure a mutua● satisfaction in all things and to promote th● Eph. 5. 31 Temporal and Spiritual Welfare of each other that they be faithful to each othe● Bed having always in remembrance the 7th Commandment that they bear with eac● 5. 1 Cor. 2. 7 1 Pet. 3. 2. Heb. 13. 4. 1 Pet. 3. 7. others Infirmities and partake of each other Prosperity or Adversity that they pray fo● each other that they honour that is giveth respect due to each others Person and particularly that the Husband give Honour to the Wife in St. Peters sense which is * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Pet. 3. 7 Maintenance ●● being the weaker Vessel that he exercise his Authority over Her in the milder way of Admonition rather than in the more imperious wa● of Command remembring that they twain are bu● one flesh though the Man be the head of the Woman that he gives her all due Benevolence an● 1 Cor. 11. 3. 7. 3 lastly all seasonable and necessary Instructions The Duties of the Wife whereby she stand● ●●e especially obliged unto her Husband are 1 Pet. 3● 1. Eph. 5. 24. ●● she submits peaceably to that Authority ●● her which God has given to the Man ●● as a necessary consequence of this She re●●ce her Husband and shew it in a becoming 33. 1 Pet. 3. 4. ●●guage and Deportment towards him ●●ly that she be at all times forward to do ●●t she knows he likes and obey what he Eph. 5. 24. ●●mands provided it be both lawful and ●●edient of which he is supposed to be the most Col. 3. 18. 1 Cor. 14. 35. ●●petent Judge being by the Apostle appoint●● an Instructor to his Wife even in Matters ● Religion Lastly there are various Duties incumbent ● Masters and Servants that Masters take a due ●●e of their Servatnts as Members of their ●●n Families that they provide for their 1 Tim. 5. 8. ●●dies a competent Maintenance and for their ●●uls religious Instruction and Admonition ●●at in every respect they give to their Servants Col. 4. 1. ●●t which is just and equal as knowing ●● they also have a Master in Heaven with whom is ● respect of Persons That they be not in their Rom. 2. 11. ●overnment of them harsh and froward but ●●ld and gentle that they require nothing of ●●em but that which is in it self both rea●●nable and lawful that they threaten them Eph. 6. 9. ●o more than is necessary and give them on●● when need so requires due Correction ●●at they perfectly instruct them in the Art or ●rade which they undertook to teach them ●●at they reward them according to agreement Deut. 24. 14 15. Jam. 5. 4. ●●nctually paying them their Wages lastly ●●at they restrain them from Vicious and ●ove them all they can to Religious Practi●●s And Servants in return of these Dues ●ust as they justly ought count such Masters 1 Tim. 6. 1. ●●rthy of all Honour and shew it upon all Occa●●ons in their respectfull Carriage and Demea●our towards them They must obey them in all ●●ings agreeable to their Contract that out of a Principle of Conscience not with Eye-service as Me● Col. 3. 22. Eph. 6. 5. 6 7 8. pleasers but as the Servants of Christ with singl●ness of heart and chearfulness of Spirit whi●● will make them diligent constant in their Ob●dience they must be also true to their Tru●● Tit. 2. 9 10 ever promoting by all lawful means the ● Masters Profit they must take care of the ● Goods vindicate their Credit abroad as far ● they can and conceal their Infirmities at hom● And lastly they must quietly submit to the ● unjust as well as due Corrections ever amending by them for what glory is it if when ●● are buffeted for your faults ye shall take it patien●ly but if when ye do well and suffer for it ●● 1 Pet. 2. 20. take it patiently this is acceptable unto God Accordingly Servants are there commanded to ●● V. 18. subject to their Masters with all fear not only to th● good and gentle but also to the froward Fo● though Masters should not strictly observe thei● Duties to their Servants yet this would no● free Servants from their Obligations to thei● Masters because God has in Duty bound no● only the Master and Servant to one another but both of them to himself And this as ● would have it observed and remembred hold● true in all the other forementioned Relation● of Superiors and Inferiors so that the Superior's offence against God in depriving the Inferior of his due and so on the contrary cannot authorize the Inferior to sin against Go● too by returning the injury received upon hi● superior as for instance though a wicked Father should cast off all care of his helples● Children and so sin against God as well as injure his Children who have a natural righ● to maintenance yet this would not excus● his Children from their Obedience to thei● wicked Father because it is impossible tha● ever one Man's Sin should excuse that of another when both sin against God And this i● 1 Sam. 2. 25 all I think necessary to be said concerning the Relations of Superiors and Inferiors There are other Relations which seem to be ●●e upon the level those I mean of Bre●●en and as to these there are some parti●●ar dues belonging to them whether they be ●● natural or our spiritual Brethren Thus our ●●ral Brethren are by means of their near ●●ance to us by nature obliged to be more ●●iceable to us when they can than they ●bound to be to mere Strangers because ●●r natural Affection for us may be well sup●●ed to prompt them to it by exciting in ●●n a passionate concern for our Welfare ●●ich supersedes the want of all those Argu●●●ts and Entreaties which are allowable ● sometimes necessary to be used in draw● out our relief to Strangers So that to ●e our Brother of our Substance and to ●● him in every thing where we can and ●●ere he needeth seemeth to be but the ne●●ary though just