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ground_n	divine_a	faith_n	revelation_n	2,617	5	10.5414	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79475	A plot for the good of posterity. Communicated in a sermon to the Honorable House of Commons for the sanctifying of the monthly fast. March 25. 1646. / By Francis Cheynell.	Cheynell, Francis, 1608-1665.	1646 (1646)	Wing C3814; Thomason E329_11; ESTC R200698	45,495	60

of godlinesse and parents teach their children the first Elements of Religion as well as Learning the first letters of the verses of certain Psalms the 25. 34. 37. 119. are set down according to the order of the Alphabet and they are all of them choice Psalms full of sweet streins and raptures of devotion Tim●thy learnt the Scriptures of a childe {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} 2 Tim. 3. 15. a word of a very young signification Childhood and youth are ages of Fancy and therefore certainly parents should set heavenly truths in fresh and lively colours that the phantasie of their children may be taken with the sensible representation of spirituall things God doth reveal heavenly truths in certain apt similitudes which do exceedingly please the phantasie because whilest our soul is joyned to our body nothing can come into the understanding but by the sences and so through the phantasie and therefore a similitude doth exceedingly help the understanding God descends to our weak capacity when he clothes an heavenly truth with an earthly representation Joh. 3. 12. I have told you of earthly things saith our Saviour that is I have represented heavenly truths by comparisons taken from earthly things I have brought down the bough which was out of your reach and put it into your hand and helped you up so that you may now climbe from Earth to Heaven by these similitudes I have used similitudes saith God Hos. 12. 10. and therefore it is an higher aggravation of our unbelief and disobedience if when we have such helps we do not profit by instruction you know the Sacraments help our faithly our sences and so by our phantasie and phantasie will return a quick message to the affections and the affections will sway the will and consequently the whole man and therefore if we can please the phantasie of a childe by representing the joyes of Heaven to him under the notion of a Banquet or a crown of Gold and so invite him to Heaven and sweeten all the exercises of Religion to him and on the other side terrifie him from sin by representing the torments of Hell to him under the notion of fire and brimstone and then shew him that there 's ground for these representations in the Word of God you 'l at once help his understanding and work upon his affections and withall lay a firm ground for his faith that his faith laying hold on the Divine revelation in the Word and his fancie fastening on the sensible representation of that divine truth his understanding may be enlightned his faith strengthned his fancie pleased his affections ordered his will turned 2. Children have very good memories if you make use of them betimes and our memory doth work strongly upon our affections 2. Corinth 7. 15. His inward affection or bowels are more abundant towards you whilest he remembreth the obedience of you all God did empart an history to Abraham to communicate to his children children are excellent at the remembring of stories relate the story of drowning the World and the burning of Sodome to your children such stories will work upon them 3. Children are full of affection and Aristotle saith that the first thing that you should teach children is somewhat that concerns the ordering of their affections what they ought to delight in and what they ought to grieve for and consequently what they ought to love and what they ought to hate Pray for your children as well as instruct them Si nil curarem nil orarem saith Melancthon if you do not pray for your children you do not care for them pray for your children {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} continually that is as some expound it daily the daily sacrifice was called the continuall sacrifice or as others expound it pray for them seasonably upon all occasions Do not onely pray for your children in generall but pray as Job sacrificed for every particular childe according to the number of them all Job 1. 5. As you provide a distinct portion and a distinct suit of clothes for every childe so provide I mean Sue cut a speciall blessing by a distinct prayer for every particular childe You must be jealous over your children with a godly jealousie as Job was If you suspect that they have sinned let that suspition bring you upon your knees and cause you to lift up a prayer for them with all your strength if you do but fear that they may sin labour by good counsell to prevent their sin Finally give good example to your children and take care of them when they are grown up and married from you when Jobs children had houses of their own to feast in yet Job took care of their souls and sent to them to sanctifie themselves which was to prepare themselves for holy service Job 1. 4 5. Do not forget your beloved wife the choicest part of your self and family she will never be at your command unlesse you teach her to be at Christs command The Phylosopher will tell you that souls have no sexes thy wives soul is as manly and as precious as thine own and therefore take care of her precious soul instruct her pray with her dwell with her as a man of knowledge that you may walk together hand in hand to heaven like heirs of grace till you come to be coheirs in glory Command your servants to walk in the way of Jehovah and instruct them in that way Oh do not use your servants as you use your Beasts you work and feed your beasts but never instruct them and you make as very beasts of your servants if you do not instruct them in the way of Jehovah for you do onely find them work and food Tell your family what considerations did at first move your heart and work upon your spirits that the same considerations may by Gods blessing melt and turn their hearts a religious Servant may improve thy zeal and bring a blessing on thy posteritie and estate when thou art dead and gone Set up Houshold-godlinesse in order not in opposition to Congregationall godlinesse Labour to make thy wife the spouse of Christ thy children the children of God thy servants the servants of the Lord Jesus Christ and the blessing of Heaven rest upon thee and thine I have not done for I have a farther journey to go the Lord give me the strength and spirit of Elijah that I may not faint by the way I consider that I am bound to speak to that Honourable House which called me hither and never was man called to speak in a more Criticall Juncture of time I have put up many prayers and powred forth many tears for direction to the God of Heaven that I may speak the words of sobernesse and truth my heart tels me that I speak out of love and respect to you and my conscience tels me I speak in obedience to God all the Housholds of the Commons of England are represented