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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36281	Domestick devotions for the use of families and of particular persons whereunto are prefixed some earnest perswasives to prayer and devotion.		1683 (1683)	Wing D1842; ESTC R3307	94,764	289

Apol. c. 13. who doth more than once reflect on the superstitious honour given them as doth also St. Hierom in the words following And there was no place which was not polluted with filthy Idolatry insomuch as behind their doors they placed Idols which they called domestick Lares l Hieron in Esa c. 57. To these were carefully perform'd the Rites of their vain Worship they offer'd to them Wine Frankincense Flowers and the first Fruits of their Ground m Nat. Com. l. 4 c. 2 4. and how solemn they were in the service of them is intimated by that of the Poet Quinquaginta intus familae quibus ordine longo Cura penum struere flammis adolere Penates * Virg. Aeneid lib. 1. no less than fifty servants in one house were employed about oblations to the houshold Gods And all this for that they were accounted by them as Tectorum domuumque custodes n Arnob. lib. 3. the Guardians of their houses and dwellings whence they had the name of Praestites Quòd praestant oculis omnia tuta suis because by their watchful care they did perform or effect that all things belonging to the house should be in safety or rather because they were 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as Presidents having the oversight of places we find by one of their Writers that they thought their very life and the state both of their body and soul did depend on the care of the Gods they thus honour'd * Macrob. Saturn l. 3. c. 4. Such was the domestick Piety of these deluded Votaries to their fictitious Deities on a fond imagination they had of their being benefited by them How shameful then is it if Christian Governours of houses shew not their zealous care for having as much devotion exercised toward the living and true God who is really and indeed the watchful Keeper of their habitations o Psal 121. 3 4 5 6. he on whom their life and being do truly depend and without whose kind Providence neither themselves nor their Families can be safe or prosperous And this leads us to add III. That this great duty of Family-Devotion if conscionably perform'd will not fail to procure to them the favour of Almighty God and draw down his blessings on themselves their families and all appertaining to them it will be the most likely means for making them prosperous in their Affairs Vocations and Estates When Micah had taken a Levite into his house to Minister there in sacred offices he then concludes that the Lord would do him good p Judg. 17. 12. and had his worship been true he might well expect it The wise man tells us 'T is the blessing of God that maketh rich q Prov. 17 12. and when men are careful to serve the Almighty they may hope according to his own promise to be Blessed in the City and in the Field in the fruit of their Body and of their Ground in the increase of their Cattel in their Basket and Store in their coming in and going out r Deut. 28. 3 4 5 6. likewise the royal Psalmist is very particular in reckoning up the domestick blessings which shall be to the man that feareth the Lord and walketh in his ways ſ Psal 128. he doth promise to him that he shall receive the fruit of his labour and happily enjoy the same For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands happy shalt thou be and it shall be well with thee that he shall be blessed in Wife and Children Thy Wife shall be a fruitful Vine in the sides of thy house and thy Children like Olive Plants about thy Table that he shall prolong his life to a good old age so as to see his off-spring to the third Generation and have withal the comfort of peaceable and happy days Yea thou shalt see thy Children's Children and peace upon Israel and his Son Solomon who had been very Studious in making observations doth also affirm that the houses of good men where God is feared and served are usually replenished with riches In the house of the righteous is much treasure t Prov. 15. 6. The Gospel indeed is not so frequent in making temporal proposals for engaging men to be religious but doth insist on spiritual and future rewards and yet there also Piety is intitled to worldly blessings For our Saviour hath given assurance that to such as discharge their duty in pursuit of things Heavenly and Spiritual those others of present use shall be superadded u Mat. 6. 33. Likewise St. Paul doth affirm that godliness hath the promise of the life that now is as well as of that which is to come w 1 Tim. 4. 8. the original word there used in it's primary and more proper signification doth denote the worship of God But the Scripture is very severe in the Commination of Temporal Evils against the contemners of God and Religion as Deut. 28. from the 15 Verse to the end of that Chapter they are there threatned with Curses in their Persons and their Children in their Cattle and the Fruit of their Land that the Heaven shall be to them as Brass and the Earth as Iron And by the Prophet it is denounc'd against them who neglect their religious addresses to God that they shall be unfortunate For the Pastors are become bruitish they have not sought the Lord therefore they shall not prosper and all their flocks shall be scattered Jer. 10. 21. Nor can men expect to have their Families rais'd as long as they mind not to have Religion and the Duties thereof practised in them For except the Lord build the house they labour in vain that build it 't will be in vain to rise up early to sit up late and eat the bread of carefulness x Psa 127. 1 2. Though some despisers of God and his worship may perhaps get themselves riches yet either they shall not abide but be as mony put into a bag with holes as 't is express'd in Haggai y Hagg 1. 6. or at least there shall be no real content in the possession of them for temporal enjoyments are then only blessings indeed and truly good to us when sanctified by the Word and Prayer z 1 Tim. 4. 4 5. Wherefore if Masters of Families would consult their own Prosperity as to the things of this Life if they would be happy in what they have and successful in what they undertake they must needs account it expedient and of great consequence to them that God be piously serv'd in their Families and his favour implor'd by their constant Prayers IV. 'T is very desireable and of much concern to them that those belonging to their Domestick government should be truly good and vertuous for then they will have delight and contentment in the love and fidelity of their Wives in the dutifulness and good carriage of their Children and 't will be for their satisfaction and advantage