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A42588 A plain discourse of the mercy of having good parents With the duties of children that have such parents. Written by M.G. Phillips, Samuel, 1690-1771. 1668 (1668) Wing G47A; ESTC R223616 17,246 99

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of them and the great benefits of them which are Peace of Conscience Joy in the Holy Ghost and Everlasting Salvation they acquaint them with the Ordinances and bring them to them and shew them how they must be performed that it must be in Spirit and in Truth that the Heart must be engaged in every duty Many think that when they have repeated a few words they have prayed Or when they have sate in Church or House they have heard Or when they have received the Bread and Wine they have received the Lords Supper but a godly Man teacheth his that they must pray with Understanding and that the heart must be engaged in prayer and that the Word and Sacrament must be mixed with Faith Therefore it is a mercy to have good Parents Fourthly They acquaint them with Heaven and Hell they lay the Glory of Heaven before them and tell them that all Tears are wiped from the eyes of the Saints in Heaven and that they enjoy God and are continually in his presence blessing and praising his Name They tell them also that none go thith●r but those that are Holy and that the Way is narrow and few enter thither therefore they must strive They acquaint them also with Hell and the Torments of it that there is continually weeping and gnashing of teeth that there is an Everlasting fire They tell them also that the way is broad and many find it and that all that do not repent of their sins go thither and so bids them take heed of sin Wicked parents are Ignorant and leave their Children Ignorant of them Therefore it is a mercy to have godly Parents CHAP. IV. Other Reasons they are encouraged in good and discouraged from evil and prayed for by the godly The fourth Reason IT is a great mercy to be the Children of godly Parents for they are exhorted to and encouraged in every thing that is good Good Parents do not only acquaint their Children with the commands of God but do daily exhort them to obey them they tell them what are their duties and diligently perswade them to perform them and they also encourage them in the performance of them they are not satisfied to acquaint them with Gods mind but study all sorts of Arguments to perswade them to Obedience Wicked Parents do not exhort their Children to Holiness but at best to some outward Forms of Religion and if they find the power of Godliness in their Souls they are apt to hate them and instead of Incouraging them they discourage them Therefore it is a mercy to be the Children of godly Parents The fifth Reason It is a great mercy to be the Children of godly Parents because such are warned against all evil wacht over least they should run to evil and always discouraged in whatsoever is evil and if nothing will do then they correct them knowing how God useth to bless the corrections of his Children Prov. 22.17 Correct thy Son and he shall give thee rest yea he shall give delight to thy Soul that is God will bless thy due Correction that thou shalt find a satisfactory Fruit arising from it or however thou shalt find rest in doing the duty Such Parents know that the rod and reprooss gives Wisdom Prov. 29.15 Therefore rather then their Children should spend their dayes in folly they will give them Correction they love the Souls of their Children and therefore rather then they should be lost they will correct them following the advise of the Spirit of God Prov. 23.13 14. With-hold not correction from the Child for if thou beatest him with the Rod he shall not die thou shalt beat him with the Rod and shall deliver his Soul from Hell That is God will bless Correction to save the Child and with Correction they Instruct them and pray over them they know what a danger it is to be accustomed to sin and therefore they Principle them against sin and correct them for sin and this is a special Mercy But wicked Parents do not discourage their Children nor correct them for displeasing God although they may Correct them over-much to please their own humor Therefore it is a mercy to have good Parents The sixth Reason It is a great mercy to be the Children of godly Parents because the Saints are continually praying for them I suppose that godly Parents do go themselves and bring their Children to the Society of godly People and all the Saints pray for them Now this is a very great mercy if you Consider how the Saints Prayers do prevail with God and how Often he hears them and answers them Therefore it is a mercy to be the Children of godly Parents CHAP. V. Other Reasons they have holy examples to teach them they have the benefit of their Fathers expertences they are in Scripture called Blessed The seventh Reason IT is a great mercy to be the Children of Godly Parents because such have holy Examples laid before them Good Parents take special care to say no stumbbling-block before their children but live up to the inst uction they give them They labour to be an example to their children in word avoiding all vain and foolish words in conversation walking holily according to the commands of God in Charity that is full of love and pity to poor creatures living peaceably with all in spirit upright and sincere in spirit full of zeal and fervency in faith having an holy unfained faith in purity being pure in all their carriages 1 Tim. 4.12 So Prov. 29.7 The just man walketh in his integrity his Children are blessed after him His upright walking and holy practices conduceth to their happiness And further they take care to bring their Children to such places and companies as may give them holy examples and there is nothing conduceth more to work good on others than holy examples especially the holy examples of Parents conduce to the good of their Children Wicked Parents give evil examples to their children they swear curse lie cheat slight the Ordinances of God drink to excess riot hate and persecute Gods children and run to all m●nner of wickedness keep wicked company and thereby teach their Children to do so also therefore it is a mercy to be the Children of good Parents The eighth Reason The Children of godly Parents are in Scripture called Blessed therefore it is a mercy to be such children Prov. 20.7 His Children are blessed after him The Ninth Reason It is a great mercy to be the children of good Parents because such enjoy the benefits of their Parents experiences it is a mercy when men teach experiences such Parents will tell their children that they have tried sin and find it to be a great evil that they tried the World and found no satisfaction that all the pleasures of it are vain that they have found much satisfaction much real joy and comfort in walking with God and in obeying his commands that they have found the Lord Jesus to be
believeth not on the Name of Christ Whosoever is saved is saved by Faith and that his own Faith not the Faith of his Parents Therefore let the Children of Believers use all diligence to get the same unfained Faith with their Parents The second Reason The Children of godly Parents should take care to get Faith because Faith is not entailed on the Children of Believers they do not convey Grace as they do corruption on his Children for Faith is the gift of God and although godly Parents are often Instruments of working Faith in their Children yet it is given by the special hand of God neither is God bound to give Grace to Children for the godliness of their Parents although he often Sanctifies such and hears the Prayers of Parents for their Children yet he is a free Agent and bestows Grace on whom he pleaseth and therefore we see that godly Parents sometimes have wicked Children and wicked Parents have godly Children Ephes 1.5 Having predestinated us to the Adoption of Children by Jesus Christ according to the good pleasure of his will the will and pleasure of God is the rule of his bestowing Grace Therefore let the Children of Believers be careful to get Faith The third Reason The Children of good Parents should be careful to get Faith because this great mercy we enjoy of having Parents that are godly that p●ay for us instruct us correct us bring us to the Ordinances and give us holy Examples if we do not receive Instruction increase our Condemnation at last Therefore be careful The fourth Reason Such Children should be careful to get Faith for if they miss of it they will be without excuse they cannot say but they have been offered Heaven and called upon to walk with God for ever they cannot say but they have been Instructed reproved exhorted to Good Incouraged in it and told of the evil of sin and d●horted from sin Therefore see you get grace or else you will be without excuse and miserable CHAP. XII Other Reasons an use of reproof the several ways that godly mens Children forfeit their mercy The fifth Reason GODLY mens Children should be very careful to get Faith because Satan is most busie with such he sees your Parents use diligence to save you and sees you are nearer Heaven therefore he will bestir himself and use all means to make you miscarry and he is a cunning Adversary Therefore it concerns you to be careful The sixth Reason Such Children should take care to get unfained Faith because they are apt to rest in the form and outward Profession of Religion being bred up civilly and not suffered to run to any outward evil and used to Ordinances Satan perswades them they are well and makes them rest in a Form of Godliness without the power of it therefore let all such take care and not trust in the goodness of their Parents nor outward Profession but get an unfained Faith your selves Vse If the Children of Godly Parents should be so careful to get unfained Faith this sadly reproves such as neglect it and continue in sin though they have Parents that hate sin how many such are there If there be any weakness in their Parents they will Imitate them in that but never look after their good they slight the Mercy of having good Parents as if it was of no value hath God given you these Mercies and will you abuse them Are you so fair for Heaven and will not you strive to enter God offers Heaven and will you refuse it There are three ways that I find in Scripture and Experience that the Children of godly Parents depart from God and abuse this mercy which I shall lay down that you may avoid them 1. Way Where the Children of godly Parents do not prove godly they often prove to be Mockers and Persecutors of Godliness see Gen. 21.9 10. Ishmael the Son of Godly Abraham mocked Isaac that is persecuted him We have many sad Experiences of this and is it not a sad thing to see persons Educated righteously persecute Religion Certainly their condition is sad Take heed then of this 2. Way When godly mens Children do not prove godly they g●ve themselves to Worldly Pleasures Esan the Son of godly Isaac sold his Birthright for a mess of Pottage Gen. 25.31 How many Examples have we of godly mens Children selling Heaven and all their Priviledges for the pleasures of this world for that is to loose everlasting pleasures and to purchase everlasting so row 3. Way Many godly mens Children not proving godly do grow confident in their own righteousness and trust in their own gifts and priviledges resting in a Form of Godliness without the power of it we may say of many as of them Rom. 10.3 For they being Ignorant of Gods Righteousness and going about to establish their own Righteousness have not submitted themselves to the Righteousness of God It is Ignorance that makes any trust in their own Righteousness this we are all apt to aspecially such as have the form of Godliness therefore beware of this and if thou art in any of these ways Consider these following partculars CHAP. XIII Fourteen Considerations to the Children of Godly Parents that are ungodly Consid 1. Let all the ungodly Children of godly Parents consider that God never rejected them but they despised the Covenant neither was there any necessity laid upon them of departing from God Consid 2. Let such consider that your own Consciences will condemn you those Consciences of yours that are now seared will one day condemn you and make you say Prov. 5.12 How have I hated Instruction and my heart despised reproof Consid 3. That all these mercies the Instructions Examples and Ordinances which thou enjoyest will rise up in Judgment against thee and increase thy condemnation Consid 4. Let the wicked Children of Good Parents consider that they shall hardly escape a curse here for usually such as are bred in a godly manner if they be wicked and persecute Gods Children or prophane God overtakes them with some sad Judgments here Consid 5. However such may escape here they will be sure of the lowermost part of Hell hereafter for such usually know much And he that knoweth his Masters will and doth it not shall be beaten with many Stripes Luke 12 49 Consid 6. All men in their hearts will hate you though wicked men endeavour to draw you to sin yet their Consciences tell them that your Fathers ways were right and and that you should be as they were Therefore when you grow Prophane you will be hated and slighted of all Consid 7. That you once stood fair for Heaven you had the means of Grace and by sin you have forfeited all your mercies and chose Hell rather then Heaven Consid 8. Let such consider the difference that will be between them and the godly Children of good Parents The Lord receives them into inward Fellowship so that they are Justified by Christ Sanctified