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and_o drunkenness_n and_o the_o care_n of_o this_o life_n and_o that_o day_n come_v upon_o you_o unaware_o luk._n 21._o 34._o know_v that_o this_o be_v speak_v unto_o thou_o and_o that_o thou_o in_o thy_o youth_n must_v not_o at_o any_o time_n give_v way_n to_o these_o thing_n no_o not_o when_o friend_n meet_v nor_o when_o thou_o be_v urge_v and_o hale_v to_o it_o when_o solomon_n say_v my_o son_n when_o sinner_n entice_v thou_o consent_v thou_o not_o prov._n 1._o 10._o think_v that_o he_o speak_v to_o thou_o who_o do_v the_o compellation_n my_o son_n better_a befit_v than_o the_o young_a man_n when_o st._n paul_n say_v god_n have_v not_o call_v we_o unto_o uncle_n anness_n but_o unto_o holiness_n that_o every_o one_o of_o we_o shall_v possess_v his_o vessel_n in_o sanctification_n and_o in_o honour_n not_o in_o the_o lust_n of_o concupiscence_n etc._n etc._n 1._o these_o 4._o 4_o 5._o believe_v 〈◊〉_d that_o he_o speak_v unto_o thou_o who_o be_v in_o thy_o youth_n wherein_o he_o 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of_o thy_o youth_n take_v thy_o pleasure_n but_o so_o that_o thou_o make_v sure_a account_n for_o all_o these_o vanity_n and_o sicentiousness_n of_o youth_n to_o give_v a_o most_o strict_a account_n at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n if_o thou_o wiâ—t_v tipple_v if_o thou_o will_v swear_v if_o thou_o wâ—lt_v â—â—le_v away_o thy_o time_n etc._n etc._n know_v for_o a_o certain_a that_o god_n will_v bring_v thou_o to_o judgement_n for_o all_o these_o thing_n be_v it_o not_o to_o a_o young_a mâ—n_z that_o our_o saviour_n speak_v when_o he_o say_v go_v and_o sell_v all_o that_o thou_o have_v give_v to_o the_o poor_a and_o follow_v i_o mar._n 19_o 21_o 22._o here_o be_v a_o narrow_a way_n and_o yet_o this_o be_v require_v of_o a_o young_a man_n if_o he_o will_v be_v save_v and_o though_o hâ—_n be_v young_a yet_o can_v he_o get_v no_o release_n of_o our_o saviour_n but_o he_o go_v away_o with_o a_o sad_a and_o sorrowful_a heart_n the_o like_a in_o effect_n say_v our_o saviour_n to_o every_o 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do_v the_o psalmist_n return_v a_o answer_n suitable_a to_o these_o man_n conceit_n when_o the_o question_n be_v move_v wherewithal_o shall_v a_o young_a man_n cleanse_v his_o way_n but_o quite_o contrary_a by_o take_v heed_n thereto_o according_a to_o thy_o word_n where_o you_o see_v both_o the_o rule_n by_o which_o and_o the_o manner_n how_o they_o be_v to_o frame_v their_o course_n require_v a_o special_a strictness_n the_o very_a word_n of_o god_n that_o pure_a and_o holy_a rule_n of_o righteousness_n and_o not_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o time_n nor_o the_o ordinary_a practice_n nor_o lust_n of_o youth_n must_v guide_v they_o and_o this_o rule_n they_o must_v heed_n with_o much_o attention_n and_o watchfulness_n have_v one_o eye_n upon_o their_o way_n another_o upon_o the_o word_n take_v heed_n thereto_o according_a to_o the_o word_n ever_o mark_v the_o step_n they_o tread_v and_o observe_v how_o it_o suit_v with_o the_o precious_a truth_n of_o god_n this_o be_v the_o wisdom_n of_o 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etc._n oh_o then_o remember_v thy_o creator_n in_o thy_o youth_n lest_o he_o forget_v or_o despise_v thou_o in_o thy_o age_n remember_v he_o in_o thy_o youth_n that_o thy_o hoar_a head_n may_v be_v find_v in_o the_o way_n of_o righteousness_n and_o so_o may_v be_v a_o crown_n of_o glory_n and_o not_o a_o spectacle_n of_o reproach_n and_o contempt_n unto_o thou_o 3._o consider_v especial_o the_o unspeakable_a danger_n of_o sin_n confirm_v and_o root_v with_o time_n wrought_v and_o wreathe_v into_o the_o heart_n and_o clasp_v in_o the_o affection_n by_o long_a custom_n in_o sin_n oh_o when_o sin_n have_v be_v thirty_o or_o forty_o year_n in_o grow_v and_o take_v root_n it_o cleave_v like_o the_o skin_n to_o the_o bone_n like_o the_o leprosy_n that_o be_v root_v in_o a_o wall_n which_o can_v not_o be_v take_v away_o until_o the_o wall_n be_v pull_v down_o that_o sin_n which_o be_v in_o grow_v the_o whole_a time_n of_o a_o man_n youth_n during_o the_o best_a of_o his_o strength_n it_o be_v 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father_n they_o deal_v proud_o they_o harden_v their_o neck_n etc._n etc._n furthermore_o observe_v they_o do_v not_o insist_v upon_o the_o sin_n of_o their_o immediate_a progeniâ—ors_n but_o upon_o the_o sin_n and_o rebellion_n of_o their_o father_n that_o come_v out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n and_o first_o inhabit_v canaan_n they_o make_v mention_n of_o their_o father_n sin_n as_o if_o all_o their_o misery_n come_v upon_o they_o chief_o for_o their_o father_n sin_n rather_o than_o for_o their_o own_o sin_n what_o reason_n can_v there_o be_v assign_v why_o the_o holy_a ghost_n make_v such_o a_o record_n of_o their_o confession_n of_o their_o father_n sin_n rather_o than_o of_o their_o own_o if_o it_o be_v not_o to_o convince_v and_o show_v what_o we_o ought_v to_o do_v viz._n not_o only_o to_o lay_v our_o own_o sin_n to_o heart_n and_o to_o confess_v they_o before_o god_n but_o also_o the_o sin_n of_o our_o father_n as_o also_o to_o show_v we_o that_o the_o iniquity_n of_o our_o 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2._o against_o the_o child_n who_o certain_o do_v not_o partake_v in_o that_o sin_n for_o many_o of_o they_o be_v infant_n vers_fw-la 33._o and_o your_o child_n shall_v wander_v in_o the_o wilderness_n forty_o year_n and_o bear_v your_o whoredom_n until_o your_o carkeiss_n be_v waste_v in_o the_o wilderness_n 1._o sam._n 15._o 3._o the_o lord_n command_v saul_n to_o go_v and_o smite_v amalek_n and_o utter_o to_o destroy_v all_o that_o they_o have_v and_o spare_v they_o not_o but_o slay_v both_o man_n and_o woman_n infant_z and_o suckling_n ox_n and_o sheep_n camel_n and_o ass_n now_o see_v what_o reason_n the_o lord_n render_v why_o saul_n shall_v put_v all_o the_o amalakite_n to_o the_o sword_n vers_n 2._o thus_o say_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n i_o remember_v what_o amalek_n do_v to_o israel_n how_o he_o lay_v wait_v for_o he_o in_o the_o way_n when_o he_o come_v up_o from_o egypt_n now_o the_o child_n must_v be_v destroy_v for_o the_o sin_n of_o their_o progenitor_n so_o the_o 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of_o they_o you_o shall_v kill_v and_o crucify_v and_o some_o of_o they_o shall_v you_o scourge_v in_o your_o synagogue_n and_o persecute_v they_o from_o city_n to_o city_n that_o upon_o you_o may_v come_v all_o the_o righteous_a blood_n shed_v upon_o the_o earth_n from_o the_o blood_n of_o righteous_a abel_n unto_o the_o blood_n of_o zacharias_n the_o son_n of_o barachias_n who_o you_o slay_v between_o the_o temple_n and_o the_o altar_n matth._n 23._o 34_o 35._o and_o be_v not_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n upon_o the_o child_n of_o the_o jew_n unto_o this_o day_n i_o have_v bring_v the_o more_o instance_n to_o show_v the_o truth_n how_o god_n do_v punish_v the_o child_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o their_o father_n to_o convince_v we_o of_o what_o concernment_n it_o be_v for_o we_o to_o confess_v their_o sin_n before_o the_o lord_n as_o well_o as_o our_o own_o and_o to_o deter_v father_n from_o sin_v against_o god_n you_o may_v see_v that_o father_n in_o sin_v do_v not_o only_a sin_n to_o their_o own_o destruction_n but_o to_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o child_n that_o be_v yet_o unborn_a you_o lay_v up_o estate_n and_o portion_n for_o your_o child_n and_o god_n lay_v up_o wrath_n and_o vengeance_n which_o shall_v consume_v both_o they_o and_o their_o estate_n chap._n x._o now_o because_o there_o be_v objection_n which_o perhaps_o may_v arise_v in_o your_o thought_n against_o this_o doctrine_n and_o they_o seem_v to_o be_v ground_v on_o scripture_n i_o shall_v endeavour_v to_o remove_v they_o object_n but_o it_o be_v say_v ezek._n 18._o 4._o the_o soul_n that_o sin_v it_o shall_v die_v vers_fw-la 18._o as_o for_o his_o father_n because_o he_o cruel_o oppress_v spoil_v his_o brother_n by_o violence_n and_o do_v that_o which_o be_v not_o good_a among_o his_o people_n lo_o even_o he_o shall_v die_v in_o his_o iniquity_n so_o in_o jerem._n 31._o 29_o 30._o in_o those_o day_n they_o shall_v say_v no_o more_o the_o father_n have_v eat_v sour_a grape_n and_o the_o child_n tooth_n be_v set_v on_o edge_n but_o every_o one_o shall_v die_v for_o his_o own_o iniquity_n and_o every_o man_n that_o eat_v the_o sour_a grape_n his_o tooth_n shall_v be_v set_v on_o edge_n how_o can_v these_o scripture_n be_v reconcile_v with_o that_o in_o the_o second_o commandment_n where_o god_n be_v say_v to_o visit_v the_o sin_n of_o the_o father_n upon_o the_o child_n to_o the_o three_o and_o four_o generation_n etc._n etc._n how_o can_v it_o agree_v with_o these_o dispensation_n of_o judgement_n sol._n there_o be_v divers_a answer_n give_v hereunto_o i._o origen_n and_o some_o other_o make_v a_o allegorical_a interpretation_n and_o say_v that_o by_o the_o three_o and_o four_o generation_n be_v not_o mean_v child_n but_o so_o many_o degree_n of_o sin_n as_o if_o god_n will_v spare_v man_n for_o the_o first_o and_o second_o fault_n and_o punish_v the_o three_o and_o four_o but_o this_o be_v a_o false_a and_o foolish_a conceit_n because_o god_n sometime_o punish_v man_n for_o the_o first_o sin_n god_n chastise_v david_n for_o one_o act_n of_o adultery_n ii_o some_o answer_n it_o by_o distinction_n of_o civil_a and_o divine_a punishment_n the_o civil_a law_n which_o god_n make_v for_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o israel_n do_v forbid_v to_o put_v the_o child_n to_o death_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o father_n as_o deut._n 24._o 16._o the_o father_n shall_v not_o be_v put_v to_o death_n for_o the_o child_n nor_o shall_v the_o child_n be_v put_v to_o death_n for_o the_o father_n every_o man_n shall_v be_v put_v to_o death_n for_o his_o own_o sin_n but_o god_n who_o be_v the_o supreme_a judge_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o be_v not_o tie_v to_o humane_a law_n punish_v child_n for_o their_o father_n sin_n
acknowledge_v we_o our_o king_n our_o prince_n our_o father_n and_o all_o israel_n have_v sin_v chap._n xi_o great_a be_v the_o benefit_n which_o may_v redound_v to_o child_n sincere_o confess_v the_o iniquity_n of_o their_o father_n as_o well_o as_o their_o own_o sin_n the_o promise_n be_v make_v levit._n 26._o 40_o 41_o 42._o if_o they_o shall_v confess_v their_o iniquity_n and_o the_o iniquity_n of_o their_o father_n with_o their_o trespass_n which_o they_o have_v trespass_v against_o i_o and_o that_o also_o they_o have_v walk_v contrary_a to_o i_o and_o that_o i_o have_v also_o walk_v contrary_a to_o they_o etc._n etc._n then_o will_v i_o remember_v my_o covenant_n with_o jacob_n and_o also_o my_o covenant_n with_o isaac_n and_o also_o my_o covenant_n with_o abraham_n will_v i_o remember_v and_o i_o will_v remember_v the_o land_n 1._o sometime_o it_o procure_v and_o obtain_v a_o delay_n and_o put_v off_o the_o pour_v forth_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n upon_o a_o family_n person_n or_o nation_n god_n oftentimes_o delay_v the_o punishment_n not_o remit_v the_o sin_n as_o upon_o ahab_n humiliation_n he_o delay_v the_o punishment_n but_o do_v not_o remit_v the_o sin_n of_o he_o and_o his_o house_n yet_o for_o his_o humiliation_n the_o punishment_n shall_v be_v prorogue_v to_o his_o son_n day_n 2_o reg._n 21._o 29._o upon_o moses_n his_o humiliation_n for_o israel_n murmur_a he_o remit_v the_o execution_n of_o his_o wrath_n but_o remit_v not_o their_o sin_n numb_a 14._o 18._o ad_fw-la 23._o we_o have_v a_o clear_a instance_n for_o this_o in_o josiah_n who_o humble_v himself_o for_o the_o iniquity_n of_o his_o father_n and_o the_o sin_n of_o israel_n and_o the_o lord_n put_v off_o the_o execution_n of_o his_o wrath_n till_o he_o be_v lay_v in_o his_o grave_n 2_o chron._n 34._o 21_o 24_o ad_fw-la 28._o perhaps_o the_o second_o generation_n may_v die_v in_o peace_n or_o it_o may_v be_v the_o three_o and_o the_o four_o generation_n shall_v bear_v the_o iniquity_n of_o their_o father_n it_o be_v no_o small_a mercy_n that_o wrath_n break_v not_o in_o upon_o the_o first_o generation_n 2._o if_o it_o do_v not_o keep_v off_o and_o procure_v delay_n of_o execution_n but_o wrath_n from_o the_o lord_n break_v in_o upon_o uâ—_n yet_o it_o may_v mitigate_v the_o wrath_n of_o god_n so_o that_o god_n though_o just_o he_o may_v yet_o proceed_v not_o to_o a_o final_a devastation_n of_o person_n family_n and_o kingdom_n but_o a_o remnant_n may_v and_o shall_v escape_v jerem._n 39_o 16_o 17_o 18._o thus_o god_n bid_v jeremy_n tell_v ebedmelech_a the_o ethiopian_a that_o though_o he_o will_v bring_v his_o word_n upon_o the_o city_n of_o jerusalem_n for_o evil_a yet_o say_v thou_o to_o he_o i_o will_v sure_o deliver_v thou_o and_o thou_o shall_v not_o fall_v by_o the_o sword_n but_o thy_o life_n shall_v be_v for_o a_o prey_n unto_o thou_o because_o thou_o have_v put_v thy_o trust_n in_o i_o say_v the_o lord_n and_o that_o god_n make_v they_o not_o as_o sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n but_o leave_v a_o remnant_n ezra_n acknowledge_v in_o his_o confession_n ezra_n 9_o 8._o and_o now_o for_o a_o little_a space_n grace_n have_v be_v show_v from_o the_o lord_n our_o god_n to_o leave_v we_o a_o remnant_n to_o escape_v and_o to_o give_v we_o a_o nail_n in_o his_o holy_a place_n that_o our_o god_n may_v lighten_v our_o eye_n and_o give_v we_o a_o little_a revive_n in_o our_o bondage_n when_o people_n be_v general_o stubborn_a and_o wicked_a god_n sometime_o make_v a_o full_a end_n of_o they_o when_o their_o determinate_a day_n of_o visitation_n be_v come_v upon_o they_o he_o overthrow_v family_n as_o he_o overthrow_v sodom_n and_o gomorrha_n cut_v down_o root_n and_o branch_n and_o cast_v they_o into_o the_o fire_n 3._o sometime_o it_o procure_v a_o shorten_n of_o the_o day_n of_o visitation_n god_n will_v not_o lengthen_v out_o their_o judgement_n will_v not_o as_o just_o he_o may_v spin_v out_o their_o time_n of_o calamity_n for_o i_o elect_v sake_n these_o day_n of_o calamity_n shall_v be_v shorten_v the_o day_n of_o jerusalem_n calamity_n shall_v be_v shorten_v for_o his_o elect_a which_o be_v in_o it_o 4._o if_o god_n yet_o visit_v the_o iniquity_n of_o our_o father_n upon_o we_o he_o will_v change_v the_o nature_n of_o our_o punishment_n though_o they_o be_v to_o the_o destruction_n of_o our_o estate_n and_o body_n yet_o they_o shall_v be_v to_o the_o salvation_n of_o our_o soul_n in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o lord_n jesus_n he_o will_v inflict_v they_o upon_o we_o as_o trial_n and_o fatherly_a chastisement_n do_v we_o good_a in_o the_o latter_a end_n though_o in_o relation_n to_o the_o iniquity_n of_o our_o father_n they_o be_v sore_a punishment_n moreover_o we_o ought_v to_o be_v humble_v for_o the_o sin_n of_o our_o father_n because_o god_n be_v dishonour_v by_o they_o nehemiah_n be_v ashamed_a and_o confound_v for_o his_o father_n sin_n as_o well_o as_o his_o own_o that_o god_n be_v dishonour_v in_o former_a year_n grieve_v a_o godly_a heart_n as_o well_o as_o in_o present_a time_n beside_o the_o sin_n of_o our_o father_n be_v reproach_n to_o we_o that_o man_n shall_v say_v of_o such_o a_o man_n his_o father_n before_o he_o be_v a_o drunkard_n a_o oppressor_n a_o idolater_n so_o be_v his_o grandfather_n his_o great-grand-father_n before_o he_o this_o be_v a_o reproach_n unto_o the_o family_n the_o best_a way_n to_o wipe_v off_o the_o reproach_n be_v for_o the_o posterity_n to_o mourn_v for_o their_o father_n sin_n the_o godliness_n of_o child_n will_v be_v some_o cover_n to_o their_o father_n nakedness_n but_o if_o our_o father_n great_o provoke_v the_o lord_n and_o we_o be_v not_o humble_v for_o their_o sin_n but_o walk_v in_o the_o step_n of_o our_o evil_a progenitor_n then_o hear_v what_o the_o lord_n say_v to_o such_o isai._n 14._o 20_o 21_o 22._o the_o seed_n of_o evil_a doer_n shall_v never_o be_v renown_v prepare_v slaughter_n for_o his_o child_n for_o the_o iniquity_n of_o their_o father_n that_o they_o do_v not_o rise_v nor_o possess_v the_o land_n nor_o fill_v the_o face_n of_o the_o world_n with_o city_n for_o i_o will_v rise_v up_o against_o they_o say_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n and_o cut_v off_o from_o babylon_n the_o name_n and_o remnant_n and_o son_n and_o nephew_n say_v the_o lord_n finis_fw-la august_n epist._n ad_fw-la license_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d st._n augustin_n say_v of_o this_o non_fw-fr humanâ—_n operi_fw-la tribuerim_fw-la sed_fw-la divino_fw-la epist._n 130._o cassian_n instit_n lib._n 5._o ca._n 32._o cyprian_n de_fw-fr â—apsis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2_o king_n chap._n 9_o diis_fw-la &_o parentibus_fw-la nunquam_fw-la satis_fw-la fit_n aristot._n gregor_n epist_n lib._n 1._o bâ—nis_n suis_fw-la aliis_fw-la praeparat_fw-la beatitudinom_n sibi_fw-la miseriam_fw-la aliis_fw-la gaudia_fw-la sibi_fw-la lachrymas_fw-la aliis_fw-la voluptatem_fw-la brevem_fw-la sibi_fw-la ignem_fw-la perpetuum_fw-la salvian_n let_v thy_o little_a child_n keep_v thou_o from_o sin_n say_v the_o poet_n juvenal_n martyr_n in_o 2_o reg._n cap._n 2._o bolton_n direct_a p._n 19_o woodw_n child_n patrim_n agust_n serm._n 33._o add_v fratres_n in_o eremo_fw-la