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virtue_n and_o religion_n and_o he_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o provide_v they_o the_o best_a master_n and_o tutor_n you_o be_v as_o king_n and_o priest_n to_o they_o have_v the_o power_n to_o command_v teach_v and_o excommunicate_a those_o that_o be_v stubborn_a and_o impure_a whence_o both_o god_n and_o man_n require_v that_o at_o your_o own_o peril_n you_o see_v those_o under_o your_o charge_n do_v perform_v those_o duty_n that_o do_v lie_v upon_o themselves_o for_o which_o cause_n david_n do_v resolve_v psal_n 101._o 7._o that_o not_o a_o wicked_a man_n shall_v dwell_v in_o his_o house_n and_o indeed_o they_o that_o do_v not_o do_v so_o fall_v short_a of_o that_o great_a duty_n prov._n 22._o 6._o of_o train_v up_o a_o child_n in_o the_o way_n he_o shall_v go_v and_o eph._n 6._o 4._o of_o bring_v they_o up_o in_o the_o nurture_n and_o admonition_n of_o the_o lord_n such_o be_v worse_o than_o the_o very_a heathen_a who_o send_v their_o child_n to_o isocrates_n and_o 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duty_n so_o plain_a and_o so_o natural_a to_o train_v up_o child_n in_o virtue_n and_o all_o laudable_a knowledge_n that_o the_o very_a heathen_a do_v court_n and_o practise_v it_o and_o as_o plutarch_n have_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o good_a education_n outlive_v death_n travel_n beyond_o the_o grave_a and_o abide_v with_o we_o through_o all_o the_o tract_n of_o eternal_a age_n and_o therefore_o be_v the_o great_a and_o most_o last_a good_a we_o can_v do_v they_o even_o common_a nature_n prompt_v we_o to_o it_o there_o can_v be_v therefore_o no_o objection_n against_o the_o thing_n itself_o the_o matter_n lie_v only_o in_o reference_n to_o that_o catechism_n enjoin_v by_o the_o church_n which_o some_o object_n against_o upon_o the_o account_n it_o suppose_v child_n baptize_v with_o surety_n which_o they_o can_v away_o with_o this_o point_n we_o will_v full_o answer_v and_o then_o consider_v the_o part_n of_o the_o catechism_n itself_o 1._o 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