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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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a relation to him and he prays that as long as any of them dwell upon the Land of the Living they may be blessed So doth Godly persons pray for their Children is it not a great mercy to have Parents that will daily offer Sacrifice for us as Job did for his Children Job 1.5 You might have had Parents that would never have prayed for you or if they had had no Interest with God but you have such as pray often for you it may be when you cannot or do not pray for your selves and is not this a great mercy While wicked persons dedicate their Children to the service of Satan Godly Parents when God gives them Children dedicates them to the Lord and by Faith give them to be his Children for ever as Hanna did Samuel 1. Sam. 1.26 27 28. Therefore I have lent him to the Lord as long as he liveth That is the Child that God hath given me I give to God to Worship him for ever Thus do all godly Parents when God gives them Children they give them to Worship and serve God This will appear to be a very great mercy if you consider how acceptable the Prayers of the Righteous are to God The Prayers of the wicked are an Abomination but the Prayers of the Righteous are a sweet smelling savour before him Prov. 15.8 God rejecteth the Prayers of the wicked but receives the Prayers of the Godly the fervent Prayer of the Righteous a vaileth much with God God is far from wicked persons but he heareth the Prayers of the Righteous Prov. 15.29 Therefore it is a great mercy to be the Child of such Parents The third Reason It is a mercy to be the Child of godly Parents because such Children are Instructed in good things especially in the knowledge of the Scriptures and the Fundamentals of Religion As soon as the Child is capable of Instruction they begin to Instruct him and acquaint him with good things presently fall to Instruct them in the Truth of God and to make them acquainted with his mind they readily obey that command Deut. 6 6 7. And these words which I command thee this day shall be in thy heart and thou shalt teach them diligently to thy Children and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house and when thou walkest by the way and when thou liest down and when thou risest up Deut. 11.19 Psal 7.4 5 6. that is thou shalt take all opportunities to Instruct thy Children a wicked man that rejects the Commands of God out of his heart is not like to teach them his Children but godly Parents that hide the Commands of God in their hearts will be ready always to teach them to their Children the love they have to the Souls of their Children doth oblige them so to do besides they have a love to the commands of God that engageth them to spread them abroad as much as they can They deal with their Children as godly Eunice did with her Son Timothy make them from their Childhood to know the Scriptures 2 Tim. 3.15 And that from a Child thou hast known the holy Scriptures Consider that the Scriptures contain the whole Mind of God and have in them every thing that concerns our Salvation that they are the words of Eternal Life and that they are able to make you wise to Salvation 2 Tim. 3.15 Wicked Parents leave their Children in Ignorance or Instruct them in Superstition and Vanity but the godly Instruct their Children in the Scriptures Is it not then a great mercy to be the Children of such Parents CHAP. III. They are instructed what sin is made acquainted with Christ with Gospel Duties with Heaven and Hell GOdly Parents in instructing their Children in the Scriptures do take special care to teach them the fundamentals of Religion and those Truths that are most necessary to Salvation and these they paticularly instructs them in and they are such as follow I. They make them acquainted with sin they do not lead them into sin but they teach them First what is sin that they may avoid it they shew them the Law of God and acquaint them with what is evil They tell them that to lie is a sin to swear is a sin c. and bid them avoyd them And this is a mercy Secondly They do not rest there but they tell them also what an evil sin is they open to them the nature of sin that it is a transgression of Gods holy Law that it is that which is contrary to God They shew them also the danger of sinning and the fruits and effects of it that it is that which made God cast our fore fathers out of Paradise and it is that which made glorious Angels become Devils It is that which makes God cast his Creatures to Hell for ever It is that which brings all the misery that is in the World Sin was that that destroyed Sodom and drowned the old World and it is that that will destroy every one that walks in it it is a mercy to know this betimes Thirdly They acquaint their Children with their natural Pollution and tell them what their condition is by sin that they are all under sin and by nature in a lost condition and if they do not get from that Condition they will be undone for ever and so put them upon looking after deliverance and is not this a great mercy for wicked Parents do neither tell their Children what is sin nor what an evil sin is nor what their condition is by sin till they drop to Hell therefore it is a mercy to have good Parents II. Godly Parents when they have acquainted their Children with sin acquaint them also with the Way and Means to be delivered from sin they tell them that there is a Fountain opened for sin and for uncleanness and that the Lord Jesus Christ came into the World to save his people from their sins Mat. 1.21 That he is able to save all those that come to him and will most certainly save them if they believe in him they describe the excellency of his Person that they may be taken with him and lay open his Offices before them shewing that he hath satisfied for sin and hath conquered all the Enemies of our Salvation and that there is strength to be had with him to overcome sin they are always speaking to them of Christ and of his love to sinners Shewing the riches and freeness of his Grace and what perfect Salvation is to be had and these things take the hearts of their Children whereas many Parents never speak of these things to their Children Therefore it is a great mercy to have good Parents III. The Children of godly Parents are made acquainted with Gospel Duties and Ordinances their Parents teach them which are the duties of the Gospel believing and obeying and shew them the necessity of performing them For he that believeth not is condemned already the fruitfulness and pleasure
marrying till you are married to Christ and of having children till you are sanctified Therefore strive to be holy that your children may have this mercy USE III. Let such as are Parents walk holily before the Lord lay up your prayers for your children in heaven Leave them holy examples You have given them a sinful nature and have brought them to a sinful world do what you can to make them gracious and and answer the desire of the Spirit of God Deut. 5.29 O that there were such an heart in them that they would fear me and keep my Commandments that it might be well with them and their children for ever USE IV. Do not be discouraged to breed your children in godliness though it may seem contrary to their outward profit for the greatest good you can do them is to 〈◊〉 care them the fear of the Lord ●●ov 14.26 In the fear of th● Lord is strong confidence an● his Children shall have R●fuge CHAP. IX Another Use The evil of a fained Faith shewed in several Particulars USE V. LEt me exhort all Parents to take great care that their faith be sincere for as the unfained faith of Parents is a great mercy so a fained faith of Parents is a great Judgement both to themselves and children And that for these Reasons The first Reason Because this brings them under a curse Hypocrites are accursed and they bring their Children under a curse therefore if thou lovest the Souls of thy children be real and sincere The second Reason Because the faired faith of Parents do prejudice them against Religion they see a contradiction in their profession and practices and this prejudiceth them against Religion and though it will not excuse them at last yet it is a great Judgement therefore let parents be sure to live up to that they profess or else they may prejudice their children against Godliness for ever The third Reason The fained faith of Parents is a great evil for it breeds a searedness of Conscience in them always seeing nothing but the outward shew of Religion and being brought up onely in the outward form of it never seeing any thing of the Life and Power of Godliness they grow secure and seared and this is a very great Judgement The fourth Reason It breeds a fained faith in them therefore it is a great Judgement to have Parents that have a fained Faith only Hypocrisie is a Leven Luk. 12.10 Reware of the Leven of the Pharisees which is Hypocrisie and levens a whole Family and runs from one Generation to another and when the Parents are hypocritical the children are apt to be hypocritical too The fifth Reason It is a great Judgement to have P●rents that have fained faith onely because the children shall see an end of their faith and usually a sad end running to open sin and profaneness and this doth the children more hurt than their profession did good Upon all these accounts you see what reason Parents have to look that their faith be not fained but real and sincere Try then the reallity of your faith look to the object of it that the things you believe be right and true or else you will run your self and lead your children to an error look to the nature of your faith that it be sincere and real or else you deceive your selves and ●●umble your children CHAP. X. Other Uses Such should bless God and labour to Improve this great Mercy The sixth Vse LET all the Children of such admire the Provi-of God and bless him for it you might have been borne under a curse and have had such Parents as would have neglected your Souls and Bodies and have breed you in the way of sin and have laid wicked Examples before you but you have Parents that pray for you instruct you and lay Holy Examples before you Therefore bless and praise God for his good Providence USE VII Let the Children of good Parents labour to Improve this mercy Directions to improve this mercy The first Direction Improve this mercy by being willing to be Instructed pray to God for a teachable heart take fast hold of Instruction keep her and let her not go for she is thy life Prov. 4.13 be not weary of Instruction Read these following Scriptures Prov. 5.11 12. and .8.33 and 12.1 and 13.18 and 15.32 Therefore be Instructed The second Direction Improve this great mercy by a Cordial receiving of their lawful Commands and Corrections do not let thy heart rise against the corrections of thy Parents but be ready to obey and submit Read these Scriptures Ephes 6.1 Prov. 15.10 and readily embrace the commands and corrections of your Parents The third Direction Improve the mercy by following their examples in what is good as they lay Holy Examples before you so be you Holy in Words Conversation and Heart you see them praying much and doing good and hating sin so do you also The fourth Direction Improve this mercy by avoiding all their weakness covering them knowing that they are such as they will be ashamed of and humbled for The fifth Direction Improve this mercy by being thankful to your Parents always ready to serve them and help them in what you can and by being thankful to God for them The sixth Direction Improve this mercy by taking care and by using all diligence to get the same Faith that your Parents have And so I am come to the second Observation CHAP. XI The second Observation Reasons why the Children of Believers should take care to look after the same Faith I Am come now to the second Observation from the Text Obser 2. It should be the care of the Children of godly Parents to get the same unfained Faith with their Parents This was Timothies happiness that he had the same unfained Faith with his Parents you would not come behind your Parents in Estates Honour and the like Be sure then to be Good and Holy as well as them and as you would have their Estates so get their Holiness and that for those Reasons The first Reason Children should take care to get unfained faith because the Faith of their Parents cannot save them although the Faith of their Parents may bring down many outward mercies upon them and with-hold outward Judgments from them yet it cannot hinder Eternal Judgments from seizing upon them if they walk in sin and iniquity Esau a wicked Son of a Godly Parent must go to Hell notwithstanding the Godliness of his Parents and so must all the wicked Children of godly Parents if they dye in their sins every one is saved by his own Faith and as a wicked mans Child shall be saved if he Believe for see Acts 13.39 for by him all that Believe are justified whither they be the Children of wicked or good Parents so no good mans Child shall be saved without Faith see Joh. 3.18 He that believeth on him is not condemned but he that believeth not is condemned already because he