Essence and Being from everlasting to everlasting thou art GOD †Psal 90.2 His Infinitenesse in his Attributes viz Wisdom Knowledge Power Mercy Justice That He is the Only Wise GOD Omniscient Omnipresent Omnipotent That God doth at Once and Alway Know all See all Hear all That he is in every Place and can doe whatever he Please in Heaven and Earth and Hell Second Doc 2. Of Crea tion Teach them to know God to be the Wonderfull Creatour of the Whole Creation viz Heaven Earth Sea Hell And of every creature in them And all for his Pleasure †Rev. 4.11 And that God upholds the Whole Creation by his Uncreated Power And provides for Men Beasts Birds Fishes Fouls Flies And learn your Children to remember GOD as a Creatour not as a Father in a State of Nature And themselves as Creatures not Children of God before they be Born of God Third Doc 3. Of Mans First State Teach them to know the Holy and Happy Condition God made Man in at First And the Covenant God made with man And how Man was to continue in that Condition by vertue of his Obedidience to that Covenant And how all Man-kind were to Stand and Fall In and With ADAM Fourth Doc 4. Mans Fall Teach them to know Mans Fall 1 INTO Original Sin by Satans Subtilty And his Fall 2 BY Original Sin From a Paradise a Palace a Pure State into a Dungeon and Deluge of Wo. The Principal Effects of which Fall are Filth Guilt The Filth of Sin hath spoiled Man of the Image of GOD Impressed the Image of the DEVILL upon him And deprived Man of his Interest in GOD. He was With God in Paradise but being Drove out he is Without God in the World * Eph. 2.12 It hath Debased him He was made but little lower than the ANGELS Sin hath debased Man to a Hog a Dog a DEVIL Sad effects of Sin Sin hath so Darkned mans Soul that GOD only who is light can Illuminate it It hath so Deadned and Killed him that none but the Living GOD can Quicken him It hath so Defiled him that neither Fire nor Water can Cleanse him The Flood of Water that washt away a World of Sinners washt not away One Sin The Fire that shall burn up a World of Sinners and burn them down to Hell and burn them there for Ever shall Never burn away One Sin 2 Guilt Adam's Guilt is imputed to All. All guilty of Eternal Death by One mans Sin Simile As when the Head of a mans body plots Treason the whole Body Hangs for it So of Adam the Head and his posterity the Body if Pardon prevent not Fift Teach them to know Actual Sin viz. To know what IS Sin Doc 5. Actual Sin And to know what Sin IS 1 The tranSgression of the Law that IS Sin †1 Jo. 3.4 Transgression is a going beyond the Bounds of the Law Or doing any thing Contrary to the Command in Deed Word or Thought This is Sin Here note the danger of Smal sins Little sins lead to Greater Smal Sin dangerous The thief Little thought his Thest would by degrees bring him to the Gallows when he began with a Pin a Point and a Peny As little do men think such Small Sins will bring them to Hell Not only the Measure of sin but the Nature of sin is Damnable if the Measure be Never so Small the Soul that sinneth shall Dic †Ezek. 18.4 If so what doe Thousands and Millions amount to A Fly is a Smal Creature yet Swarms destroyed Egypt * Ex. 8.24 A drop of Water is a Smal Matter but drops enough Drowned the World A threed is a Smal Thing yet enough twisted together will Bind the Strongest Giant or Hang the Heaviest man on Earth Quid levius penna What is Lighter than a Feather yet enough of these Packed up together will break the Porters Back 2. What Sin IS To the Law and to the Testimony for Titles for it Six Titles of Sin Sin hath Six Titles to make men Flee from it 1 A Mire †2 Pet. 2.22 that makes a Soul like a Swine so wallowing 2 A Fire that consumes to Destruction * Job 31.12 of Goods Good Name Body Soul and all 3 A Sepulchre full of dead mens Bones and All uncleanness †Mat. 23.27 4 The Dogs Vomit * 2 Pet. 2.22 i e stinking Carrion that the Stomach of a Dog cannot endure 5 The Poyson of Asps †Ro. 3.13 Tell your Children an Oath a Lie a Wicked Word in the Mouth is worse than a Toad under the Tongue And Sin in the Heart is worse than Poyson in the Heart for that can but kill the Body 6 The Plague of the Heart * 1 K. 8.38 a Dreadful Disease If the Plague be in London a Year we think it a Long Time for such a Dismal Disease to Last and Wast But this Plague of SIn hath been in the World between five and six Thousand years A strange disease Few are ever Sick of it yet SO many Die of it that all the World cannot Sum up one Weekly Bill of Mortality Sin is Worse than Sorrow Some sorrow Kills Sin but Sin if not killed Kills the Soul Sin is worse than the DEVIL Sin can destroy a Soul without SATAN but Satan cannot destroy a Soul without Sin Sin is worse than Hell Hell is an Affliction and Contradiction to the Will of Man but Sin is a Contradiction to the Will of GOD. And a Burden which God sigheth under saying AH I will ease me 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I will be comforted †Isa 1.24 implying a Grieving burden And a bitter burden Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 with bitterness * Ho. 12.14 A pressing burden Behold I am Pressed under you †Am. 2.13 A breaking burden I am broken under your whorish heart * Ezek. 6.9 Which argues NO weakness in GOD but the Weight and Strength of Sin I know your Mighty Sins †Am. 5.12 Thus saith the Lord the Lord of Hosts the Mighty one of Israel AH I will ease me * Isa 1 24. N B. The Mighty One complains of the pressure of Sin Well may God say to Man Can Thy heart indure or can thy hands be strong in the day that I shall deal with thee †Ezek. 22.14 i e for Sin Seeing Sin is SO weighty Use and the Soul SO filthy Let noue be Proud of a beautiful Body Let not your Children be Proud if Pretty Take heed you doe not make their Hearts proud with proud Habits as some Professing Parents Prophanely doe lest God send the Smal Pocks or the Great Plague to pull Pride down to the Dust Beauty that is but Skin Deep will Soon be Blasted Fair Skins and Foul Souls are Frequently found together Many Hell black Souls dwell in Shining Shels but if
worship Idols Our being under this Law Asserted take Gods name in Vain prophane the SABBATH dishonour Parents Kill Steal commit Adultery and what the DEVIL and We will Fath. But we Gentiles are under the Gospel the grace of which teacheth us to Deny ungodlyness Min. There is none to Deny if there be no Law Proved by being Opposed But this Position of Mine We are Under the Law needs No more Proof then this Contradiction of Yours We are Under the Gospel N B. The preaching of the Gospel is the Proffer of a Pardon This plainly proves Persons under this Proffer to be Condemned They are Condemned by the Law They are Under it or could not be Condemned by it It 's for Sin which is the Transgression of the Law But where No Law is there is No Transgression And so no need of Remission N B. Under the Gospel a Person is either 1 In a Condemned State under the Proffer of a Pardon or 2 In a Justified State under the Priviledge of a Pardon In both States he is under the Law In the former its Clear he is under the Curse of the Law In the latter he is freed from the Curse and Condemning power of the Law but he is not freed from the Commanding power of the Law It 's to be his rule Of life Temporal and Spiritual that thereby God may be Glorified though not his rule For life Eternal that thereby he may be Justified Gal. 3.10 He that obeys the Law for Justification is under Condemnation And he that believes the Gospel for Justification without regard to the Law in his Conversation Jam. 2.20 is in the Same Condition The former expects Salvation by Dead Works without Faith The latter expects Salvation by a Dead Faith without Works Both in a Sad Dead Condition And what ever be the State yet Dead or Deeply Sleepy is the Soul of such a Parent who neglects his Children so contrary to this GREAT Command * DEU VI. VI VII Fath. I cannot deny your Doctrine And seeing you are disposed to enter into So Serious a Discourse about my Children I desire your Advice and Counsel in their Education And I will omit the Businesse I was going about for this is I see of Greater Concern Min. With a very good Will I like your motion Well But it will take up Much Time And therefore let us Seat our Selves in yonder Shaddow from the heat of the Sun as Abraham did Gen. 18.1 4. when the Lord appeared to him And if we spend our Time Well God will be with Us also Fath. We are come to the Place I see here are convenient Seats I am glad I met with you so Near it Min. Very convenient Come Sir Sit You Down with your Wife as one And with your leave let your Children Sit Down with us and hear our Discourse Fath. Let it be so We are all Seated I pray proceed Min. Seeing Providence hath placed us together upon this Account I am glad your Wife is present because so much concerned For by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Parents in theh plural not two Fathers but a Father and a Mother is intended Joh. 9.2 e g. Master who did sin this man or his Parents And the Hebrew word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Achild comes of the Root and Verb 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifies both To Beget and to Bare e g 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Who hath begotten me these * Isa 49.21 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I Bare him with sorrow †1 Ch. 4.9 Mat. 19.5 Parents Parallels they twain shall be one Flesh Parents are Parallels Equally concerned When one is Dead the Care and Industry of the Living is to be Double But if one be Dead while Alive the Care of the Living is to be Trible For the Dead Parent will not Help but Hinder the Living Fath. We desire to hear our dutie Min. The Education of Children Education two Heads is a Greater Work than the Greatest part of Parents in the Whole World are aware of And that I may be as usefull to you in One Conference as I can I shall reduce my Advice and Discourse to these two General Heads viz Instruction and Correction Fath. What is Instruction Let me hear the word handled Min. Instructiō is a Latine word Instruction opened of Instruo 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 To set in order Instruction is a setting in Order for Children are Out of order both in Heart and Life e g. The Soul in Every Faculty is out of order The Imagination Deviseth evil The Memory Retains evil The Understanding is Dark and Misjudgeth evil and good The Will is Opposite to the Will of God The Affections Love evil and Hate good And this disordered Soul puts the Body out of order in Every Part. e g. The Eye Beholds vanity The Ear Hears it The Tongue Talks it The Hands Work it The Feet Follow it God set All in good order by Creation but the Devil put All out of order by Temptation and all into Confusion and Desolation And the simple verb Struo from whence comes Instruction signifies To build The Lord God formed Man * Gen. 2.7 The rib which the Lord God had taken from Man 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he Builded into a Woman †Ver. 22. This Stately Structure which God set up by Creation Satan hath pulled down by Temptation Now No Man can build upon That Foundation which God at first set ADAM upon There is no coming At it for the Flaming Sword But if you SO Instruct your Children as to bring them Unto and build them Upon Jesus Christ that Sure Foundation they shall be Safer than Ever was Adam in Innocencie in Paradise For the Gates of Hell shall Never prevail against them Fath. That is a Very desirable condition Indeed How shall I So Instruct my Children Min. By Word and Deed or by Doctrine and Example Instruction by D and Exam. Fath. How by Word or Doctrine Min. The Word Doctrine 1 By Doct. is derived of the Latine Word Doctrina Learning of Doceo To teach as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And the Hebrew 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Doctrine comes of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 To receive for you must Receive it from GOD as you are desired to do Receive I pray thee the Law from his Mouth †Job 22.22 And your Children are to receive it from You. Hear O my Son and Receive my sayings * Pro. 4.10 Fath. What Doctrine am I to Instruct them in Min. The Doctrine of the Holy Scriptures Tit. 2.10 2 Jo. 9. Pro. 4.2 Tit. 2.1 Called The Doctrine of GOD The Doctrine of CHRIST Good Doctrine Sound Doctrine Fath. Draw me out some Documents and lay some Lessons before me to learn my Children Min. Take these twenty First Doc 1. Of God Teach them to know God Himself His Eternity in his
to fall into the belly of Hell ¶ 2) Mr L consuted Mr L who keeps Never a day Sabbath but slights the Sabbath as Ceremonial is to consider 1 The Sabbath was not given first to the Jews or seed of Abram as Ceremonies were Sabbath was made for Man but it was given to Adam as a Publick person for him and his posterity to be obeyed whether man stood or fell and this in Innocency before Ceremonies were in use And though Adam was not subject to wearinesse before sin yet a Sabbath was suitable for him as a Sacred cessation from his calling So God gave Adam a Sabbath and Blessed it i e to make it a blessing to him that kept it and Sanctified it †Gen. 2.3 i e he set it apart for holy use 2 The Sabbath was Certainly observed from Adam to the Law on Sinai though not much expressed in Genesis which is but a very short Epitomy of 2000 years Acts in which time many excellent acts were done which are omitted and not recorded Abrahams observation of the Sabbath day is without dispute because he is so commended for keeping Gods commandments * Ch. 26.5 And that the Sabbath was known to Israel before Sinai you may See †Exo. 16.23 the breach of which command is counted as the breach of all * Ver. 28. 3 This command for a Sabbath is one of the Ten delivered on Sinai before Ceremonies Josephus's Sabbatical river that runs six dayes and rests one will rise up in judgement with Mr L and Mr A. and wrote on two tables of Stone and put into the Ark as no Ceremony ever was Mr L playes the Papist who takes away one and leaves but nine 4 Christs precept for Prayer to prevent flight on the Sabbath which flight was to be 40 years after Ceremonies ceased proves the Sabbath no Ceremony Pray that your flight be not in the Winter q d that will wrong your Bodies neither on the Sabbath †Mat. 24.20 q d that will wrong your Souls Mr A and Mr L are brethren both under a 7-fold deceit to undeceive them let us put them together again to consider viz God in wisdom did so order the change of the Day that though it occasioned two Sabbaths to come together yet there was not Two in a week nor a week without One to signifie there must be nor more nor lesse than One Sabbath in One Week Fath. What say you of Mr S and of the change of the Sabbath Day Min. As for Mr S who denies the change of the Day The chang of the Sabbath I say Though the Change of the Sabbath be not founded out with a Trumpet on Sinai as the Command of the Sabbath was yet have we so much in Scripture as may Satisfie concerning it They that say Give me a plain precept for a practice or I will not regard it may mean Honestly but they speak Ignorantly For if from a Text we can draw a direct sound Inference to prove a practice that being the Sense of Scripture is to be regarded as Scripture it self The sense of Scripture we are to seek as Silver and if this be not to be regarded its vain to use any Scriptural Reason or Argument in discourse as Paul used to do * Act. 17.2 Ch. 18.4 19. Ch. 24.25 or to Study and expound the Scripture by preaching Then put a Boy into a pulpit to read a Chapter for what other Sermon can an able Minister make if nothing but the very words of Scripture must be delivered But let us see some Scriptural proof for this practice ¶ 1 The stone the builders refused O T proof i e for a foundation for Faith and Practice is become the head †Ps 118.22 of the work of Redemption he hath laid the foundation and finished it by his Resurrection This is the day the Lord hath made i e the day of the week on which Jesus rose we will rejoyce and be glad in it * Ver. 24. i e to foresee it by Faith if we live not to see it by Sight Yet prayes pathetically and speedily for it Save now I beseech the O Lord †Ver. 25. God is the Lord which hath shewed us light * Ver. 27. i e to foresse this Day ¶ 2 Thus saith the Lord my salvation is near to come †Isa 56.1 i e Actually it was come before Virtually Blessed is the man that doth This and the son of man that layeth Hold on it that keepth the Sabbath * Ver. 2. i e a Sabbath in remembrance of Christ's Actual redemption ¶ 3 When these 7 dayes are expired i e Eight is a Sabbatical and Vital Number by the death and Resurrectiof Jesus it i e the Sabbath shall be upon the Eight day and so forward the first day added to seven is the eight day and I will accept you saith the Lord God †Ezek. 43.27 ¶ 1 After Jesus's resurrection he said to his Disciples All power is given to me in Heaven and in Earth * Mat. 28.18 which implies power to change the Sabbath And Christ gave them Commission to teach the Nations to observe all things whatsoever he had commanded them †Ver. 19 20. i e nor more nor lesse N B If Jesus did not ordain the first day Sabbath the Disciples by their practice have taught England and other Nations to observe a New Sabbath of their Own invention ¶ 2 The Disciples assembled on the first day and shut the doors for fear of the Jews i e because it was in opposition to their seventh day Sabbath and Christ came and Sealed their New Sabbath with his sweet presence * Joh. 20.19 20. ¶ 2 Jesus was seen of the Apostles 40 dayes speaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God †Act. 1.3 of which the Sabbath is One and none of the least ¶ 4 The Disciples came together to break bread upon the first day of the week * Chap. 20.7 in remembrance of Jesus for whose sake they observed that day ¶ 5 The congregation and Collection of the Churches of Galatia and Corinth upon the first day of the week was by the Apostles order †1 Cor. 16.1 2. to these at Corinth by writing and saith he the things which I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord * Ch. 14.37 ¶ 6 John being in Patmos said I was in the spirit on the Lords day †Rev. 1.10 A desert Island in the Aegean Sea He does not give the day this name but the day on which he was in the spirit he Signifies by its name so well know to the Churches to whom he wrote i e the Lords day so called upon the same account as the Supper is called the Lords Supper viz because Jesus who is Lord of all did institute both to be kept in remembrance of him ¶ 7. The first day is