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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
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