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A47513	A new family-book, or, The true interest of families being directions to parents and children, and to those who are instead of parents : shewing them their several duties, and how they may be happy in one another : together with several prayers for families and children, and graces before and after meat : to which is annexed a discourse about the right way of improving our time / by James Kirkwood ... ; with a preface, by Dr. Horneck.	Kirkwood, James, 1650?-1709.; Horneck, Anthony, 1641-1697.	1693 (1693)	Wing K647; ESTC R15399	107,616	291

but did it not they punished him severely for they judged that they who were unthankful would also neglect their Duty to God to their Parents their Country and Friends Amongst other things to be suggested to your Children to stir them up to be Thankful you may represent to them what a shame it is for them to be unthankful when the very Beasts both Tame as may be seen every day and wild as several Authors tell us do things which look like a grateful acknowledgment to their Benefactors If you find them to be of too Prodigal a Temper apt to be too profuse in their Expences ready to throw away their Money upon Trifles and when there is no reasonable occasion for it you ought by all prudent and proper Methods to endeavour to make them a little more discreet and careful That they waste nothing in vain that may be of use to poor People That they do not throw away that which may do good at some time or other Suggest often to them that we are Stewards of whatever God bestows upon us that he will call us to an Account and that therefore we ought to employ to good purpose all those good things he gives us Shew them what our Saviour said to his Disciples after he had fed five thousand men with five Loaves and two Fishes Joh. 6. 12. When they were filled he said unto his Disciples Gather up the fragments that remain that nothing be lost He would not have any thing lost 〈◊〉 thrown away unnecessarily whi● might be useful afterwards to one 〈◊〉 other If you find them of a Covetous Temper endeavou● to enlarge their thoughts b● the Principles of Christian Charity Shew them what an excellent thi● it is to do good to shew mercy an● kindness to make Peoples hearts glad● Accustom them to the doing such kin● and charitable Offices for which en● give them now and then money an● other things to bestow on those wh● are poor and needy Shew them th● evil of Covetousness that it 's the ro● of all evil that it take● the heart off from God an● rendereth it unfit for th● consideration of Divin● things and for all worthy and useful designs that it disposeth● man for the basest and vilest action● and undertakings as it did Judas to betray his Lord That it bereaves him of true repose and satisfaction of mind and pierceth him through with many sorrows 1 Tim. 6. 9. 10. If you perceive them to be naturally melancholy and fearful of every little thing endeavour to chear up their Spirits Suggest to them such considerations and possess them with such Maxims and Principles as tend to fortifie their minds against those things which are apt to make them uneasie and are the occasion of their fear If their distemper proceed from some bodily indisposition as oft-times it does use such helps as are necessary When such evil habits of body are once rooted and strongly fixed and when the blood and spirits are deeply infected therewith they are a very grievous clog to the Soul and a great hindrance to that chearfulness and liberty of Spirit wherewith people ought always to endeavour to serve God If you see them to be of too gay and airy a Temper so that they cannot fix and be stayed at any time you are to use a great deal of prudence and discretion to compose and settle their Spirits See that they use their Wit and Fancy without giving offence and that they hurt no body by indecent reflections Let them by no means take liberty to indulge their humour in jesting about things that are Sacred or that have any relation thereto But you are to take heed lest your endeavouring to cure one fault occasion another lest your striving to deliver them from one extream drive them to the contrary that is lest instead of their being too gay you make them melancholy and dull Their Wit and Spirit is not to be rooted out but reformed and rightly managed for this may be of use for seasoning and sweetning Conversation If you observe them to be rash and forward ready to speak and act without due consideration strive to make them more cautious and circumspect to reflect and think a little more on what they say and do lest otherwise they fall into a habit of speaking and acting impertinently and indiscreetly When they say or do a foolish thing for lack of consideration then take occasion to make them sensible what a shame it is for them to do so what a reproach to those who are reasonable Creatures to speak and act like Fools without Reason and Understanding Shew them some of the bad consequences which attend speaking and acting in this manner Particularly that such Persons not only expose themselves to Contempt and Scorn but likewise to a great deal of danger and trouble Tell them how a great many by their rash and unadvised though not ill intended Speeches and Actions have not only highly exasperated their Enemies but also provoked their Friends and forfeited their kindness which thereby has been changed sometimes into the utmost Indignation and Hatred Shew them how some by this means have lost their Estate their Honour and Life it self and not only have ruined themselves by their rashness and folly but likewise a great many of their best Friends and dearest Relations A due sense of these things ought to excite all Parents to do what they can to render their Children very considerate and wary in whatever they say or do And because for lack of knowledge and experience they are in hazard to fall into many miscarriages and to commit great absurdities if they govern themselves wholly by their own fancy and apprehension or by their inclinations and desires therefore direct them to ask you or to ask others whom you recommend to them whether it be fit for them to do this or that which they have a mind to do It will be of unspeakable advantage to them all their Life long to learn this piece of Wisdom betimes to wit to be jealous and not too confident of their own Apprehensions and Opinions and to have a great regard for the Judgment and Opinion of others Solomon makes this a distinguishing Mark betwixt a wise Man and a Fool that the way of a Fool is right in his own Eyes and therefore he scorns to ask the opinion or to follow the advice of others but he that hearkeneth unto Counsel is wise Prov. 12. 15. Thus you are to make it your Business to watch over your Children and to consider what are their defects and faults and to do all that you can to cure them thereof and to direct them in the ways of Wisdom and Virtue You are careful to pluck up the weeds in your Gardens while they are yet young and not deeply rooted lest otherwise the good Seeds should be choak'd up with them How much more careful ought you to be lest the Souls

to his Will and Pleasure to do what he thinks best The happiness of Parents does not consist in having Children of this or that Sex Sometimes Sons who are most desired ordinarily may prove useless in the World yea very hurtful in many regards they may occasion great grief of Heart and lasting Anguish and Vexation to their Parents by their mad and foolish Courses and wicked doings And on the other hand Daughters may prove great Blessings in the World great Comforts to their Parents and great Examples of Piety and of Zeal for the honour of God On which accounts Parents ought to resign their will to God and be ready with all gratitude to accept whatever he bestows Secondly When a Child is born Parents ought with all thankfulness to return Praise to God who hath bestowed such a blessing upon them giving them a living Child sound and perfect in all its parts and proportions without either defect of necessary parts or excess and deformity thereof They ought to admire and adore the Powerful and Wise Providence of God which appears in framing and fashioning their Infant so curiously and wonderfully in the Womb in preserving it and making it grow up from a very small and imperfect beginning to such a bigness with all those comely shapes and proportions which they behold and at last in bringing it safely from the Womb which is one of the great and wonderful Works of the Power and Goodness of God tho it be little regarded because it is so common They ought to look upon their Children as given them of God to be taken care of both as to their Souls and Bodies to be bred up in his fear for his Honour and Glory to be made fit to serve him here and to live with him for ever hereafter The Soul being the chiefest part o● the Charge committed to Parents ● shall first shew what they ought to d● for their Childrens Souls The first Duty of Parents for the Souls of their Children is to Consecrat● them to God in Baptism First They ought to Consecrate their Children to God in Baptism so soon as conveniently they can They cannot better express their gratitude to God for blessing them with Children than by presenting them to him again in this holy Ordinance that he may set his Seal upon them and admit them into his House and Family that he may bestow upon them the Priviledges of his Children and give them a Right and Title to the Blessedness the Grace and Glory purchased by Jesus Christ. It is for this End that Baptism is instituted not only to be a Ceremony of Admission into the Church but to Seal unto us the Pardon of our Sins to assure us of the Divine Favour to make us Members of Christ Heirs of God and Inheritours of the Kingdom of Heaven if we by wilful impenitency and unbelief do not afterwards hinder and frustrate the Virtue thereof It is not necessary for Parents to enquire how such things are done by Baptism it is enough for them to know That God hath appointed Baptism for those Ends and we are sure that He appoints nothing in vain Our Saviour is said Eph. 5. 26. To sanctify and cleanse his Church with the washing of Water by the Word And Tit. 3. 5. he is said to save us by the washing of Regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost And in the 22 d. of the Acts and the 16. it is said by Ananias unto Paul Arise and ●e Baptized and wash away thy Sins And St. Peter having spoken of Noahs being saved with his Family in the Ark he adds 1 Epist. 3 21. The like Figure whereunto even Baptism doth now also save us And St. Paul tells us 1 Cor. 12. 12 13. For as the Body is one and hath many members and all the members of that one Body being many are one Body So also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all Baptized into one Body And Gal. 3. 26 27. He saith For ye are all the Children of God by Faith in Christ Jesus For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ Which words import not only our owning and acknowledging him as the Saviour of the World who alone is able to wash and cleanse us with his Blood but also our Professing our resolution to live holy lives to walk in newness of life according to his Example in token of which in the Ancient Church they who were baptized were presently cloathed with White Rayment to testify their resolution to live in holiness and to put off the Old man that is all their former Wicked deeds and Customs and filthy Practices Likewise Rom. 6. 3 and 4. it is thus written Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his Death Therefore we are buried with him by Baptism into Death that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the Glory of the Father even so we also should walk in newness of Life These words import not only our belief of a Crucified Saviour who dyed and was buried for sin to save us from it but also our Repentance whereby we renounce Sin as dead and buried to it for the time to come The general Design of this Sacrament being sufficiently plain and clear from these and other Scriptures it is to little purpose and oftentimes it proves to very ill purpose to enquire any further as to particulars for by so doing a great many persons judging of Divine things by their own weak and foolish apprehensions have reasoned themselves if I may so speak both out of their Reason and Religion As to the Right of Children to Baptism It will appear if you Consider that the Covenant Blessing of God's being the God of Abraham and of his Seed Gen. 17. 7. is not only continued to those of the Jewish Nation who are converted to Christianity for if the first Fruit be holy the Lump is Holy and if the Root be Holy so are the Branches Rom. 11. 16. but is likewise extended to the Gentiles who by Faith in Christ are made one Body with the Jews and so have a Right to the Blessings promised to Abraham and to His Children Rom. 4. 9 10 11 12. Cometh this blessedness upon the Circumcision onely or upon the uncircumcision also For we say that Faith was reckoned to Abraham for Righteousness How was it then reckoned When he was in Circumcision or in uncircumcision Not in Circumcision but in uncircumcision And he received the sign of Circumcision a Seal of the Righteousness of the Faith which he had yet being uncircumcised That He might be the Father of them that believe tho they be not Circumcised that Righteousness might be imputed unto them also And the Father of Circumcision to them who are not of the Circumcision only but also walk in the Steps of that Faith of our Father Abraham which he had being yet uncircumcised From

f●●vourable construction than to jud● amiss of any body tho' but once th● this is a Sin which the other is not But tho' Parents oug● thus to endeavour to fr● their Children from th● Jealous and Uncharitable Temper y● care must be taken that they be n● too credulous apt to believe whateve● is spoken without any regard to th● Authority and Credibility the Trut● and Sincerity of the Speaker For 〈◊〉 being of such a Temper as this th● are in danger perpetually of being imposed upon and betrayed to a gre● many inconveniences both in the● Words and Actions Any body who has but Wit enough to find out their Temper may very easily make a prey of them and by false Relations and cunning Insinuations may occasion their saying and doing a great many things very hurtful to themselves or others or at least very silly and impertinent which will expose them to a great deal of Contempt and Scorn Parents therefore ought to look upon it as a matter of no small importance to preserve their Children from being too credulous they ought to Teach them to enquire into the Truth of what is spoken and to consider who the Person is that speaketh For if it be manifest that he who speaketh is ordinarily given to Lying and that he makes no Conscience of his words it is so far from being a fault not to believe him that on the contrary 't is a piece of very great silliness to make any account of what he says until it be confirmed by Persons of known Truth and of unquestioned Integrity If they are of an Envious Temper and cannot endure that others be Loved as well as they or that others should have better and fine things than they or ev'n as good Endeavour to cure them of this Distemper by all such Arguments and Methods as their years are capable of Shew them how great mischief thei● Envy does them how it robs them o● the Happiness and Comfort of their Lives and eats out all that Sweetness and Pleasure they might otherwise ta●● in what they enjoy Shew them what a foolish thing their Envy is it cannot affect or hurt others it only hurt● themselves which it does with a witness for as Solomon says Prov. 14. 30. Envy is the rottenness of the bones That is it wasts and consumes to the very Bones those who entertain so unlucky a Guest it makes their Life most miserable If you perceive them to be very impatient when they have not presently what they desire or when any uneasie thing happeneth unto them for example when their Head akes a little or when any other part of their Body is affected more or less with somewhat that is painful and smarting c. Endeavour to make them of a patient Spirit teach them to bear their burthen without much complaining or making an indecent noise Make them sensible that all those things which are so painful and afflictive to them are order'd by the wise and just Providence of God to try them to humble them to raise their Hearts to Heaven to purifie them from their dross to prepare them for greater sufferings to stir them up to call upon him and to learn to depend upon him and to resign themselves entirely to his Holy Will and Pleasure Shew them that whatever they suffer is far less than they deserve that a great many Excellent and Holy Persons have endured much more severe things without complaining or murmuring yea that ev'n some Heathens have with great firmness and constancy of mind endured a great deal of pain and torture Above all suggest unto them what our Blessed Lord and Master suffered in his Soul and in his Body and how for our sakes he endured all with wonderful patience and with an entire submission to the will of his Father How He was led as a sheep to the slaughter How He was oppressed and afflicted and yet opened not his mouth Shew the● how it becometh them who by Profession are Christ's followers to run with patience the race set before them looking unto Jesus Encourage them also with the hopes of an exceeding and eternal weight of Glory which attends those who endure these ligh● Afflictions which last but for a moment If you see that they love their Belly too well and are apt to Eat and Drink more than is meet and that they are too desirous of such food as is most costly and chargeable endeavour to restrain their Gluttonous Appetite and to keep them within the bounds of Moderation and Sobriety Teach them to be well pleased with plain and ordinary fare to consider that any thing tho' never so course is better than they deserve that a great many excellent Persons have been reduced to such straits as to think it a Feast to have enough of Bread and Water Tell them how meanly a great many People both Young and Old live at this very instant and therefore that they ought to be content with such Food as is provided for them to use it soberly and to be heartily thankful to God from whom they have Meat and Drink and all other things which are for the comfort and conveniency of their Lives If you observe in them any thing that looks like a tendency to an Unchaste Behaviour delay not to admonish them shew them the evil of such things and the dreadful consequences thereof both to Soul and Body Endeavour to prevent their falling into so horrible a pit out of which very few escape who have once fal'n thereinto and of which the Wiseman says Prov. 22. 14. He that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein and again ch 2. 18 19. Speaking of the Adulteress or Whore he saith Her House inclineth unto death and her paths unto the dead none that go unto her return again neither take they hold of the paths of Life Shew them into how great shame and disgrace and into how much Misery such Persons ordinarily bring themselves Sugge● to them how many other Sins attend this Vice as its inseparable Companions whereby the Soul is so deeply corrupted as to lose all Sense of any thing that is truly excellent and worthy of a Rational Creature Strive to make them sensible of the miserable bondage of those who are under the Power and Tyranny of their unruly Lusts and Appetites who are enslaved to the Pleasures of the Flesh. Endeavour to make them tast of those solid and manly Delights which are only to be found in the ways of true Vertue and unfeigned Piety which are infinitely more pure and lasting than those brutish Pleasures which Sensualists pursue And do what in you lies to preserve them from seeing and hearing any thing that is Unchaste and Impure or has the appearance of it If you find that at any time they Curse and Swear and take the Name of God in vain endeavour to rescue them from so horrid and dangerous a Sin Shew them that they

to remove them Teach them to yield and to condescend to one another to take pleasure in gratifying rather than in overcoming one another to rejoice in the Company of one another to be mightily concerned for one another's Happiness and Welfare to be upon all occasions ready to help and assist one another to sympathize very tenderly with one another in any Pain Grief or Loss and in a Loving and Friendly manner to tell one another of their Faults without publishing of them Do not encourage them to speak ill of one another and to report every little thing whereby they think to lessen one another in your Esteem and Affection Such things use to be the Seeds of Discord and Contention amongst Children and therefore Wise Parents ought to prevent them as much as may be If you find them over Curious to know what may be their Lot and Fortune as 't is called in the World and therefore apt to hearken to Gypsies and Fortune-Tellers to consult with Divinatory Books and to use such other Wicked tho' but too common Arts for gratifying their Curiosity do what in your lyes to deliver them from such dangerous and unlawful Practices Shew them what is written Levit. 20. 6. The Soul that turneth after such as have familiar Spirits and after Wizards to go a whoring after them I will even set my fave against that Soul and will ●ut him off from among his People And Isa. 8. 19. When they shall say unto you seek unto them that have familiar Spirits and unto Wizards that peep and that mutter should not a people seek unto their God Likewise Deut. 18. 10 11. There shall not be found among you any one that useth Divination or an observer of times or an Inchanter or a Witch or a Charmer or a Consulter with familiar Spirits or a Wizard or a Necromancer For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord. Shew them that they who follow such courses do thereby provoke God to leave them and to deliver them over to the Wicked one that he may bring upon them those Calamities and Judgments which they deserve and which perhaps they were told should happen to them Not as if those Pretenders to Prophecy did infallibl● know what would come to pass which most certainly they do not but God in his Righteous Judgment doth often punish with some remarkable stroke such curious Persons who presume to enquire into those things which he has thought fit to conceal from them 'T is said of Saul 1 Chron. 10. 13 14. That he died for his Transgression and also for asking Counsel of one that had a familiar Spirit to enquire of it and enquired not of the Lord Therefore he slew him And tho' they who have been guilty of such impious Enquiries shall be delivered from Eternal Condemnation and possibly from some great punishments in this Life if they sincerely Repent of their Sin and Folly yet oftentimes they suffer not a little from the impressions which are made on their fancy by their having heard that some Tragical thing or other should befall them How many even good People having found unspeakable uneasiness almost all their Life time only by having heard it said without their own asking by such impious pretenders to Divination that thus or thus it should happen to them Tho' they abhorred and despised such things and did what they could to be delivered from having any Reflections upon them yet now and then of a sudden their fancy has been struck therewith which did not a little disquiet and disturb them From all which it appears how necessary it is for Parents to prevent their Childrens doing such things Shew them that their only safe way is to be always careful to do what is good and right to make the Laws of God their Rule to seek his Glory as their chief end to depend on him for direction and assistance never to be anxious about what is to come but to leave all Events to his Wise and Good Providence humbly to resign themselves to his Holy Will and Pleasure and to be always ready to be disposed of as he shall see fit Tell them which you may do with great assurance that if they do these things they may be confident that all shall be well for God will not fail according to his Promise to make all things even the greatest Afflictions work together for good to them that Love him Rom. 8. 28. If you perceive them to be unthankful for Favours and Benefits so as not to take notice of those who help and assist them and who have done them or are always ready to do them good Offices endeavour to cure them of this very ill Quality Cause them to thank those who are kind and serviceable to them strive to make them retain a lasting Sense of Kindnesses and to be ready when there is an opportunity to make some fit acknowledgment and return For which end 't will be convenient now and then to give them some small matter according to your Quality for a present to those who have been at some pains to serve them or who have been very Bountiful or Generous to them And when they make an acknowledgment for Favors received advise them to do it with a chearful Countenance so as to express thereby the inward Sense of their Minds that they to whom they make the return of Kindness may see how hearty and real they are that they do it not grudgingly but very willingly There is the greater need to instil into your Childrens Minds Principles of Gratitude because 't is so very common amongst Men to be unthankful For what is there more common than to see those neglected and slighted who have been very kind and serviceable How many root up those by whom themselves have been planted How many basely betray their truest Friends and greatest Benefactors How many think it a disparagement to be so much as thought to be beholden to others tho' their Obligations be very great Now what can there be more base and abominable than such a Temper as this What Villany and Wickedness seem they not likely to commit who have no Sense of Benefits The Apostle Paul reckoneth unthankfulness amongst the great Sins which make the last days perilous and difficult 2 Tim. 3. 2. To excite your Children to be thankful shew them how great an abhorrence the very Heathens had of Ingratitude they thought it one of the worst things you could say of them to call them unthankful they reckoned that this Name included all the bad things that could be imagined that unthankfulness was the Fountain from whence the greatest Vices did spring See Sen. de Benef. l. 1. c. 10. 'T was a very Excellent and Commendable Custom amongst the Persians * that they who were over their Children amongst other things taught them Gratitude so that if any of the Boys was able to make a grateful return

them they shall not return to you Now what a folly is it for Men to consume to disquiet and to torment themselves where it is to no purpose at all to do so And not only do you thereby no good at all to your selves but you do your selves a great deal of mischief and prejudice You provoke God to anger against you to bring upon you yet heavier and more grievous punishments and to deprive you of other Mercies and Comforts which you still enjoy You do thereby no small hurt to your Bodies you bring upon your selves very dangerous distempers which will make you unfit for the actions of Life and the Duties of your Calling You likewise do unspeakable mischief to your Souls you deprive your selves of that vigour and chearfulness of Spirit that is needful to make you fit to serve God acceptably You thereby weaken your Memory and darken and disorder your Reason and Understanding and so expose your selves to all the sad consequences of a disordered and distracted Mind Your Example does also a great deal of hurt to others Your impatience and immoderate sorrow and mourning teacheth others to do so upon the like occasion Hereby you bring no small reproach upon our holy Religion as if it were not sufficient to support and fortifie us against our crosses and afflictions and to comfort us amidst the uneasie things which God sees fit to exercise us with in this World What an excellent Example is David unto you in this matter When God struck his Child so that it was very sick he fasted and prayed but when the Child died he arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his apparel and c●me unto the House of the Lord and worshipped Then he came to his own House and when he required they 〈◊〉 Bread before him and he did eat Then said his Servants unto him What thing is this that thou hast done Thou didst fast and weep for the Child while it was alive but when the Child was dead thou didst rise and eat Bread And he said While the Child was yet alive I fasted and wept for I said Who can tell whether God will be gracious unto me that the Child may live But now he is dead Wherefore should I fast Can I bring him again I shall go to him but he shall not return to me 2 Sam. 12. 15 16 c. Thus ought all Parents to do who fear God When the Lord layeth his hand upon your Children you ought to pray to God for them and to use all lawful means for their recovery But when he ●ees fit to take them away by death you ought patiently to submit to his Will This is your wisest course It is the way to make your selves happy and to enjoy comfort and satisfaction of mind under your crosses This is the likeliest and readiest way to obtain new Mercies and Favours from the Lord instead of those you are deprived of Thus you see the Lord dealt with Job Jam. 5. 11. Ye have heard of the patience of Job and have seen the end of the Lord That the Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy And Job 42. 12 13. The Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning And vers 16 17. After this lived Job an hundred and forty years and saw his Sons and his Sons Sons even four Generations So Job dyed being old and full of days But if God see it more fit to withhold from you the blessings of the Womb and to bestow no more Children upon you he can and will make up this want with much greater and better Blessings What you want in Temporals you shall have in Spirituals As Elkanah said to Hannah 1 Sam. 1. 8. He will be better to you than ten Sons He will give you a Name better than of Sons and Daughters even an everlasting Name that shall not be cut off Isa. 56. 5. The Duty of Parents On their Death-Bed The shortness and great uncertainty of your Time ought to make you very careful while you are in Health to improve as well as you can the present opportunities of doing good to your Children both as to their Spiritual and Temporal concerns There can be no greater Folly than to delay the doing whatever is needful for your Childrens real Happiness and welfare meerly out of a vain Expectation of having time enough to do every thing of this kind when you lie upon your Death-Bed 'T is strange that Men who daily see the Casualties which others do meet with and who have power to consider the great Dangers their own Lives have been exposed to should notwithstanding flatter themselves with such Thoughts and be so far bewitched thereby as to neglect any Duty of Importance and Necessity which now they have sufficient opportunity to do And therefore while you are in Health fail not to do all the good you can to your Children both for their Souls and Bodies and for their outward Estate But if it shall please God to afford you time and leisure upon your Death-Bed to do any thing for their Benefit neglect not at such a time to do whatever your Weakness and Sickness will permit Particularly 1 st Give them your best Advice Direct them according to their Capacities Consider what their faults and defects most commonly have been and suggest to them such things as God shall bring into your mind to make them sensible of their faults and to rescue them from their evil Habits Consider what those things are whereby they are most likely to be endangered and strive to fortifie their Minds with such wholesom Precepts and Maxims as may tend to preserve them for the time to come Consider what good thing does appear in any of them and endeavour to stablish their Minds in Virtue and Goodness in the Fear and Love of God Amongst other things 't is 〈◊〉 to recommend to them Unity and Concord that they Love one another heartily and be ready to assist and serve one another to the utmost of their power that they be friendly Monitors to One another and take it kindly and thankfully when they are so deale with Then likewise you may advise them to endeavour as much as is possible to live peaceably with all Men to be careful not to wrong any body by Word or Deed but on the contrary to seek the welfare of others to strive to do all the good they can in the World and to make it as their necessary Food to glorifie God David's Example is worthy of the imitation of all Religious Parents at such a time of whom 't is said 1 King 2. 1 2 3 4. He charged Solomon his Son saying I go the way of all the Earth Be thou strong therefore and shew thy self a Man And keep the Charge of the Lord thy God to walk in his ways to keep his Statutes and his Commandments and his Judgments and his Testimonies as it is written in the