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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
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