AN
EXHORTATION
TO
THE
Inhabitants
of
the
Diocess
of
Down
and
Connor
,
&c.
CHAP.
I.
Of
the
Importance
of
the
Duty
of
Parents
towards
their
Children
.
I
Know
not
how
to
begin
this
Exhortation
with
a
more
weighty
or
affecting
Instance
than
that
of
Abraham
,
whom
God
was
pleased
to
own
as
his
Friend
,
2
Chron
.
20.7
.
and
to
use
with
extraordinary
freedom
and
condescension
when
He
was
about
to
destroy
Sodom
,
insomuch
that
he
admitted
him
to
plead
six
several
times
on
behalf
of
that
wicked
People
,
and
would
have
spared
them
at
his
entreaty
if
there
had
been
Ten
Righteous
Men
among
them
,
Gen.
18.
The
reason
of
which
especial
favour
we
have
assigned
by
God
himself
in
these
words
,
Vers
.
19.
For
I
know
him
that
he
will
command
his
Children
and
his
Houshold
after
him
,
and
they
shall
keep
the
way
of
the
Lord
to
do
judgment
and
justice
,
that
the
Lord
may
bring
upon
Abraham
that
which
he
hath
spoken
of
him
.
Certainly
(
my
Brethren
)
the
care
of
your
Children
which
I
am
recommending
to
you
must
be
an
important
Duty
in
the
sight
of
God
,
when
so
great
weight
is
laid
upon
it
by
him
,
and
he
was
pleased
after
so
signal
a
manner
to
own
and
reward
it
in
his
Servant
.
No
doubt
but
he
was
pleased
with
Abraham
upon
other
accounts
also
,
but
you
see
the
reason
of
this
extraordinary
condescension
in
God
is
referr'd
peculiarly
to
Abraham's
care
in
the
discharge
of
this
Duty
.
But
alas
!
I
am
sorry
to
have
occasion
to
observe
,
that
in
this
age
of
ours
this
so
important
and
most
necessary
Duty
is
most
of
all
neglected
,
when
there
is
generally
so
little
care
taken
of
Instructing
Children
in
Gods
ways
,
that
if
Abraham
were
now
among
Us
and
saw
only
the
Religion
of
too
many
younger
persons
,
't
is
to
be
suspected
he
would
say
of
Us
as
he
did
of
Gerar
,
Gen.
20.11
.
Surely
the
fear
of
God
is
not
in
this
place
.
This
is
a
sad
thing
,
and
seriously
to
be
laid
to
heart
by
us
,
and
some
conscientious
and
diligent
endeavours
ought
to
be
applied
for
the
remedy
of
it
.
In
order
to
awaken
you
to
which
,
I
entreat
you
to
remember
that
God
has
committed
your
Children
to
your
custody
,
care
,
and
conduct
;
and
that
at
the
great
day
of
Judgment
you
must
answer
for
those
vices
and
misfortunes
of
theirs
,
which
were
occasioned
by
your
neglect
and
ill
management
of
them
;
and
therefore
you
may
apply
to
your selves
what
God
was
pleased
to
speak
to
the
Prophet
Ezekiel
in
the
person
of
a
Watchman
,
Ezek
.
3.18
.
When
I
say
unto
the
wicked
thou
shalt
surely
die
,
and
thou
givest
him
not
warning
,
nor
speakest
to
warn
the
wicked
from
his
wicked
way
to
save
his
life
,
the
same
wicked
man
shall
die
in
his
iniquity
,
but
his
blood
will
I
require
at
thine
hand
.
God
has
intrusted
You
with
the
government
of
your
Children
,
and
has
commanded
You
to
warn
them
from
their
wicked
ways
and
to
save
their
lives
,
and
if
you
do
not
warn
them
,
they
shall
die
in
their
sins
,
but
their
blood
God
will
require
at
your
hands
.
I
am
perswaded
,
the
most
careless
person
among
you
would
exclaim
against
a
wretch
that
would
murder
his
Child
,
and
say
that
no
punishment
is
too
great
for
such
a
miscreant
;
but
then
you
do
not
consider
,
that
while
you
suffer
your
Children
to
go
on
in
their
evil
ways
you
are
guilty
of
more
grievous
cruelty
,
because
you
are
doing
them
much
greater
mischief
.
Fear
not
him
that
kills
the
body
,
says
our
Saviour
,
That
is
but
a
slight
matter
to
the
other
;
you
are
doing
your
parts
towards
casting
both
body
and
soul
into
Hell
fire
.
And
what
shall
you
have
to
say
for
your selves
,
when
God
do's
call
you
to
account
for
being
so
unnatural
and
cruel
to
your
own
Children
,
to
Children
of
whom
you
now
pretend
to
be
extreamly
fond
,
and
for
whom
you
would
have
one
think
you
are
taking
a
great
deal
of
pains
.
There
is
little
doubt
to
be
made
but
that
the
greatest
part
of
mankind
do
miscarry
,
and
are
ruin'd
,
for
want
of
due
care
of
their
education
when
they
were
young
.
Train
up
a
child
(
says
King
Solomon
)
in
the
way
in
which
he
should
go
,
and
when
he
is
old
he
will
not
depart
from
it
,
Prov.
22
19.
This
commonly
holds
true
on
either
side
.
If
you
train
him
up
to
piety
and
virtue
,
't
is
most
likely
that
by
the
grace
of
God
he
will
continue
in
that
good
way
;
but
if
you
take
no
care
of
him
,
but
suffer
him
to
be
train'd
up
by
vitious
Servants
and
Examples
,
that
is
,
trained
up
by
Satan
;
't
is
very
probable
he
will
continue
in
that
service
,
and
be
always
a
child
of
wrath
and
of
hell
.
't
is
true
,
you
cannot
now
foresee
the
course
of
life
which
they
will
lead
hereafter
,
but
let
me
tell
you
that
at
the
great
day
you
will
have
occasion
to
look
back
upon
it
;
and
consider
I
beseech
you
,
what
a
sad
thing
it
will
be
if
you
are
then
forced
to
remember
that
you
did
often
wish
and
pray
for
Children
,
and
that
God
gave
them
to
you
as
Blessings
;
so
you
then
understood
his
gifts
,
and
so
God
intended
them
;
but
that
you
most
unhappily
neglected
them
when
they
were
young
,
and
they
did
fall
into
ill
courses
,
and
insensibly
contracted
many
ill
customs
and
habits
,
from
which
they
were
not
after
to
be
reclaimed
;
but
lived
an
ungodly
shameful
life
,
good
for
nothing
,
serviceable
to
no
body
,
but
a
disgrace
to
their
Family
,
and
a
curse
and
plague
to
the
Country
they
lived
in
;
and
to
see
them
condemned
to
everlasting
torments
and
misery
;
and
all
this
,
by
your
means
,
through
your
foolish
fondness
,
and
your
stupid
carelesness
and
neglects
.
Certainly
(
my
Brethren
)
if
God
should
never
call
Parents
to
account
for
this
treacherous
breach
of
trust
,
yet
the
grievous
sentence
they
must
of
necessity
pass
upon
themselves
when
they
come
to
discover
how
instrumental
they
have
been
towards
making
their
Children
everlastingly
miserable
,
ought
to
deter
them
from
being
guilty
of
so
vile
inhumanity
.
And
would
to
God
that
some
Parents
would
consider
this
before
it
be
too
late
,
who
would
take
it
very
ill
,
and
think
themselves
mightily
wronged
,
if
one
should
charge
them
with
want
of
tenderness
towards
their
Children
;
Think
,
I
pray
,
what
a
shame
it
is
that
some
of
you
should
take
a
great
deal
of
pains
and
eat
the
bread
of
carefulness
,
that
you
may
leave
a
great
Estate
to
your
Children
,
and
by
your
own
faults
leave
only
useless
and
vile
persons
to
inherit
it
;
Think
,
what
kindness
you
have
really
for
your
Children
,
whilest
you
breed
them
up
only
to
be
fit
for
Hell
;
and
what
an
horrible
thing
it
is
,
that
you
should
bestow
more
pains
,
and
costs
,
and
charges
,
it
may
be
,
upon
the
breeding
up
some
Bruit-Beasts
for
your
diversion
,
than
you
do
upon
the
Education
of
your
Sons
and
Daughters
.
It
has
been
often
said
by
wise
men
,
That
the
greatest
advantage
of
Riches
is
,
that
people
are
by
them
enabled
to
give
their
Children
the
best
sort
of
Education
that
can
be
had
.
But
alas
!
we
are
so
generally
apt
to
make
a
wrong
use
of
Gods
Blessings
,
that
too
many
Rich
Men
seem
to
think
that
the
advantage
which
they
have
above
the
meaner
sort
is
,
that
they
are
not
bound
to
bring
up
their
Children
to
any
thing
but
folly
and
vanity
.
I
have
told
You
that
the
time
will
come
when
this
will
grieve
them
to
the
heart
;
but
their
trouble
for
it
is
not
always
put
off
to
the
next
World
,
and
I
may
venture
to
say
,
that
many
a
Parent
has
lived
to
be
sadly
afflicted
when
they
came
to
be
sensible
that
their
Children
were
ruined
by
their
want
of
care
of
them
;
and
that
this
very
thing
has
lain
heavy
at
their
Hearts
,
and
made
them
melancholly
and
uneasie
in
the
midst
of
Riches
and
Honour
.
On
the
other
hand
.
Consider
I
beseech
You
,
what
a
pleasant
and
happy
thing
it
is
for
Parents
to
see
their
Children
come
to
be
men
of
Piety
and
Worth
,
to
see
them
useful
to
the
World
,
Instruments
of
God's
Glory
,
and
a
Blessing
to
mankind
.
These
are
the
blessed
joyful
effects
of
Care
and
Diligence
.
A
Man
who
breeds
up
his
Son
vertuously
,
and
makes
him
capable
of
some
useful
Station
and
Employment
,
is
a
Benefactor
to
the
World
,
and
a
Friend
of
God
,
as
Abraham
was
;
and
he
must
certainly
have
a
great
deal
of
comfort
and
rejoycing
in
his
mind
when
he
thinks
with
himself
,
that
his
Child
is
a
Child
of
God
,
and
that
he
has
brought
into
the
world
a
Blessing
to
it
,
and
has
bred
up
a
Saint
for
Heaven
.
In
the
name
of
God
then
,
let
Parents
be
perswaded
to
be
thus
kind
,
thus
just
,
thus
charitable
to
their
Children
and
to
themselves
;
to
take
this
way
to
reform
the
World
,
and
to
make
the
next
a
godly
and
happy
Age
;
to
make
their
Children
thus
useful
and
happy
,
and
to
obtain
the
respect
,
and
praises
,
and
blessing
of
mankind
for
making
them
so
happy
and
useful
.
CHAP.
II
.
The
parts
of
this
Duty
,
and
the
manner
of
performing
it
.
I
Have
laid
before
You
in
a
few
words
the
Importance
of
the
Duty
of
Parents
towards
their
Children
;
The
sum
of
which
Duty
is
,
that
Parents
must
use
all
fit
means
to
bring
up
their
Children
in
the
true
Principles
of
Religion
,
and
the
practice
of
Virtue
and
Goodness
.
And
this
requires
at
least
these
Four
things
which
I
purpose
distinctly
to
explain
to
You
.
1.
Due
Instruction
in
the
necessary
Articles
of
the
Christian
Faith
,
and
in
all
the
Duties
of
a
Christian
Life
.
2.
Good
Examples
in
the
Family
,
and
as
near
as
may
be
,
in
all
with
whom
they
converse
.
3.
Necessary
Correction
for
their
Faults
.
4.
That
they
be
brought
up
to
some
honest
Calling
,
whereby
they
may
become
serviceable
both
to
themselves
and
to
the
publick
.
1.
Children
must
be
instructed
in
the
necessary
Articles
of
Faith
,
and
the
Rules
of
Manners
.
For
no
man
is
born
either
wise
or
good
,
and
which
is
worse
,
we
do
not
come
into
the
world
with
so
much
as
an
indifferencie
towards
good
and
evil
;
but
from
the
unhappy
fall
of
our
first
Parents
,
every
one
has
brought
into
the
world
with
him
a
biass
which
makes
him
more
apt
to
receive
evil
than
good
impressions
.
And
therefore
since
't
is
not
an
easie
work
to
reconcile
a
vitious
disposition
to
the
Truth
,
but
we
find
by
experience
that
they
who
have
been
accustomed
to
delight
themselves
in
evil
deeds
,
will
always
love
darkness
rather
than
light
;
We
cannot
surely
,
if
we
have
any
tenderness
for
our
Children
,
delay
the
instructing
of
them
in
our
Religion
,
until
such
time
as
their
fondness
for
Vice
has
made
them
Enemies
unto
it
.
And
therefore
we
must
reckon
our selves
obliged
as
soon
as
we
find
them
capable
of
understanding
Us
,
to
give
them
by
degrees
such
information
,
as
may
fix
the
seeds
of
Piety
and
Virtue
in
their
Hearts
,
before
that
the
Evil
Man
,
the
sworn
Enemy
of
their
happiness
,
has
cast
in
his
tares
.
It
is
my
desire
that
persons
of
the
meanest
capacity
may
receive
some
benefit
by
this
Discourse
,
and
to
that
end
I
shall
lay
before
you
the
sum
of
what
you
are
mainly
to
press
upon
your
Children
in
as
plain
and
familiar
a
way
as
I
can
,
by
recommending
three
things
to
your
care
and
practice
.
1.
That
as
soon
as
you
find
your
Children
capable
of
understanding
any
thing
,
you
will
teach
them
to
love
God
To
which
purpose
,
put
them
often
in
mind
,
that
God
at
first
made
them
,
and
do's
now
protect
them
from
dangers
,
that
't
is
from
him
that
they
have
their
Food
and
Raiment
,
and
every
thing
that
is
comfortable
to
them
,
that
he
only
can
keep
them
in
health
and
preserve
them
from
many
mischiefs
and
ill
accidents
.
Tell
them
often
,
that
God
is
a
kind
,
and
loving
,
and
gracious
Father
to
them
,
and
that
't
is
from
his
love
and
kindness
that
they
have
received
every
thing
that
they
have
,
and
that
from
the
very
same
love
they
must
hope
for
all
that
is
desirable
;
and
therefore
that
at
least
they
must
love
him
who
has
been
so
good
to
them
;
for
they
did
neither
deserve
this
from
him
,
nor
are
they
able
to
make
any
requital
;
and
that
if
they
are
willing
to
love
this
good
God
,
they
must
shew
it
by
being
very
desirous
to
please
him
.
If
you
can
but
once
fix
this
Principle
in
their
hearts
,
that
God
has
such
kind
intentions
towards
them
,
that
he
will
make
them
for
ever
happy
,
if
they
do
but
desire
and
endeavour
to
please
him
,
and
that
they
cannot
be
unhappy
if
they
do
but
love
him
with
all
their
hearts
,
and
make
it
appear
that
they
love
him
by
keeping
his
Commandments
,
this
will
be
a
steddy
foundation
of
a
great
deal
of
Piety
and
Goodness
.
For
it
will
make
them
afraid
of
doing
any
thing
that
wou'd
displease
him
,
and
make
them
take
pleasure
and
delight
in
what
they
are
told
he
loves
.
And
as
they
grow
older
,
they
will
oftner
have
occasion
to
take
notice
of
,
and
to
make
remarks
upon
the
kindness
and
goodness
of
God
,
and
so
that
desire
of
pleasing
him
will
increase
and
grow
stronger
in
them
.
But
then
you
must
first
put
them
into
the
way
of
making
such
observations
as
these
,
you
must
use
them
to
mark
and
consider
these
acts
of
God's
Providence
,
by
which
he
doth
every
day
shew
forth
his
goodness
and
loving
kindness
towards
them
;
such
as
his
daily
supplying
them
with
those
things
that
are
needful
to
make
their
lives
easy
and
comfortable
,
his
preserving
them
from
those
many
dangers
and
mischances
which
they
see
often
befall
others
,
and
his
enabling
them
to
resist
the
temptations
of
the
Devil
,
and
of
wicked
people
,
and
to
master
their
own
evil
inclinations
.
From
whence
you
may
also
take
an
occasion
often
to
put
them
in
mind
that
they
can
do
nothing
that
is
good
,
nothing
that
will
please
God
,
without
the
grace
and
assistance
of
his
holy
Spirit
,
and
that
they
must
upon
that
account
pray
every
day
for
the
Grace
,
and
beg
heartily
and
earnestly
that
God
will
enable
them
to
do
all
things
according
to
his
holy
will
.
And
after
that
you
have
for
some
time
thus
trained
up
your
Children
to
discern
and
take
notice
of
the
kindness
and
goodness
of
God
in
the
common
and
daily
instances
of
it
,
you
may
by
degrees
inform
them
of
higher
matters
,
and
make
them
understand
that
wonderful
and
undeserved
favour
and
love
of
his
,
in
sending
our
blessed
Saviour
Jesus
Christ
to
take
our
nature
upon
him
,
and
to
die
for
us
,
that
he
might
reconcile
us
to
God
whom
we
had
offended
,
and
procure
pardon
for
all
our
sins
,
and
make
us
again
capable
of
his
favour
and
of
everlasting
happiness
This
must
certainly
increase
their
love
for
God
and
make
them
more
earnest
and
Zealous
to
please
him
,
when
they
come
to
know
that
his
kindness
for
them
was
so
great
that
he
would
not
spare
his
only
Son
from
death
,
when
his
dying
might
obtain
for
them
such
unspeakable
Blessings
.
And
that
love
and
thankfullness
which
such
considerations
as
these
may
raise
in
their
hearts
will
undoubtedly
have
a
powerful
influence
over
their
whole
lives
,
and
lead
them
naturally
to
the
performance
of
every
Christian
duty
with
cheerfulness
,
when
they
come
to
be
fully
instructed
in
it
.
2dly
,
Teach
them
to
love
all
mankind
.
Our
Saviour
has
taught
us
to
join
together
these
two
main
Duties
,
Mat
.
22.37
.
Thou
shalt
love
the
Lord
thy
God
with
all
thy
heart
,
and
with
all
thy
soul
,
and
with
all
thy
mind
,
this
is
the
first
and
great
Commandment
;
And
the
second
is
like
unto
it
,
Thou
shalt
love
thy
neighbour
as
thy self
.
On
these
two
Commandments
hang
all
the
Law
and
the
Prophets
.
That
is
,
These
are
the
two
principal
duties
of
every
Man
,
and
if
he
do's
perform
them
as
he
ought
,
they
will
easily
lead
him
into
the
practice
of
the
rest
.
When
therefore
you
have
perswaded
your
Children
to
love
God
,
endeavour
next
to
make
them
sensible
that
God
is
very
much
pleased
when
he
sees
that
we
do
love
one
another
;
for
we
are
all
brethren
,
we
have
all
of
us
one
and
the
same
God
for
our
Father
,
one
and
the
same
Saviour
who
died
for
us
all
,
one
Faith
,
one
Hope
,
ane
Baptism
,
and
we
are
all
labouring
to
be
by
the
mercy
of
God
,
and
the
merits
of
his
Son
,
made
happy
together
in
the
same
Heaven
.
Lay
these
things
often
before
them
,
and
take
all
occasions
to
make
them
understand
the
reasonableness
of
loving
the
fellow
Christians
,
and
teach
them
in
all
their
actions
and
behaviour
to
observe
that
great
and
comprehensive
Rule
of
Love
and
Equity
given
us
by
our
Saviour
,
of
doing
as
we
would
be
done
unto
,
and
of
doing
nothing
to
other
men
which
we
should
think
unjust
and
unreasonable
to
be
done
to
us
by
them
,
if
we
were
in
their
condition
and
they
in
ours
.
Do
but
once
bring
them
to
the
practice
of
this
Rule
,
and
it
will
insensibly
draw
them
into
the
practice
of
many
vertues
and
duties
.
And
in
order
to
make
way
for
this
love
of
their
Neighbours
,
be
sure
often
to
discourage
and
disgrace
before
them
all
sorts
and
degrees
of
ill-nature
,
and
to
make
them
hate
the
doing
of
any
thing
that
is
hurtful
and
injurious
to
others
;
and
be
sure
never
to
allow
them
to
do
any
thing
out
of
Spight
and
Envy
,
or
Revenge
,
but
make
them
look
upon
those
as
black
and
odious
Vices
.
Teach
them
to
pity
those
whom
they
see
in
distress
and
misery
,
and
let
them
see
that
you
do
take
delight
in
relieving
and
doing
good
to
those
who
are
in
great
want
and
cannot
help
themselves
.
Put
them
in
mind
that
when
they
do
good
,
and
kindnesses
to
others
,
they
do
imitate
God
,
and
do
like
the
Father
of
all
mercies
&
consolations
,
but
when
they
do
hurt
and
mischief
to
any
,
they
are
like
to
the
Devil
,
and
the
accursed
Spirits
in
Hell
.
Shew
them
how
impossible
it
is
that
they
should
live
happily
and
securely
,
and
at
ease
in
this
world
,
without
the
help
,
and
love
,
and
kindness
of
many
other
people
;
and
therefore
that
it
is
but
just
and
reasonable
that
they
should
take
their
turns
of
doing
kindnesses
to
others
;
and
to
encourage
them
to
it
,
let
them
know
that
God
has
the
greatest
kindness
for
those
people
who
do
take
most
pains
to
do
good
in
the
world
,
and
to
promote
the
common
happiness
of
mankind
.
If
you
can
once
convince
them
of
this
,
and
make
them
ambitious
of
being
God's
Instruments
of
doing
good
,
I
am
perswaded
it
will
prevail
more
effectually
upon
them
to
undertake
the
trouble
and
toil
which
Children
are
put
to
to
attain
to
Learning
and
Trades
(
in
order
to
make
them
in
some
sort
useful
and
beneficial
to
mankind
hereafter
)
than
most
other
arguments
that
you
can
think
of
.
And
here
,
before
I
leave
this
Head
of
Instructing
your
Children
in
the
love
of
their
Neighbours
,
I
must
earnestly
exhort
you
of
whatever
perswasion
you
are
,
to
imprint
early
in
your
Children
an
inclination
to
love
goodness
,
and
the
Image
of
God
,
wheresoever
they
appear
.
Let
them
remember
that
God
is
no
Respecter
of
Persons
,
that
he
Favours
no
man
for
being
of
this
or
that
party
,
but
among
all
people
they
that
fear
God
and
work
righteousness
are
accepted
of
him
;
and
that
if
they
woud
be
like
him
,
and
his
Children
indeed
,
they
must
love
those
whom
he
loves
.
Especially
by
no
means
suffer
them
to
learn
little
scoffs
or
by-words
against
any
persons
way
of
worshipping
God
,
who
differs
from
that
way
in
which
they
are
brought
up
.
For
Religion
is
a
serious
thing
,
and
the
concern
of
the
Soul
,
and
the
making
light
of
it
on
any
account
tho
it
be
against
a
way
that
we
do
not
approve
of
,
do's
tend
to
create
a
contempt
of
all
that
is
truly
serious
and
sacred
.
Let
me
intreat
you
therefore
to
be
careful
what
examples
you
do
set
your
Children
in
this
respect
,
and
not
to
let
them
hear
you
revile
and
disparage
your
Neighbours
on
account
of
their
different
persuasions
or
professions
;
for
tho
we
are
not
all
of
one
mind
or
of
one
way
in
those
matters
,
yet
all
who
truly
love
and
serve
God
,
ought
to
behave
themselves
towards
one
another
as
Children
of
the
same
heavenly
Father
;
and
if
you
teach
your
Children
to
take
up
prejudices
against
people
,
because
of
their
different
Opinions
in
Religion
,
this
will
by
degrees
beget
an
aversion
towards
them
also
upon
other
accounts
,
and
destroy
that
universal
love
and
good
will
which
I
have
exhorted
you
by
all
means
to
endeavour
to
promote
and
encourage
in
them
,
as
that
which
may
prepare
and
form
their
minds
for
that
blessed
Society
and
Conversation
hereafter
,
where
shall
be
nothing
but
peace
and
love
.
3dly
,
Teach
them
to
love
themselves
.
You
must
not
think
this
an
unnecessary
work
,
because
it
is
a
principle
that
we
do
bring
into
the
world
with
us
;
for
it
is
plain
that
this
very
principle
of
loving
our selves
,
for
want
of
due
instruction
,
does
often
prove
our
ruine
.
For
we
are
commonly
apt
to
think
,
that
when
we
love
our
foolish
lusts
,
and
do
most
indulge
and
gratify
our
unreasonable
appetites
and
desires
,
we
do
then
chiefly
love
our selves
.
Whereas
in
good
truth
,
this
is
hating
our selves
,
and
loving
our
most
deadly
and
cruel
Enemies
.
Teach
your
Children
therefore
after
what
manner
they
may
really
and
in
good
earnest
love
themselves
,
so
as
to
do
themselves
good
and
make
themselves
happy
.
Teach
them
to
love
their
Bodies
,
and
therefore
to
endeavour
to
preserve
their
Health
and
Strength
,
by
Temperance
,
Chastity
,
and
Industry
;
and
to
preserve
their
Lives
and
Limbs
,
by
a
kind
affable
,
inoffensive
behaviour
towards
all
Men
.
Make
them
afraid
to
pull
down
Diseases
upon
themselves
by
Riot
and
Intemperance
,
by
a
disorderly
way
of
living
,
by
keeping
ill
Hours
,
and
making
that
use
of
the
Night
which
God
has
ordained
the
Day
for
,
and
Sleeping
in
the
Day
which
is
given
us
to
work
in
;
and
make
them
afraid
to
provoke
furious
and
bloody
Men
,
to
wound
or
to
kill
them
,
by
offering
them
any
Injury
either
in
word
or
deed
.
Teach
them
to
love
their
Souls
,
and
therefore
to
endeavour
to
please
God
,
that
so
they
may
be
for
ever
happy
with
Him
in
Heaven
;
to
love
the
ease
and
peace
of
their
Minds
,
and
therefore
to
keep
themselves
innocent
from
Sin
,
the
guilt
of
which
is
the
most
fretting
and
vexatious
thing
in
the
world
;
and
to
subdue
those
passions
,
which
if
they
suffer
to
be
headstrong
and
unruly
,
will
give
them
abundance
of
trouble
.
Let
them
not
give
way
to
intemperate
Wrath
and
Fury
,
to
the
desire
of
Revenge
,
to
Malice
and
to
Hatred
;
for
these
are
so
many
Evil
Spirits
,
which
if
entertained
and
countenanced
,
will
not
fail
often
to
haunt
their
minds
,
and
to
disturb
their
rests
,
with
ugly
and
frightful
Apparitions
.
And
as
one
great
instance
of
love
to
themselves
,
let
them
learn
to
improve
themselves
in
Knowledg
and
Wisdom
,
and
to
encrease
those
natural
perfections
and
faculties
which
make
men
truly
valuable
,
and
are
the
main
reasons
why
they
should
love
themselves
.
And
you
may
withall
make
them
consider
the
dignity
of
their
Nature
,
and
the
excellency
of
their
Reason
.
Put
them
often
in
mind
that
they
are
the
workmanship
of
God
himself
,
amd
made
by
Him
after
His
own
Image
;
that
He
has
given
them
Souls
capable
of
seeing
and
discerning
what
is
good
and
excellent
,
and
of
choosing
what
they
see
to
be
worthy
of
their
choice
,
and
what
a
pity
it
is
that
all
this
should
be
to
no
purpose
.
And
,
tho
't
is
a
poor
,
and
weak
,
and
foolish
thing
to
be
proud
,
and
you
must
discourage
all
the
beginings
of
that
Vice
because
't
is
one
of
the
most
succesful
Instruments
that
the
Devil
do's
make
use
of
to
turn
us
away
from
God
;
yet
you
will
find
it
needful
to
possess
them
with
a
due
opinion
and
esteem
of
the
excellency
of
their
Souls
,
and
to
make
them
have
a
due
regard
and
respect
for
themselves
.
For
this
will
make
them
scorn
to
do
any
thing
that
is
pittiful
and
unreasonable
,
any
thing
that
will
debase
their
Souls
,
and
make
them
vile
and
contemptible
;
and
it
will
help
to
set
them
above
all
those
mean
and
dirty
vices
which
argue
men
to
be
of
a
paultry
,
brutish
spirit
.
To
which
purpose
,
endeavour
as
early
as
you
can
to
raise
in
them
some
sense
of
Honour
,
to
have
a
value
for
their
good
name
,
and
for
the
good
opinion
of
wise
and
good
men
,
and
to
scorn
and
abhor
the
doing
of
any
thing
which
may
destroy
their
reputation
among
sober
and
vertuous
people
.
These
(
my
Brethren
)
are
some
of
the
things
which
I
heartily
wish
you
would
take
pains
to
instill
into
the
minds
of
your
Children
,
as
soon
as
they
are
capable
of
them
.
You
see
they
are
no
mysteries
,
T
is
only
to
teach
them
to
love
God
who
made
them
,
and
their
Saviour
who
died
to
redeem
them
;
and
this
will
easily
bring
them
to
pay
due
Honour
,
and
Worship
,
and
Obedience
to
so
great
benefactors
;
To
love
their
Neighbours
,
and
this
will
incline
them
to
Justice
,
and
Equity
,
and
Charity
;
and
to
love
themselves
,
and
then
they
will
neither
hurt
their
bodies
by
intemperance
,
not
provoke
others
to
hurt
them
;
nor
make
their
souls
mean
and
vile
,
nor
force
God
to
make
them
miserable
,
by
sin
and
wickedness
.
And
I
am
sure
that
these
Parents
who
do
set
themselves
heartily
to
infuse
those
Principles
into
their
Children
,
and
do
beg
of
God
that
they
may
have
good
success
in
these
endeavours
of
theirs
which
are
so
pleasing
to
him
,
cannot
want
any
day
an
opportunity
of
doing
something
towards
it
:
but
will
meet
with
some
new
argument
,
either
in
the
goodness
of
God
,
or
in
the
behaviour
of
other
persons
whom
they
see
and
converse
with
,
or
in
the
Children
themselves
,
to
urge
and
press
most
of
these
things
upon
them
.
And
as
one
mighty
help
towards
this
good
work
,
let
me
beseech
you
to
have
your
Children
taught
to
read
the
Bible
,
especially
the
Historical
Books
of
it
;
and
shew
them
as
they
go
along
the
way
,
to
take
notice
of
the
goodness
and
love
of
God
towards
those
people
who
were
good
,
and
of
his
hatred
and
wrath
against
the
wicked
and
disobedient
.
The
great
reason
why
some
Children
do
read
the
Bible
,
and
are
not
much
the
better
for
it
,
is
that
their
Parents
do
not
put
them
into
the
way
of
making
themselves
the
wiser
by
it
.
For
they
often
think
they
have
done
enough
,
if
they
have
taught
them
to
repeat
something
concerning
Wars
and
Fighting
,
the
strength
of
Sampson
,
the
bigness
of
Goliah
,
and
the
age
of
Methuselah
,
and
such
like
things
,
which
are
extraordinary
and
wonderful
,
How
much
more
wou'd
it
tend
to
their
advantage
,
if
you
wou'd
make
them
take
notice
,
that
Sampson
was
ruined
by
following
an
ill
Woman
;
that
God
did
assist
David
because
he
was
good
,
and
did
please
him
,
to
kill
that
Giant
who
was
a
wicked
Heathen
,
and
an
Enemy
of
God's
people
?
That
God
did
suffer
men
to
live
so
long
before
the
Flood
,
because
of
their
great
piety
and
goodness
,
and
that
,
as
all
the
world
except
eight
persons
were
destroyed
,
so
the
age
of
men
was
shortned
,
for
their
sins
?
To
recommend
to
them
the
Patience
of
Job
,
the
Meekness
of
Moses
,
the
Love
of
Joseph
to
his
Brethren
,
and
the
great
Care
that
all
good
Men
took
to
please
God
,
and
how
God
did
condescend
to
own
them
as
his
Friends
for
it
;
and
to
make
them
observe
how
happy
the
People
of
Israel
were
when
they
served
God
,
and
what
miseries
he
brought
upon
them
as
often
as
they
rebelled
against
him
.
If
you
will
use
your
Children
to
make
such
remarks
as
these
upon
the
Stories
they
meet
with
in
the
Bible
,
you
will
find
it
turn
to
very
good
account
.
And
that
they
may
have
the
substance
of
their
duty
constantly
before
their
Eyes
,
and
well
imprinted
in
their
Memories
,
I
conceive
it
to
be
absolutely
necessary
that
they
be
made
to
learn
by
heart
some
Catechism
;
and
I
cannot
recommend
any
one
so
fit
for
the
younger
fort
as
the
Catechism
set
forth
by
our
Church
in
the
Common-Prayer-Book
,
which
was
Composed
by
those
Wise
and
Excellent
Men
who
first
Reformed
our
Church
from
the
Corruptions
of
Popery
,
and
who
laid
down
their
Lives
in
defence
of
the
Reformation
.
And
I
conceive
this
Catechism
has
the
advantages
of
most
others
in
at
least
one
of
these
three
points
.
1.
It
is
Solid
and
Orthodox
.
The
matters
contained
in
it
are
for
the
most
part
consented
to
by
all
the
Christian
Churches
in
the
World
,
and
they
are
agreeable
to
the
Doctrin
of
the
Scriptures
,
and
of
the
antient
Church
.
The
Apostles
Creed
is
collected
out
of
the
Bible
,
and
as
to
the
main
has
been
just
what
it
is
,
near
these
1500
Years
.
The
Commandments
and
the
Lords
Prayer
are
word
for
word
taken
out
of
the
Bible
,
and
the
Duties
towards
God
and
their
Neighbour
are
the
substance
of
what
is
required
in
the
Commandments
.
And
the
Doctrine
of
the
Sacraments
is
the
Doctrine
of
Jesus
Christ
,
of
St.
Paul
,
and
of
the
Primitive
Fathers
.
2dly
.
This
Catechism
is
plain
and
easie
to
be
understood
by
Children
.
The
stile
is
not
difficult
,
it
has
no
hard
words
,
nothing
but
the
plain
necessary
Articles
of
Belief
,
and
matters
of
common
duty
and
practice
,
sum'd
up
after
such
a
manner
as
may
best
suit
with
the
capacities
of
those
for
whom
it
is
designed
.
There
is
nothing
in
it
but
what
may
be
apprehended
by
a
very
mean
share
of
understanding
;
No
disputable
Points
which
are
fit
only
for
Scholars
;
No
mysterious
speculations
which
carry
men
out
of
sight
into
the
Clouds
,
but
all
that
it
contains
,
are
the
words
of
truth
and
soberness
.
And
3dly
.
Tho
this
Catechism
be
so
full
and
compreprehensive
as
to
contain
the
substance
of
all
necessary
things
,
yet
't
is
so
admirably
well
contrived
as
to
be
no
great
burthen
to
the
memory
of
a
Child
.
They
have
here
all
the
fundamental
Articles
of
the
Christian
Faith
,
all
the
distinct
parts
of
our
Duties
towards
God
,
our
Neighbours
and
our Selves
;
a
full
account
of
our
Covenant
with
God
thro
Christ
in
Baptism
,
and
of
the
nature
,
and
use
,
and
benefits
of
both
the
Sacraments
,
all
sum'd
up
in
so
few
words
that
't
is
no
hard
matter
for
a
Child
to
learn
to
repeat
them
all
.
In
a
word
,
this
Catechism
is
so
skilfully
and
judiciously
composed
,
that
I
fear
it
will
one
day
rise
up
in
judgment
against
a
great
many
Parents
who
neglect
to
make
their
Children
partakers
of
the
benefits
of
it
.
And
this
is
what
I
thought
necessary
to
be
spoken
concerning
the
Instruction
of
your
Children
.
2.
The
second
Duty
I
mentioned
,
is
that
you
must
endeavour
that
your
Children
may
have
good
Examples
in
your
Families
,
and
as
near
as
you
can
,
abroad
too
.
For
without
your
care
in
this
particular
,
your
pains
laid
out
in
instructing
them
will
be
in
danger
of
being
lost
upon
them
.
For
if
they
see
you
earnest
in
perswading
them
to
serve
God
,
and
yet
very
negligent
in
that
service
your selves
;
for
Example
,
If
you
tell
them
that
they
must
honour
the
Scriptures
as
the
Word
of
God
,
and
yet
when
Prophane
,
Atheistical
People
come
to
you
,
your
Children
hear
you
and
them
speak
irreverently
of
those
Holy
Books
,
and
of
the
things
contained
in
them
;
if
you
send
them
to
Church
and
stay
at
home
your selves
;
if
you
teach
them
the
Fourth
Commandment
,
and
yet
in
your
own
practice
make
no
distinction
between
the
Lords
Day
and
the
other
days
of
the
week
,
unless
it
be
that
on
that
day
you
do
quit
the
works
of
your
Calling
,
and
give
your selves
wholly
to
Idleness
,
or
what
St.
Paul
terms
the
works
of
the
flesh
;
If
you
tell
them
that
they
must
honour
the
Name
of
God
,
and
not
take
it
in
vain
,
and
yet
Swear
and
Curse
before
them
every
day
;
Do
not
you
think
,
do
not
too
many
of
you
find
by
sad
experience
,
that
they
will
take
more
notice
of
what
you
do
your selves
,
than
of
what
you
teach
them
to
do
,
and
that
they
will
be
much
apter
to
follow
your
Examples
than
your
Advice
?
Nay
,
if
you
do
not
behave
your selves
thus
wickedly
before
them
,
yet
if
you
keep
Servants
in
your
Houses
who
are
prophane
and
wicked
;
or
if
you
suffer
your
Children
to
converse
abroad
with
other
Children
,
who
have
been
neglected
by
their
Parents
,
and
(
as
it
is
now
too
common
)
left
to
themselves
,
and
to
what
they
can
learn
from
wicked
Servants
,
and
from
other
wicked
Children
;
what
effect
can
you
hope
that
your
Instructions
will
have
upon
them
?
All
sorts
of
Examples
,
most
of
all
wicked
ones
,
do
provoke
imitation
,
and
especially
in
those
who
are
young
;
and
therefore
if
you
have
a
true
and
hearty
concern
for
your
Childrens
being
taught
the
ways
of
God
,
set
them
a
good
Example
your selves
,
and
let
them
discern
and
take
notice
of
your
Piety
,
your
Charity
,
your
Temperance
and
Sobriety
.
Do
not
think
that
you
can
perswade
them
to
say
their
Prayers
constantly
while
they
never
find
that
you
say
yours
;
and
if
they
hear
you
speak
evil
of
Gods
Ministers
,
you
may
assure
your selves
they
will
pay
little
regard
to
their
Sermons
:
Or
if
they
hear
you
talk
spightfully
and
maliciously
of
other
Men
,
and
vow
to
be
revenged
upon
such
as
have
disobliged
you
,
and
to
do
them
all
the
mischief
you
can
;
how
do
you
think
you
shall
be
able
to
perswade
them
to
be
meek
,
and
loving
,
and
peaceable
,
and
to
forgive
their
Enemies
?
And
to
name
no
more
instances
;
if
you
let
them
see
you
often
Drunk
,
and
like
Beasts
,
you
cannot
expect
that
your
Instructions
of
Sobriety
and
Temperance
(
if
you
should
be
minded
to
give
them
such
)
can
have
any
influence
upon
them
.
Whereas
on
the
other
hand
,
if
you
do
in
your
own
persons
practise
before
them
all
those
Vertues
and
Graces
which
you
recommend
to
them
,
if
you
make
your
Servants
talk
,
and
behave
themselves
,
vertuously
before
them
;
and
if
,
as
near
as
you
can
,
you
suffer
them
to
converse
with
no
other
Children
but
those
who
are
bred
up
in
the
fear
of
God
;
you
may
reasonably
hope
to
see
the
fruits
of
your
pains
in
instructing
them
,
and
to
rejoyce
in
the
good
effects
of
them
.
3dly
.
You
must
add
to
this
,
due
and
moderate
Correction
.
For
it
is
not
to
be
expected
that
either
your
good
instructions
or
examples
will
be
always
able
to
prevail
upon
their
Children
tho
they
be
ever
so
towardly
;
but
sometimes
their
own
disorderly
inclinations
,
sometimes
the
evil
examples
of
Servants
or
of
other
Children
will
have
greater
influence
over
them
.
And
therefore
K.
Solomon
do's
in
many
places
of
the
Book
of
Proverbs
,
with
a
great
deal
of
earnestness
,
press
Parents
to
use
the
Rod
of
Correction
,
in
order
to
reclaim
them
from
evil
courses
.
But
then
it
must
be
used
discreetly
and
after
such
a
manner
as
may
best
answer
the
design
of
it
,
and
bring
them
to
diligence
&
obedience
For
if
you
correct
them
in
a
fury
they
'l
think
you
do
it
only
to
satisfy
your
passion
,
but
if
you
do
it
with
mildness
and
calmness
,
you
may
convince
them
that
you
do
it
out
of
love
to
them
,
and
for
their
good
.
And
when
you
have
by
good
Instruction
,
and
good
Examples
,
and
prudent
and
seasonable
correction
,
brought
your
Children
to
a
good
and
vertuous
temper
and
disposition
of
mind
;
you
must
not
think
that
you
have
acquitted
your selves
of
all
that
lay
upon
you
to
do
for
them
.
4.
But
4thly
,
you
must
bring
them
up
to
some
honest
Calling
,
or
have
them
instructed
in
some
Arts
and
Sciences
,
which
may
render
them
useful
to
themselves
and
to
the
publick
.
For
God
has
put
us
all
into
the
World
with
a
design
that
every
one
of
us
shou'd
do
something
towards
promoting
the
publick
good
and
happiness
of
it
;
and
no
man
who
has
any
thing
of
a
Soul
in
him
above
that
of
a
Brute
,
can
possibly
think
that
his
business
here
is
only
like
that
of
a
Beast
,
to
eat
,
and
drink
,
and
sleep
,
and
to
be
the
cause
that
more
Brutes
come
into
the
World
,
and
afterwards
to
die
.
No
,
we
have
every
one
of
us
some
part
or
other
to
Act
,
some
part
set
us
by
our
great
Master
;
and
you
'l
do
well
to
consider
,
that
if
you
do
not
bring
up
your
Children
to
be
fit
to
do
their
parts
in
the
Service
of
God
and
of
mankind
,
you
will
give
the
Devil
a
fair
opportunity
to
employ
them
in
his
Service
,
and
in
doing
of
mischief
to
themselves
or
others
.
For
there
is
nothing
that
do's
expose
a
man
to
more
Sins
than
Idleness
,
and
having
nothing
to
do
;
and
if
you
look
abroad
you
'l
find
that
no
men
are
generally
more
unhappy
,
or
do
fall
into
more
extravagances
and
misfortunes
,
than
those
persons
whose
time
do's
lye
heavy
upon
their
hands
,
because
that
by
the
neglect
of
their
Parents
they
grew
to
be
men
without
being
brought
up
to
be
fit
for
any
thing
.
Enquire
,
who
are
the
Libertines
and
Atheists
,
who
are
the
Despisers
of
Religion
and
profest
Enemies
of
Morality
and
Goodness
,
who
are
most
profane
and
debaucht
,
the
greatest
scandal
to
their
Family
,
and
shame
and
grief
to
their
Friends
;
and
examine
how
they
came
to
be
so
,
and
you
'l
be
satisfied
,
that
Idleness
,
want
of
Employment
,
and
that
,
occasioned
by
want
of
good
Education
,
were
mainly
the
causes
of
all
this
.
I
do
not
mean
,
that
every
one
when
he
is
young
,
must
be
bound
to
learn
some
Manual
Trade
,
and
work
with
their
hands
;
for
there
are
Callings
and
Employments
for
all
sorts
and
conditions
of
Men
,
and
some
of
them
do
require
only
the
labour
of
the
Head
and
of
the
Mind
;
but
this
I
may
venture
to
say
,
That
every
Parent
is
bound
to
do
their
part
towards
qualifying
their
Children
to
serve
the
World
,
and
to
be
useful
to
mankind
after
some
sort
or
other
.
They
who
are
not
rich
enough
to
breed
up
their
Children
to
Learning
,
may
breed
them
up
to
some
honest
Trade
and
Calling
,
or
Employment
;
and
even
those
who
are
so
poor
that
they
can
scarce
do
that
,
may
have
them
taught
to
Read
;
the
neglect
of
which
is
the
great
cause
of
that
fatal
Ignorance
which
do's
so
lamentably
reign
among
the
meaner
sort
of
People
.
And
,
which
is
very
strange
,
tho
you
shall
hear
many
Parents
bemoan
their
misfortune
that
they
were
not
taught
to
read
themselves
,
and
it
may
be
with
some
reflections
upon
their
Parents
;
yet
when
it
comes
to
their
turn
,
you
'l
see
them
act
as
if
that
neglect
were
hereditary
to
them
,
and
suffer
their
young
ones
to
spend
their
whole
time
,
in
meer
Idleness
,
and
in
learning
of
Vice
and
Wickedness
.
Nor
must
those
whom
God
has
blessed
with
Riches
,
think
that
they
are
therefore
exempted
from
any
obligation
of
this
kind
,
but
on
the
contrary
they
will
find
his
rule
to
be
,
that
to
whom
much
is
given
,
from
them
shall
more
be
required
;
and
it
will
be
found
at
long
run
,
if
they
fail
to
give
their
Children
due
Education
,
that
the
Fortunes
they
leave
them
will
prove
Curses
instead
of
Blessings
;
and
if
it
pleases
God
in
his
providence
to
deprive
their
Children
of
that
Wealth
,
whom
do
you
see
in
such
circumstances
more
shiftless
and
miserable
than
the
Sons
of
Gentlemen
,
whose
Parents
depended
so
much
upon
the
Estates
they
were
to
leave
them
,
that
they
bred
them
up
fit
for
nothing
.
The
chief
causes
of
which
common
fault
I
take
to
be
a
mistake
that
runs
in
too
many
peoples
Heads
,
that
all
sorts
of
Learning
and
Professions
are
to
be
looked
on
only
as
so
many
Trades
,
and
ways
of
getting
ones
maintenance
,
and
that
therefore
those
who
are
able
to
leave
their
Children
a
great
deal
of
Wealth
,
as
they
scorn
to
put
them
to
any
inferiour
Callings
,
so
they
need
not
breed
them
up
Scholars
.
But
then
,
this
while
they
have
no
notion
of
the
common
Good
,
no
concern
for
the
service
and
benefit
of
the
World
,
no
regard
to
the
particular
advantages
that
their
Children
themselves
might
receive
by
the
improvement
of
their
faculties
.
There
are
Professions
and
Employments
fit
for
Gentlemen
,
and
not
below
the
pains
of
Persons
of
higher
rank
and
quality
.
In
antient
times
it
was
the
great
ambition
of
Men
of
Quality
to
breed
up
their
Sons
to
the
study
of
Divinity
,
not
barely
to
make
them
capable
of
Preferments
,
which
they
might
by
their
Interest
procure
for
them
,
however
deserving
or
undeserving
they
were
,
which
is
often
done
in
the
Church
of
Rome
,
but
out
of
true
zeal
for
the
Service
of
God
and
His
Church
.
And
it
may
be
justly
said
for
the
honour
of
the
Reformation
,
that
seldom
any
of
the
Sons
of
Noblemen
or
Gentlemen
were
bred
up
to
the
Ministry
but
they
became
eminent
both
for
their
Learning
and
Piety
.
't
was
the
Service
of
Gods
Church
that
those
good
Men
of
old
did
chiefly
intend
in
making
their
Sons
Clergymen
;
and
there
are
many
reasons
why
Men
of
good
Birth
or
Honourable
Descent
may
prove
eminently
serviceable
in
the
Church
,
if
they
be
equally
humble
,
and
industrious
.
Besides
this
,
the
study
of
the
Laws
of
the
Land
,
and
that
most
useful
and
necessary
study
of
Physick
have
in
all
Ages
been
accounted
honourable
,
and
no
Person
of
Quality
will
be
in
danger
of
degrading
himself
by
his
application
to
these
Studies
,
unless
the
Age
do's
become
wholly
barbarous
:
I
shall
not
say
how
far
Idleness
,
and
being
good
for
nothing
do's
degrade
persons
of
Honourable
Extraction
in
the
Eyes
of
Wise
Men
;
but
this
I
may
lay
down
as
a
certain
Rule
,
that
people
of
all
conditions
,
who
would
have
their
Children
brought
up
to
be
good
Christians
,
must
bring
them
up
when
they
are
young
to
something
that
may
employ
them
when
they
come
to
be
Men
;
for
,
if
something
that
may
accomplish
them
,
or
make
them
useful
to
their
Generation
,
do's
not
employ
their
time
;
You
may
assure
your selves
that
Satan
will
find
work
for
them
.
CHAP.
III
.
Of
Confirmation
.
IN
the
Introduction
to
this
Discourse
I
did
intimate
to
you
that
altho
the
Name
and
Form
of
Confirmation
be
peculiar
to
the
Established
Church
,
yet
in
what
I
shall
offer
to
you
concerning
it
,
you
will
find
the
substance
of
it
agreed
to
by
all
Protestants
who
do
allow
of
the
Baptizing
of
Infants
.
For
as
far
as
I
can
learn
,
they
do
all
hold
it
to
be
reasonable
and
fit
that
those
who
have
been
so
Baptiz'd
,
should
,
when
they
come
to
Years
of
Discretion
,
take
upon
themselves
the
Vow
which
was
made
in
their
names
by
others
;
And
that
this
should
be
done
before
they
be
admitted
to
the
Holy
Communion
.
And
this
was
also
done
constantly
in
the
Primitive
Church
.
When
Children
arrived
to
years
of
competent
ripeness
and
maturity
they
were
brought
to
the
Bishop
,
and
did
publickly
and
solemnly
in
his
presence
ratifie
that
compact
which
they
had
made
with
God
in
Baptism
,
and
declare
their
Resolution
of
continuing
in
the
Faith
of
Christ
,
and
in
obedience
to
Gods
Holy
Commandments
.
Upon
which
the
Bishop
did
lay
his
Hands
upon
them
,
and
Bless
them
in
the
Name
of
God
;
imploring
over
them
his
Grace
and
Assistance
to
confirm
them
in
those
good
Resolutions
,
and
to
enable
them
to
perform
those
Vows
and
Purposes
,
and
that
Profession
of
Faith
which
they
had
before
embraced
in
Baptism
,
and
then
again
owned
before
the
whole
Congregation
;
and
till
this
was
done
they
were
not
admitted
to
the
Holy
Communion
.
The
reason
why
this
was
required
to
be
done
before
the
Bishop
,
and
why
the
laying
on
of
Hands
was
reserved
solely
to
Him
,
was
partly
in
respect
of
the
Bishop
,
and
partly
of
those
who
were
so
Confirmed
.
In
respect
of
the
Bishop
it
was
considered
,
That
the
Care
of
all
the
Souls
in
his
Diocess
was
committed
to
Him
with
the
respective
Ministers
under
his
Conduct
;
and
therefore
seeing
they
had
all
of
them
power
to
Baptize
and
bring
Persons
into
the
Church
without
his
knowledge
,
it
was
thought
fit
that
the
Persons
so
brought
in
should
be
presented
to
the
Bishop
and
renew
their
Baptismal
Vow
in
his
presence
,
before
they
were
admitted
to
the
highest
priviledge
in
the
Church
,
the
partaking
of
the
Lords
Supper
.
And
with
respect
to
Persons
to
be
Confirmed
,
it
was
presumed
that
the
Solemnity
of
the
Bishops
presence
might
make
the
greater
impression
upon
them
,
and
that
the
young
persons
might
be
the
more
wrought
upon
by
his
Fatherly
Encouragement
and
Exhortation
.
And
why
the
laying
on
of
Hands
was
used
in
this
case
I
think
I
need
not
argue
,
my
design
being
not
to
dispute
with
any
one
,
but
to
exhort
you
to
prepare
your
Children
for
the
discharge
of
this
Duty
.
But
thus
much
I
may
say
without
going
beyond
my
design
,
That
our
blessed
Saviour
gave
an
undoubted
Precedent
of
the
fitness
of
this
Rite
of
laying
on
Hands
in
Blessing
,
by
using
it
Himself
to
Children
that
were
brought
to
Him
.
So
that
I
think
there
can
be
no
dispute
but
that
it
may
now
be
fitly
used
by
those
who
are
appointed
to
bless
in
the
name
of
God
in
general
,
and
particularly
on
this
occasion
of
young
persons
solemnly
confirming
the
Vows
that
were
made
for
them
when
they
were
baptised
.
Laying
aside
therefore
matter
of
Dispute
,
I
will
only
shew
you
what
opinion
several
Protestants
of
great
Fame
and
Reputation
have
had
of
this
Rite
of
laying
on
of
Hands
upon
this
occasion
of
Confirmation
,
in
Churches
where
they
have
not
had
Bishops
.
And
this
I
am
willing
to
do
in
order
to
take
off
such
prejudices
as
possibly
some
among
you
may
have
,
out
of
mistake
,
entertained
against
it
.
And
the
first
shall
be
the
Famous
Mr
Calvin
,
whose
words
in
his
Institutions
are
to
this
effect
.
Inst.
Lib
.
4.
C.
19.
S.
4.
The
custom
in
old
time
was
,
that
the
Children
of
Christians
when
they
were
grown
up
were
brought
before
the
Bishop
,
that
they
might
fulfill
that
duty
which
was
required
from
such
persons
as
being
of
riper
years
did
offer
themselves
to
Baptism
.
For
these
persons
(
that
is
those
of
riper
years
)
did
sit
among
the
Catechumens
,
(
that
is
persons
that
newly
entered
into
the
Christian
Religion
)
until
such
time
as
being
duly
instructed
in
the
mysteries
of
Faith
,
they
might
make
a
Confession
of
their
Faith
before
the
Bishop
and
the
People
.
But
they
who
were
Baptised
in
their
Infancy
,
because
they
were
not
then
capable
of
professing
their
Faith
before
the
Church
,
at
the
end
of
their
Childhood
or
beginning
of
their
Youth
,
they
were
presented
again
by
their
Parents
,
and
examined
by
the
Bishop
,
according
to
a
certain
and
common
form
of
Catechism
which
they
then
had
.
And
that
this
action
,
which
otherwise
deservedly
ought
to
be
grave
and
holy
,
might
have
the
more
of
Reverence
and
Dignity
,
they
also
used
the
Ceremony
of
Imposition
of
Hands
.
So
the
Child
,
its
Faith
being
approved
of
,
was
dismissed
with
a
solemn
Blessing
.
Of
this
Custom
the
Antients
do
often
make
mention
.
And
after
his
Description
and
Confutation
of
the
corrupt
Doctrine
of
the
Church
of
Rome
in
this
point
;
He
adds
,
Such
an
Imposition
of
Hands
,
by
way
of
Blessing
,
I
do
praise
and
wish
it
were
at
this
day
restored
to
its
pure
use
.
And
afterwards
,
Sect
.
14.
I
wish
we
did
retain
that
Custom
,
which
I
told
you
was
among
the
Antients
.
The
same
learned
Man
in
his
Book
De
Verâ
Ecclesiae
Reformatione
,
pag
.
329.
says
,
And
we
also
(
speaking
of
Confirmation
)
could
with
good
reason
wish
that
the
Rite
were
every
where
restored
,
by
which
Children
after
having
made
confession
of
their
Faith
,
may
be
offer'd
to
God
.
Once
more
.
The
same
Mr.
Calvin
,
in
his
Commentary
upon
the
Epistle
to
the
Hebrews
,
Cap.
6.
upon
the
2d
.
Verse
,
where
the
Apostle
mentions
the
laying
on
of
Hands
,
has
this
remarkable
passage
.
Here
the
laying
on
of
Hands
is
joined
with
Baptism
,
because
as
there
were
two
ranks
of
those
who
were
newly
instructed
,
so
there
was
a
double
Ceremony
.
And
then
having
given
the
substance
of
the
account
which
I
have
before
laid
down
out
of
his
Institutions
,
He
adds
,
This
one
place
doth
abundantly
testifie
that
the
source
of
this
Ceremony
did
flow
from
the
Apostles
.
And
having
reflected
upon
the
abuse
of
it
in
the
Church
of
Rome
,
He
concludes
,
Wherefore
at
this
day
the
pure
Institution
is
to
be
retained
,
but
the
Superstition
to
be
corrected
.
I
may
also
put
you
in
mind
that
the
Non-conforming
Divines
in
their
Reformation
of
the
Liturgy
,
which
they
presented
to
the
Bishops
,
and
published
1661
,
do
offer
it
as
a
Rule
,
That
none
shall
be
admitted
by
the
Minister
to
the
Sacrament
of
the
Lords
Supper
,
till
they
have
at
years
of
discretion
understood
the
meaning
of
their
Baptismal
Covenant
,
and
with
their
own
Mouths
,
and
their
own
Consent
,
openly
before
the
Church
ratified
and
confirmed
it
,
and
also
promised
that
by
the
grace
of
God
they
will
evermore
endeavour
themselves
faithfully
to
observe
&
keep
such
things
as
by
their
own
Mouth
and
Confession
they
have
assented
to
.
And
in
the
Heads
of
Agreement
assented
to
by
the
United
Ministers
in
and
about
London
,
formerly
called
Presbyterian
and
Congregational
,
published
Anno
1691.
The
third
Article
of
the
first
Head
is
,
That
none
shall
be
admitted
as
Members
in
order
to
Communion
in
all
the
special
Ordinances
of
the
Gospel
,
but
such
persons
as
are
knowing
and
sound
in
the
fundamental
Doctrines
of
the
Christian
Religion
,
without
scandal
in
their
Lives
,
and
to
a
judgment
regulated
by
the
Word
of
God
,
are
persons
of
visible
Godliness
and
Honesty
;
credibly
professing
cordial
subjection
to
Jesus
Christ
.
This
Rule
I
conceive
cannot
be
put
into
practice
without
some
such
Examination
,
and
open
Profession
of
the
Persons
to
be
admitted
as
our
Church
do's
require
.
In
short
.
Mr.
Baxter
did
look
upon
Confirmation
as
so
necessary
,
that
he
thought
it
worth
his
while
to
write
a
whole
Book
upon
it
,
and
with
great
earnestness
to
press
and
exhort
all
persons
to
promote
the
practice
of
it
;
and
in
the
Postscript
,
after
having
answered
a
great
many
Objections
,
he
makes
the
following
Declaration
,
by
which
you
will
see
that
he
pleaded
for
the
same
Confirmation
which
our
Church
do's
appoint
.
His
words
are
;
I
will
contend
with
no
man
whether
the
approved
profession
which
I
have
pleaded
for
in
this
Book
,
be
the
very
same
thing
with
the
Antients
Confirmation
.
I
have
given
you
my
thoughts
of
it
,
and
I
am
sure
the
thing
in
question
is
our
duty
,
and
the
name
not
unfit
,
and
that
it
s
the
same
with
the
Confirmation
owned
by
the
Divines
of
the
Reformed
Churches
,
and
particularly
with
that
established
and
recommended
in
the
Book
of
Common
Prayer
,
here
in
England
,
for
the
substance
.
And
in
the
Book
,
Prop
.
13.
He
proves
at
large
that
Imposition
of
Hands
in
Confirmation
is
a
lawful
and
convenient
Ceremony
,
and
ordinarily
to
be
used
,
as
it
hath
been
of
old
by
the
universal
Church
.
Having
said
thus
much
concerning
this
Duty
in
general
,
and
with
relation
to
all
Parties
in
the
Christian
Church
that
own
Infant
Baptism
,
I
shall
now
give
you
a
brief
account
of
the
meaning
and
design
of
our
Church
in
having
Children
brought
to
be
Confirmed
by
the
Bishop
,
and
then
lay
down
a
few
directions
Directions
after
what
manner
you
may
prepare
your
Children
in
order
to
be
Confirmed
.
1st
.
The
meaning
and
design
of
our
Church
,
in
having
Children
brought
to
be
Confirmed
by
the
Bishop
,
may
be
learned
from
the
Preface
to
the
Office
of
Confirmation
;
which
declares
the
end
of
it
to
be
,
that
Children
being
now
come
to
the
years
of
discretion
,
and
having
learned
what
their
Godfathers
and
Godmothers
promised
for
them
in
Baptism
;
they
may
themselves
with
their
own
mouth
and
consent
,
openly
before
the
Church
,
ratify
and
confirm
the
same
;
and
also
promise
,
that
by
the
Grace
of
God
,
they
will
evermore
endeavour
themselves
faithfully
to
observe
such
things
as
they
by
their
own
confession
have
assented
to
.
And
the
same
may
further
appear
by
the
Question
that
the
Bishop
is
to
put
to
the
persons
who
are
brought
to
be
Confirmed
,
in
these
words
.
Do
ye
here
in
the
presence
of
God
,
and
of
this
Congregation
,
renew
the
solemn
Promise
and
Vow
that
was
made
in
your
name
at
your
Baptism
;
ratifying
and
confirming
the
same
in
your
own
persons
,
and
acknowledging
your selves
bound
to
believe
and
to
do
all
those
things
which
your
Godfathers
and
Godmothers
then
undertook
for
you
?
To
which
Question
,
every
one
that
is
to
be
Confirmed
,
must
audibly
answer
,
I
do
.
For
the
understanding
of
which
,
you
may
please
to
remember
,
that
according
to
the
tenor
of
the
New
Testament
,
we
have
no
way
of
being
capable
of
the
great
Blessings
which
Christ
hath
purchased
by
his
Death
,
but
by
being
in
Covenant
with
him
.
All
the
promises
of
pardon
of
Sin
,
and
of
the
Grace
of
God's
Holy
Spirit
,
of
the
acceptance
of
our
honest
performances
,
and
of
everlasting
Happiness
in
Heaven
,
are
made
and
belong
only
to
those
who
are
in
Covenant
with
God
,
upon
the
terms
of
that
New
Covenant
into
which
He
is
pleased
to
suffer
Us
to
enter
for
the
sake
of
the
meritorious
Atonement
and
satisfaction
made
by
our
Saviour's
Death
.
Now
we
are
taught
no
way
of
being
admitted
into
this
Covenant
but
by
Baptism
.
't
is
this
which
puts
us
into
actual
possession
of
several
of
the
benefits
of
it
,
provided
that
we
faithfully
discharge
what
is
engaged
on
our
part
.
For
by
Baptism
we
are
taken
into
the
number
of
those
whom
Christ
is
pleased
to
account
his
own
Body
,
and
to
whom
He
has
done
the
honour
of
making
himself
the
Head
;
We
are
adopted
into
the
Family
of
God
,
and
made
his
Children
,
and
delivered
from
that
state
of
wrath
and
sin
,
and
misery
into
which
sin
hath
brought
us
;
and
we
are
admitted
again
into
God's
Favour
so
far
as
to
have
a
right
to
the
assistance
of
his
Holy
Spirit
here
,
and
a
glorious
Immortality
in
the
Life
to
come
.
These
are
the
things
for
which
God
is
pleased
to
covenant
on
his
part
.
On
the
other
hand
,
We
do
then
covenant
with
God
,
that
we
will
renounce
the
Devil
and
all
his
works
,
and
that
we
will
not
be
governed
by
sinful
Men
,
or
sinful
Customs
,
or
by
our
own
wicked
natural
Inclinations
;
but
that
the
Commandments
of
God
shall
be
the
rule
of
our
Actions
;
and
that
in
order
to
obey
them
upon
a
good
foundation
,
we
will
hold
fast
that
form
of
sound
words
,
that
Doctrine
which
is
according
to
Godliness
,
that
has
been
delivered
to
Us
by
Christ
and
his
Apostles
.
This
is
the
sum
of
what
is
done
,
when
we
are
Baptized
.
And
seeing
that
St.
Paul
has
declared
that
the
Children
of
Believing
Parents
are
in
their
Infancy
Holy
,
that
is
,
capable
of
being
dedicated
to
God
,
and
received
into
his
Church
;
it
has
been
the
practice
of
all
Ages
,
as
it
is
now
of
our
Church
,
to
admit
to
the
Sacrament
of
Baptism
the
Children
of
Believing
Parents
.
And
because
the
Infants
to
be
Baptized
are
not
able
to
declare
their
Consent
to
the
Conditions
of
this
Covenant
with
God
,
it
has
been
always
the
practice
of
the
Church
to
allow
sober
and
discreet
persons
to
appear
for
them
,
and
to
undertake
that
when
they
come
to
be
capable
of
it
,
they
shall
be
instructed
in
the
nature
of
that
solemn
Engagement
that
was
made
for
them
;
and
so
be
made
fit
to
take
it
upon
themselves
,
and
discharge
their
Sureties
from
their
Engagements
.
This
has
been
hitherto
the
way
of
admitting
Children
into
the
Church
of
Christ
.
But
our
Church
has
thought
something
more
than
this
needful
to
qualifie
persons
who
have
been
Baptized
,
for
the
receiving
the
Blessed
Sacrament
of
the
Lords
Supper
,
which
is
the
highest
priviledge
to
be
enjoyed
in
the
Christian
Church
.
And
therefore
the
Rule
is
,
That
none
shall
be
admitted
to
the
Holy
Communion
,
until
such
time
as
he
be
Confirmed
,
or
be
ready
and
desirous
to
be
Confirmed
.
That
is
,
before
they
be
admitted
to
the
Holy
Communion
they
must
solemnly
own
and
profess
,
in
the
presence
of
the
Bishop
and
of
their
fellow
Christians
,
That
they
do
ratifie
and
approve
of
what
was
done
by
their
Sureties
on
their
behalf
.
And
therefore
the
Bishop
puts
the
Question
to
them
,
Whether
they
do
freely
take
upon
themselves
,
and
renew
,
the
Vows
that
were
made
for
them
?
that
is
,
in
other
words
,
Whether
they
be
willing
to
trust
God
and
their
Saviour
Christ
with
their
Salvation
and
everlasting
Happiness
,
upon
those
terms
and
conditions
which
in
the
Covenant
made
with
God
in
Baptism
are
required
on
our
part
.
So
that
we
may
take
the
Bishop's
Blessing
them
,
as
a
publick
and
solemn
attestation
that
they
have
taken
the
Vow
of
Baptism
upon
themselves
,
and
by
their
own
voluntary
act
have
solemnly
obliged
themselves
to
obey
God's
holy
Will
and
Commandments
,
and
to
walk
in
the
same
all
the
days
of
their
lives
.
For
his
own
assurance
of
the
truth
of
which
,
the
Bishop
has
something
more
than
the
publick
Declaration
of
the
Parties
themselves
in
his
presence
;
for
the
Rubrick
requires
that
the
Curate
of
every
Parish
shall
either
bring
or
send
in
writing
,
with
his
hand
subscribed
thereunto
,
the
Names
of
all
such
Persons
within
his
Parish
,
as
he
shall
think
fit
to
be
presented
to
the
Bishop
to
be
Confirmed
.
Thus
I
have
laid
before
you
plainly
the
substance
of
what
is
intended
by
Confirmation
,
as
it
is
now
publickly
ministred
in
the
Church
of
England
,
from
the
Constitution
of
the
Church
it self
.
2dly
.
I
come
now
to
offer
you
a
few
Directions
,
after
what
manner
you
may
prepare
your
Children
in
order
to
be
Confirmed
.
For
tho
it
be
the
Ministers
duty
to
Catechize
them
publickly
,
and
to
examine
and
approve
of
them
before
they
be
brought
to
the
Bishop
;
yet
let
me
put
you
in
mind
,
that
this
do's
not
discharge
you
from
the
obligations
that
God
has
laid
upon
you
to
bring
them
up
in
the
nurture
and
admonition
of
the
Lord
,
Eph.
6.4
.
and
you
may
assure
your selves
that
God
will
call
you
to
account
,
if
you
neglect
the
using
the
advantages
you
have
of
authority
,
affection
,
continual
converse
,
and
many
fair
opportunities
,
which
Ministers
cannot
have
,
of
making
known
Gods
truths
to
your
Children
.
And
the
first
thing
that
I
shall
offer
to
you
is
,
that
you
must
not
think
very
young
Children
,
or
such
as
are
of
riper
years
,
but
very
ignorant
or
vitious
,
fit
to
be
Confirmed
.
I
have
already
observed
to
you
that
the
Preface
to
the
Office
of
Confirmation
requires
,
that
the
Children
to
be
Confirmed
shall
first
have
arrived
at
the
years
of
discretion
,
and
have
learnt
well
what
their
Godfathers
and
Godmothers
promised
for
them
in
their
Baptism
,
that
they
may
with
their
own
mouth
and
consent
openly
before
the
Church
ratifie
and
confirm
the
same
.
I
must
confess
,
if
the
Bishop's
Blessing
were
all
that
is
aimed
at
in
Confirmation
there
would
be
no
absurdity
in
bringing
any
young
Children
to
the
Governours
of
the
Church
,
as
the
Jews
did
to
our
Blessed
Saviour
,
that
they
may
lay
their
Hands
upon
them
and
Bless
them
.
But
the
Blessing
given
by
our
Bishops
,
you
see
,
is
given
upon
a
supposition
that
the
persons
so
blest
have
ratified
and
confirmed
the
Covenant
which
was
made
with
God
for
them
when
they
were
Baptized
,
and
that
they
have
taken
it
upon
themselves
,
and
that
they
did
understand
what
they
were
doing
,
otherwise
it
could
not
properly
be
said
to
be
their
Act.
When
therefore
you
are
considering
with
your selves
,
whether
your
Child
should
be
confirm'd
or
no
,
put
this
Question
to
your
own
Hearts
;
Have
I
reason
to
think
that
my
Child
is
so
well
instructed
in
the
Principles
of
Religion
,
that
He
is
qualified
to
make
a
Covenant
with
God
for
himself
,
and
in
his
own
name
?
And
is
he
sufficiently
discreet
and
serious
to
undertake
so
solemn
a
work
?
If
he
be
not
thus
knowing
and
well
disposed
why
should
I
have
him
publickly
and
solemnly
profess
to
do
these
things
for
which
I
know
him
to
be
unfit
.
The
Variety
&
Differences
between
Children
in
respect
of
their
Parts
and
Capacities
,
and
the
opportunities
they
have
of
being
instructed
,
are
so
considerable
,
that
it
is
not
reasonable
to
assign
the
exact
year
of
their
age
,
at
which
they
shou'd
be
confirmed
;
but
the
way
for
every
one
to
determine
that
Point
for
himself
,
will
be
,
to
have
due
regard
to
the
seriousness
and
understanding
of
the
Child
,
and
to
the
progress
he
has
made
in
matters
of
Piety
and
Religion
;
and
you
may
take
this
as
a
certain
Rule
,
that
Children
who
can
only
say
their
Catechism
by
rote
,
without
understanding
the
sense
and
meaning
of
it
,
cannot
be
said
to
have
learnt
it
well
,
and
to
be
of
such
Discretion
as
our
Church
requires
;
and
therefore
such
are
too
young
;
and
that
,
let
the
Age
and
Parts
of
young
persons
be
what
they
will
,
if
they
be
wild
and
giddy
,
or
vitious
,
they
are
not
fit
to
be
Confirm'd
;
for
if
they
be
not
serious
,
they
are
not
fit
to
make
a
Covenant
with
God
;
and
if
they
do
follow
wicked
Courses
,
they
cannot
profess
in
truth
that
they
have
renounced
the
Devil
and
all
his
works
.
And
that
you
may
not
be
under
any
temptation
to
offer
your
Children
to
be
Confirm'd
,
before
they
be
sufficiently
prepared
and
fit
for
it
,
out
of
an
opinion
that
perhaps
you
may
not
frequently
have
such
opportunities
,
I
do
propose
,
while
God
is
pleased
to
continue
me
among
you
,
by
his
assistance
,
often
to
dispense
this
Ordinance
of
our
Church
,
in
the
most
convenient
places
of
each
Diocess
;
so
that
you
may
take
your
own
time
with
your
Children
,
to
do
that
which
shall
seem
fittest
to
you
.
However
,
tho
I
wou'd
not
have
you
bring
Children
that
are
either
too
young
,
or
ignorant
,
to
be
Confirmed
;
yet
I
must
tell
you
,
that
you
are
to
begin
very
early
to
lay
the
foundation
of
preparing
them
for
it
.
And
the
Advices
I
gave
you
in
the
former
Chapter
,
are
chiefly
design'd
to
put
you
in
the
way
of
dealing
with
very
young
Children
.
And
for
such
,
I
must
now
further
exhort
you
,
not
only
to
cause
them
to
be
present
at
the
service
of
God
in
your
Families
,
but
as
soon
as
they
can
be
kept
from
giving
disturbance
to
others
,
that
you
will
bring
them
to
the
places
of
God's
publick
Worship
;
and
teach
them
to
behave
themselves
decently
and
reverently
in
God's
House
,
the
House
of
Prayer
;
and
afterwards
by
degrees
,
that
you
will
question
what
they
remember
of
Sermons
,
and
teach
them
to
hear
,
so
that
they
may
profit
by
them
.
And
I
must
note
to
you
,
that
by
recommending
to
you
the
Church
Catechism
,
I
did
not
intend
to
exclude
your
making
your
Children
read
any
other
good
Catechisms
or
Books
,
which
may
more
fully
instruct
them
in
the
matters
contained
in
it
,
when
they
come
to
be
capable
of
such
Instructions
;
but
on
the
contrary
,
do
encourage
and
exhort
you
to
it
.
And
when
by
these
and
other
fit
means
,
and
by
your
constant
and
earnest
Prayers
to
God
for
them
,
you
see
them
at
last
arrive
to
such
a
measure
of
Discretion
,
and
Seriousness
,
and
Goodness
,
that
they
are
fit
to
take
their
Baptismal
Vows
upon
themselves
,
I
shall
recommend
the
following
Directions
to
you
in
order
to
the
immediate
preparing
them
for
Confirmation
.
Tell
them
then
in
the
first
place
,
That
this
administration
is
not
only
a
bare
Ceremony
;
that
the
work
before
them
is
not
only
to
kneel
and
to
receive
the
Bishop's
Blessing
,
but
that
't
is
one
of
the
most
serious
and
solemn
action
of
their
whole
lives
.
Tell
them
,
that
't
is
no
less
than
the
entring
into
a
solemn
Covenant
with
the
great
God
of
Heaven
and
Earth
,
upon
the
observance
or
breach
of
which
their
everlasting
Happiness
or
everlasting
Misery
will
depend
.
That
,
't
is
the
taking
upon
them
the
profession
of
an
holy
and
vertuous
life
;
't
is
the
proclaiming
perpetual
War
against
Satan
and
their
own
Lusts
.
't
is
renouncing
all
the
Vanities
of
Youth
,
all
the
Honours
,
and
Pleasures
,
and
Riches
of
this
World
,
when
they
cannto
be
obtained
,
or
enjoyed
,
without
displeasing
God
.
't
is
an
engagement
to
take
up
the
Cross
and
to
follow
the
Example
of
their
Saviour
Jesus
Christ
,
in
suffering
meekly
and
patiently
for
Righteousness
sake
,
if
it
shall
please
God
to
call
them
to
it
.
These
are
great
and
serious
things
,
and
not
to
be
undertaken
carelesly
and
hastily
.
And
therefore
you
must
often
put
them
in
mind
to
weigh
these
things
beforehand
,
and
to
consider
withall
their
own
frailty
,
and
the
temptations
and
snares
wherewith
they
are
surrounded
,
and
also
that
constant
care
and
watchfulness
over
their
Souls
,
and
resisting
their
most
violent
inclinations
to
Evil
,
that
they
must
there
promise
,
and
will
be
expected
from
them
.
And
if
they
seem
to
be
frightned
or
discouraged
when
you
represent
these
things
to
them
;
you
may
comfort
them
with
telling
them
,
that
altho
with
Man
this
is
impossible
,
with
God
all
things
are
possible
,
and
therefore
that
they
must
not
undertake
these
things
upon
their
own
strength
,
but
they
must
go
out
against
these
Enemies
of
their
Souls
,
as
David
did
against
his
,
in
the
name
and
the
strength
of
the
Lord
God
,
and
from
him
alone
they
must
expect
Victory
and
Salvation
;
his
Grace
will
be
sufficient
for
them
,
and
thro
him
they
will
be
able
to
do
all
these
things
.
Upon
which
account
you
must
instruct
them
that
not
only
at
that
time
,
but
through
the
whole
course
of
their
lives
they
must
make
it
their
constant
practice
every
day
with
fervent
and
hearty
Prayers
to
implore
the
Grace
of
God's
Holy
Spirit
;
that
He
will
please
to
shed
it
abroad
in
their
Hearts
,
and
thereby
create
Holy
Thoughts
and
Resolutions
in
their
Minds
,
that
notwithstanding
all
the
oppositions
they
must
meet
with
,
they
may
be
able
to
persevere
in
a
holy
and
vertuous
life
,
and
continue
in
his
favour
to
the
end
of
their
days
.
Tell
them
then
,
that
they
are
to
renew
a
Covenant
with
God
which
was
made
for
them
when
they
were
so
young
as
not
to
know
what
was
done
for
them
.
That
they
are
now
to
make
it
in
their
own
Names
;
and
that
if
they
will
sincerely
endeavour
to
perform
their
part
of
it
,
they
shall
be
for
ever
happy
with
God
in
Heaven
;
but
if
they
will
not
take
it
upon
their
Souls
with
Truth
and
a
good
Conscience
,
they
do
renounce
all
the
glorious
things
that
Christ
hath
purchased
for
them
;
they
renounce
all
the
Benefits
of
his
Passion
,
they
disclaim
all
interest
in
the
Atonement
which
He
made
for
sin
;
they
are
still
in
their
sins
,
in
the
gall
of
bitterness
,
and
in
the
bonds
of
iniquity
,
they
are
Children
of
wrath
,
and
must
be
sentenced
to
live
for
ever
in
darkness
,
and
flames
,
with
the
Devil
and
his
Angels
.
These
are
indeed
grievous
and
sad
things
,
but
you
must
let
them
know
that
it
is
now
by
the
favour
and
grace
of
God
in
their
power
to
prevent
them
.
For
if
they
do
repent
of
their
evil
deeds
,
that
is
,
are
truly
sorry
for
their
sins
,
and
resolve
to
forsake
them
and
to
turn
to
the
Lord
their
God
with
all
their
Hearts
;
We
know
that
God
has
promised
not
only
that
He
will
forgive
their
Iniquities
,
but
He
will
also
receive
them
into
favour
,
and
bestow
upon
them
such
a
measure
of
His
Grace
as
may
enable
them
to
conquer
all
difficulties
that
they
shall
meet
with
in
their
way
to
Heaven
;
and
they
may
assure
themselves
,
if
they
come
thus
prepared
to
enter
into
Covenant
with
God
,
that
as
certainly
as
the
Bishop
do's
lay
his
Hand
upon
their
Heads
,
so
surely
God
will
pardon
all
their
past
transgressions
,
and
cause
his
Holy
Spirit
to
descend
into
their
Hearts
,
and
renew
their
Souls
unto
Righteousness
and
true
Holiness
.
And
now
,
I
hope
,
this
view
which
I
have
given
you
of
the
design
and
benefit
of
Confirmation
,
will
put
you
upon
serious
endeavours
to
discharge
those
Duties
of
yours
to
your
Children
relating
to
it
,
which
I
have
now
laid
before
you
.
For
what
greater
comfort
can
you
have
,
than
to
see
them
by
their
own
act
so
early
engaging
themselves
to
God
,
and
taking
this
happy
course
to
confirm
themselves
in
his
ways
,
before
that
Vice
has
corrupted
their
Minds
;
or
if
unhappily
it
has
already
done
so
,
to
see
them
make
use
of
these
fit
means
to
expell
it
timely
,
before
it
can
take
deeper
root
.
To
those
of
you
who
do
love
God
,
your
Children
,
and
your
own
true
peace
and
comfort
,
I
know
,
I
need
not
use
more
words
to
perswade
you
to
a
diligent
and
hearty
discharge
of
this
Duty
of
preparing
your
Children
for
Confirmation
.
And
for
those
among
you
(
if
such
there
be
)
who
are
so
very
unhappy
as
to
have
little
or
no
regard
to
the
welfare
either
of
their
own
or
their
Childrens
Souls
,
I
must
mourn
and
lament
;
and
do
more
earnestly
beseech
the
God
and
Father
of
Spirits
,
to
give
such
Success
and
Blessing
to
my
Ministration
among
you
,
and
to
the
labours
of
those
whom
his
Providence
has
joined
with
Me
in
the
care
of
your
Souls
;
that
his
Grace
may
,
by
our
publick
dispensation
of
his
Word
and
Ordinances
,
reach
even
those
little
neglected
Creatures
,
of
whom
our
Blessed
Lord
is
so
tender
;
and
who
,
as
He
has
taught
Us
,
are
fittest
to
receive
the
Kingdom
of
God
;
and
that
they
may
be
thereby
engaged
to
God's
Service
,
before
that
the
Enemy
of
Souls
has
brought
them
under
his
Dominion
.
Which
God
of
his
infinite
mercy
grant
,
for
the
sake
of
our
Blessed
Redeemer
,
to
whom
with
the
Father
and
the
Holy
Spirit
be
all
Honour
and
Glory
,
now
,
and
for
ever
.
Amen
.