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             A sermon of the education of children preach'd before the right honourable the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen at Guild-Hall Chapel on Sunday, Novemb. 1, 1696 / by William Fleetwood ...
             Fleetwood, William, 1656-1723.
          
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           Clarke
           ,
           Mayor
           .
        
         
           Martis
           decimo
           die
           Novemb●
           .
           1696.
           
           Annoque
           Regni
           Regis
           Willielini
           tertii
           ,
           Angliae
           ,
           &
           c..
           
           Octovo
           .
        
         
           THis
           Court
           doth
           desire
           Mr.
           Fleetwood
           to
           Print
           his
           Sermon
           〈◊〉
           before
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           and
           Aldermen
           〈◊〉
           this
           City
           ,
           at
           the
           Guild-Hall
           Chap●el
           ,
           on
           Sunday
           the
           First
           Day
           of
           this
           ●●●ant
           November
           .
        
         
           
             Goo●●…llow
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           OF
           THE
           
             Education
             of
             Children
          
           ,
           Preach'd
           before
           the
           RIGHT
           HONOURABLE
           THE
           LORD
           MAYOR
           ,
           AND
           Court
           of
           Aldermen
           ,
           AT
           GUILD-HALL
           CHAPEL
           ,
           On
           
             SUNDAY
             ,
             Novemb.
          
           1.
           1696.
           
        
         
           By
           
             WILLIAM
             FLEETWOOD
          
           ,
           Chaplain
           in
           Ordinary
           to
           His
           MAJESTY
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Thomas
             Newborough
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Golden-Ball
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church
           Yard
           .
           1696.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           
           TO
           THE
           INHABITANTS
           OF
           THE
           United
           Parishes
           OF
           S.
           AUSTIN
           and
           S.
           FAITH
           .
        
         
           HAving
           frequently
           intended
           with
           my self
           ,
           something
           of
           this
           Nature
           ,
           for
           Your
           particular
           Use
           and
           Service
           ,
           to
           whom
           ,
           You
           know
           ,
           I
           am
           more
           immediately
           related
           ;
           It
           was
           the
           easier
           to
           me
           ,
           to
           comply
           with
           Their
           Desires
           who
           were
           willing
           to
           have
           this
           Discourse
           publish'd
           ;
           because
           I
           knew
           I
           should
           thereby
           satisfie
           in
           part
           my
           own
           Intentions
           and
           Design
           of
           doing
           You
           good
           ,
           in
           this
           Instance
           :
           and
           therefore
           though
           it
           be
           now
           Common
           ,
           yet
           I
           desire
           You
           earnestly
           to
           make
           it
           more
           particularly
           Yours
           ,
           by
           a
           close
           Application
           of
           it
           to
           Your selves
           .
        
         
           I
           can't
           tell
           how
           a
           Minister
           can
           promise
           himself
           any
           Success
           in
           his
           Endeavours
           ,
           if
           the
           Parents
           will
           not
           believe
           themselves
           obliged
           (
           as
           certainly
           they
           are
           by
           God's
           Commands
           )
           to
           educate
           their
           Children
           well
           ,
           and
           bring
           them
           up
           in
           the
           Fear
           and
           Nurture
           of
           the
           Lord
           ;
           and
           by
           their
           Care
           at
           home
           in
           private
           ,
           fit
           them
           for
           those
           farthèr
           Instructions
           they
           
           are
           to
           receive
           in
           publick
           ,
           at
           the
           appointed
           Opportunities
           .
           They
           are
           to
           sow
           the
           Seeds
           of
           Christ's
           Religion
           in
           the
           Childrens
           Minds
           ,
           and
           He
           must
           wisely
           cultivate
           ,
           improve
           ,
           and
           nourish
           them
           ;
           They
           are
           to
           lay
           the
           first
           Foundations
           in
           their
           Hearts
           ,
           and
           He
           must
           build
           thereon
           ,
           as
           God
           enables
           him
           .
        
         
           That
           this
           might
           not
           be
           a
           Work
           of
           Difficulty
           ,
           either
           to
           Parents
           or
           to
           Children
           ,
           nor
           either
           of
           them
           left
           at
           an
           Uncertainty
           ,
           the
           One
           of
           Teaching
           ,
           and
           the
           Other
           of
           Learning
           ,
           what
           they
           ought
           ,
           the
           Church
           in
           Her
           great
           Wisdom
           hath
           collected
           in
           Her
           Catechism
           ,
           a
           short
           ,
           but
           full
           and
           comprehensive
           ,
           Summary
           of
           whatsoever
           a
           Christian
           is
           to
           believe
           and
           practise
           to
           his
           Soul's
           Health
           ,
           which
           all
           her
           Children
           are
           to
           learn
           ,
           remember
           ,
           and
           consider
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           Age
           and
           Understanding
           .
           This
           is
           delivered
           in
           so
           clear
           a
           Method
           ,
           in
           Words
           and
           Sense
           so
           easie
           and
           intelligible
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           above
           a
           very
           mean
           Capacity
           ;
           and
           yet
           the
           Matter
           is
           so
           solid
           and
           substantial
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           fit
           for
           the
           strongest
           Understanding
           ;
           the
           oldest
           Christian
           in
           the
           World
           need
           know
           no
           more
           ,
           than
           what
           he
           is
           to
           learn
           there
           in
           his
           Youth
           ,
           though
           he
           will
           know
           it
           better
           and
           more
           fully
           ,
           the
           longer
           he
           considers
           it
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           Parent
           ,
           whilst
           he
           is
           instructing
           the
           Children
           in
           it
           ,
           will
           be
           himself
           a
           gainful
           Learner
           ;
           more
           and
           more
           edified
           ,
           and
           grow
           continually
           in
           the
           Knowledge
           of
           his
           Faith
           and
           Duty
           .
        
         
           The
           Neglect
           of
           this
           prescrib'd
           Course
           ,
           has
           been
           one
           great
           Occasion
           ,
           I
           believe
           ,
           of
           that
           wide
           Difference
           there
           appears
           of
           Private
           Peoples
           Judgments
           and
           Opinions
           in
           Matters
           of
           Religion
           ;
           they
           have
           taken
           in
           different
           Principles
           in
           their
           Youth
           ,
           and
           therefore
           as
           their
           Age
           advanc'd
           ,
           have
           drawn
           different
           Conclusions
           srom
           them
           ,
           the
           Effects
           of
           which
           have
           been
           exceedingly
           mischievous
           .
           I
           do
           therefore
           advise
           and
           desire
           you
           all
           to
           teach
           your
           Children
           this
           judicious
           ,
           sound
           ,
           and
           truly
           Christian
           Catechism
           ,
           that
           savours
           nothing
           
           of
           a
           Party
           or
           private
           Spirit
           ,
           but
           is
           what
           they
           may
           ,
           and
           must
           ,
           depend
           upon
           to
           their
           Lives
           end
           .
        
         
           When
           this
           good
           Ground-work
           is
           well
           laid
           ,
           you
           may
           with
           much
           more
           Ease
           ,
           form
           and
           fashion
           them
           to
           Vertue
           and
           Religion
           ,
           by
           putting
           them
           in
           mind
           of
           the
           Covenant
           they
           have
           made
           with
           God
           in
           Baptism
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           stand
           oblig'd
           to
           give
           themselves
           entirely
           up
           to
           Christ
           ;
           to
           look
           upon
           him
           as
           their
           only
           Lord
           and
           Law-Giver
           ,
           their
           Saviour
           and
           their
           Judge
           ;
           to
           believe
           whatever
           he
           reveals
           ,
           and
           to
           fulfil
           whatever
           he
           commands
           .
           There
           also
           you
           will
           find
           the
           two
           Tables
           that
           contain
           their
           Duty
           towards
           God
           and
           towards
           their
           Neighbour
           ,
           and
           both
           of
           them
           explained
           with
           the
           clearest
           Brevity
           that
           can
           be
           found
           ,
           from
           whence
           you
           are
           to
           take
           occasion
           of
           exciting
           them
           to
           a
           most
           diligent
           Performance
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           also
           to
           rebuke
           and
           punish
           the
           Neglect
           ,
           or
           the
           Transgression
           of
           them
           .
           There
           also
           they
           will
           learn
           the
           
             Lord's
             Prayer
          
           ,
           the
           Prayer
           that
           Christ
           himself
           ,
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           (
           who
           knew
           the
           
           Father's
           Will
           ,
           and
           Man's
           Necessities
           the
           best
           of
           all
           Men
           living
           )
           taught
           his
           Followers
           to
           use
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           such
           ,
           you
           may
           be
           sure
           ,
           as
           is
           best
           fitted
           for
           our
           Purpose
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           is
           ,
           both
           for
           the
           Matter
           and
           the
           Manner
           ,
           acceptable
           to
           God
           the
           Father
           .
           After
           this
           follows
           a
           short
           but
           full
           Account
           of
           the
           two
           Sacraments
           ,
           of
           Baptism
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Lord's
             Supper
          
           ;
           by
           which
           they
           learn
           the
           Manner
           how
           they
           themselves
           (
           and
           all
           true
           Christians
           ever
           since
           our
           Saviour's
           Institution
           of
           it
           )
           were
           initiated
           into
           Christ's
           Religion
           ,
           namely
           by
           being
           baptized
           
             in
             Water
             ,
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             Son
             ,
             and
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
          
           according
           to
           Christ's
           Command
           ,
           explain'd
           by
           the
           Universal
           Practice
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           they
           who
           have
           at
           any
           time
           denied
           or
           refused
           the
           Matter
           and
           the
           Form
           of
           this
           Sacrament
           ,
           have
           not
           been
           accounted
           Christians
           .
           Here
           they
           see
           also
           what
           is
           signified
           by
           being
           thus
           baptized
           in
           Water
           ,
           namely
           ,
           the
           
             dying
             unto
             Sin
             ,
             and
             living
             a
             ▪
             new
             to
             Righteousness
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           the
           repenting
           of
           ,
           and
           forsaking
           all
           their
           
           past
           Sins
           ,
           and
           living
           for
           the
           time
           to
           come
           ,
           a
           Righteous
           and
           a
           Holy
           Life
           ,
           which
           is
           also
           the
           Meaning
           of
           becoming
           
             a
             New
             Man
             ,
             a
             New
             Creature
             ,
             a
             Regenerate
             Person
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           all
           which
           is
           engag'd
           for
           ,
           by
           every
           one
           at
           his
           Baptism
           ,
           and
           is
           to
           be
           remembred
           ,
           and
           perform'd
           for
           ever
           after
           .
           Here
           ,
           lastly
           ,
           they
           will
           come
           to
           see
           the
           End
           of
           the
           Institution
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           ,
           the
           Cause
           and
           Purpose
           of
           its
           being
           ordained
           ,
           namely
           ,
           
             For
             the
             continual
             Remembrance
             of
             the
             Sacrifice
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Benefits
             which
             we
             receive
             thereby
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           to
           put
           them
           constantly
           in
           mind
           ,
           that
           Christ
           the
           Lord
           was
           crucified
           upon
           the
           Cross
           ;
           that
           this
           his
           Death
           was
           an
           attoning
           ,
           expiatory
           Sacrifice
           ,
           and
           accepted
           by
           God
           as
           such
           ;
           that
           for
           its
           Sake
           and
           Merit
           his
           Anger
           is
           appeas'd
           ,
           he
           is
           now
           reconcileable
           to
           all
           that
           will
           repent
           them
           of
           their
           Sins
           ,
           and
           forsake
           them
           ,
           and
           obey
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           he
           will
           forgive
           them
           the
           Penalty
           they
           had
           incurr'd
           ,
           and
           will
           moreover
           crown
           them
           in
           the
           World
           to
           come
           with
           Everlasting
           Happiness
           .
           The
           Remembrance
           of
           this
           salutary
           Death
           and
           Sacrifice
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           Benefits
           deriv'd
           to
           us
           from
           and
           by
           it
           ,
           is
           the
           End
           of
           this
           Sacrament's
           being
           instituted
           by
           Christ
           :
           and
           therefore
           to
           answer
           the
           End
           of
           this
           Institution
           ,
           they
           must
           come
           to
           the
           Sacrament
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           come
           ,
           the
           Bread
           broken
           is
           to
           remind
           them
           of
           the
           Body
           of
           Christ
           ,
           torn
           and
           suffering
           on
           the
           Cross
           ,
           and
           the
           Wine
           poured
           out
           is
           to
           remind
           them
           of
           the
           Blood
           of
           Christ
           that
           was
           there
           shed
           ;
           and
           then
           they
           are
           to
           call
           to
           mind
           the
           in●xpressible
           Benefits
           of
           this
           Death
           ,
           the
           Pardon
           and
           Forgive●ess
           of
           all
           the
           Sins
           which
           they
           repent
           of
           and
           forsake
           ;
           the
           Hope
           and
           good
           Assurance
           of
           which
           Pardon
           ,
           and
           Peace
           ,
           and
           God's
           Favour
           ,
           is
           as
           much
           the
           Life
           ,
           the
           Strength
           and
           Com●rt
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           as
           Bread
           and
           Wine
           are
           the
           Support
           and
           Comfort
           of
           the
           Body
           .
        
         
         
           Upon
           this
           Knowledge
           of
           the
           End
           of
           the
           Institution
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Benefits
           that
           we
           receive
           by
           Christ's
           Death
           ,
           it
           remains
           only
           that
           the
           young
           ones
           be
           acquainted
           with
           the
           Preparation
           that
           is
           necessary
           to
           their
           coming
           to
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           ,
           which
           they
           will
           find
           in
           the
           Answer
           to
           the
           last
           Question
           of
           the
           Catechism
           ,
           which
           contains
           the
           whole
           of
           what
           they
           are
           to
           do
           .
           They
           are
           to
           examine
           themselves
           ,
           
             whether
             they
             repent
             them
             truly
             of
             their
             former
             Sins
             ,
          
           whether
           
             they
             steadfastly
             purpose
             to
             lead
             a
             new
             and
             better
             Life
             for
             the
             time
             to
             come
          
           —
           whether
           
             they
             have
             a
             lively
             Faith
             in
             God's
             Mercy
             ,
             through
             Christ
             ,
          
           i.
           e.
           Whether
           they
           verily
           believe
           that
           God
           was
           so
           exceeding
           Merciful
           and
           Gracious
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           that
           for
           the
           Sake
           of
           Christ's
           Obedience
           ,
           Death
           and
           Sufferings
           ,
           he
           will
           certainly
           forgive
           the
           Sins
           of
           such
           as
           shall
           repent
           and
           leave
           them
           ,
           and
           whether
           in
           full
           perswasion
           of
           this
           Mercy
           and
           these
           ▪
           Gracious
           Promises
           ,
           they
           set
           about
           Repentance
           :
           
             Whether
             they
             thankfully
             remember
             Christ's
             Death
             ,
          
           i.
           e.
           Whether
           upon
           the
           consideration
           and
           remembrance
           of
           the
           mighty
           and
           amazing
           Miseries
           to
           which
           their
           Sins
           exposed
           them
           ,
           and
           from
           which
           the
           Death
           of
           Christ
           alone
           has
           freed
           them
           ,
           they
           do
           not
           call
           to
           mind
           this
           great
           Deliverance
           with
           the
           greatest
           Joy
           and
           Thankfulness
           ,
           and
           bless
           and
           magnifie
           the
           Name
           of
           God
           who
           hath
           wrought
           this
           wouderful
           Redemption
           for
           them
           by
           the
           Death
           of
           Christ
           ,
           his
           dear
           and
           only
           begotten
           Son.
           And
           
             Lastly
             ,
             whether
             they
             are
             in
             Charity
             with
             all
             Men.
             
          
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           Preparation
           (
           and
           all
           the
           Preparation
           )
           that
           is
           necessary
           to
           the
           coming
           to
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           .
           And
           if
           People
           would
           be
           content
           to
           learn
           ,
           wherein
           this
           Duty
           consists
           ,
           in
           the
           shortest
           ,
           plainest
           ,
           and
           the
           surest
           Method
           ,
           they
           would
           go
           no
           farher
           than
           the
           Church-Catechism
           ;
           or
           if
           a
           little
           farther
           ,
           it
           should
           be
           but
           to
           the
           Communion-Service
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           find
           all
           that
           is
           needful
           or
           convenient
           for
           them
           to
           know
           or
           do
           ,
           before
           ,
           and
           at
           ,
           and
           after
           this
           Holy
           Sacrament
           .
        
         
         
           I
           have
           neither
           Authority
           nor
           Intention
           to
           discommend
           or
           disallow
           the
           use
           of
           other
           Books
           that
           treat
           of
           these
           Matters
           ;
           but
           you
           will
           take
           it
           on
           my
           Word
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           that
           the
           shortest
           ,
           and
           the
           plainest
           Rules
           of
           Direction
           are
           still
           the
           best
           ;
           that
           wherein
           soever
           other
           Books
           differ
           from
           this
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           to
           be
           depended
           on
           :
           And
           that
           multiplicity
           of
           Books
           is
           apt
           to
           beget
           Confusion
           .
           As
           far
           therefore
           as
           you
           will
           let
           my
           Judgment
           weigh
           with
           you
           ,
           I
           recommend
           it
           to
           your
           Care
           ,
           that
           you
           let
           the
           Church
           Catechism
           be
           the
           Ground
           and
           Foundation
           of
           what
           your
           Children
           are
           to
           know
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ;
           and
           that
           other
           good
           Books
           be
           call'd
           in
           ,
           as
           Helps
           to
           their
           Devotion
           only
           ,
           or
           to
           explain
           the
           Particulars
           contain'd
           therein
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           difficult
           .
        
         
           Whilst
           you
           are
           teaching
           ,
           and
           your
           Children
           learning
           ,
           all
           these
           Things
           ,
           you
           must
           be
           sure
           ,
           of
           all
           Things
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           to
           go
           before
           them
           with
           a
           good
           Example
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           recommend
           ,
           impress
           ,
           and
           make
           your
           Lessons
           Credible
           .
           They
           will
           understand
           ,
           believe
           ,
           and
           practice
           better
           ,
           if
           they
           see
           you
           live
           as
           you
           teach
           them
           to
           live
           .
           Let
           them
           know
           you
           pray
           to
           God
           constantly
           with
           your
           Family
           ;
           that
           you
           love
           and
           exercise
           Truth
           ,
           and
           Honesty
           ,
           and
           Justice
           in
           all
           your
           Dealings
           ;
           let
           them
           hear
           and
           see
           you
           chide
           your
           Servants
           ,
           and
           Dependents
           ,
           for
           every
           Lye
           they
           tell
           ,
           and
           every
           Fraud
           and
           Falshood
           they
           are
           guilty
           of
           :
           let
           them
           never
           hear
           you
           swear
           ,
           or
           curse
           ,
           or
           speak
           any
           Thing
           disrespectfully
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           Providence
           ,
           or
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           or
           any
           thing
           of
           Religion
           ;
           and
           they
           will
           then
           believe
           you
           are
           in
           earnest
           ,
           and
           be
           more
           careful
           of
           doing
           as
           you
           bid
           them
           ,
           and
           more
           fearful
           of
           offending
           .
           Let
           them
           see
           you
           go
           your self
           to
           Church
           upon
           the
           Lord's
           Day
           ,
           and
           as
           many
           of
           the
           Family
           as
           can
           be
           spar'd
           ,
           with
           your
           Convenience
           ,
           and
           there
           behave
           themselves
           as
           becomes
           the
           Servants
           of
           God
           in
           his
           own
           House
           and
           more
           immediate
           Presence
           :
           And
           let
           them
           never
           see
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           after
           Part
           of
           that
           good
           Day
           ,
           any
           thing
           Light
           Extravagant
           ,
           or
           Rude
           ,
           but
           something
           of
           Respect
           and
           Honour
           
           shewn
           to
           the
           good
           Exercises
           that
           are
           over
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Day
           devoted
           by
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           to
           God's
           Service
           .
           Away
           with
           that
           severe
           ,
           sullen
           ,
           morose
           Religion
           ,
           with
           which
           some
           Judaizing
           and
           mistaken
           Christians
           pass
           that
           Day
           on
           one
           Hand
           ,
           and
           that
           prophane
           ,
           contemptuous
           ,
           court-like
           Observation
           of
           it
           on
           the
           other
           ;
           but
           let
           a
           decent
           ,
           Christian
           ,
           and
           good
           natur'd
           Carriage
           ,
           temper
           these
           Extreams
           ;
           that
           your
           Children
           may
           neither
           dread
           the
           approach
           of
           Sunday
           above
           other
           Days
           ,
           nor
           yet
           long
           for
           it
           ,
           as
           a
           Day
           of
           Sloth
           and
           Idleness
           .
        
         
           I
           hope
           I
           may
           ,
           without
           Offence
           ,
           take
           this
           Occasion
           to
           desire
           such
           of
           the
           Separation
           as
           are
           within
           my
           Parish
           ,
           to
           take
           all
           Care
           they
           can
           ,
           that
           both
           their
           Children
           and
           their
           Servants
           go
           along
           with
           them
           to
           the
           Places
           where
           they
           serve
           God
           themselves
           ,
           or
           to
           some
           other
           certainly
           ,
           and
           require
           an
           Account
           of
           their
           so
           doing
           ,
           that
           the
           Liberty
           of
           absenting
           themselves
           from
           their
           Parish-Churches
           ,
           indulg'd
           to
           them
           by
           
             Man's
             Law
          
           ,
           be
           not
           turn'd
           to
           the
           Libertinism
           of
           serving
           God
           no
           where
           ,
           and
           Irreligion
           and
           Prophaneness
           find
           those
           People
           whom
           the
           Church
           looses
           .
           We
           must
           indeed
           ,
           on
           all
           sides
           ,
           be
           sollicitous
           lest
           he
           who
           sowes
           Division
           amongst
           us
           ,
           reap
           the
           Fruits
           thereof
           ,
           and
           be
           the
           greatest
           Gainer
           ;
           of
           this
           ,
           in
           earnest
           ,
           there
           was
           never
           greater
           need
           than
           now
           ,
           for
           Christianity
           and
           good
           Morality
           had
           never
           more
           ,
           or
           greater
           Enemies
           ;
           and
           therefore
           all
           our
           joint
           Endeavours
           will
           be
           little
           enough
           to
           oppose
           the
           soft
           Insinuations
           of
           their
           secret
           Underminers
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           impudent
           and
           bold
           Attacks
           of
           their
           avowed
           and
           open
           Adversaries
           .
           I
           am
           sorry
           we
           can
           date
           the
           mighty
           Growth
           and
           Progress
           of
           these
           Mischiefs
           within
           the
           Compass
           of
           so
           few
           Years
           ,
           when
           we
           were
           hoping
           still
           for
           better
           Things
           .
           But
           let
           this
           evil
           State
           provoke
           us
           to
           a
           greater
           Care
           and
           Zeal
           in
           the
           Defence
           of
           Vertue
           and
           Religion
           ,
           for
           the
           future
           .
        
         
           You
           must
           all
           of
           you
           help
           to
           make
           this
           ugly
           Digression
           pertinent
           and
           useful
           ,
           by
           taking
           all
           imaginable
           Care
           to
           breed
           up
           a
           Generation
           better
           than
           the
           present
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           may
           do
           
           these
           wicked
           Days
           all
           the
           Disgrace
           and
           Shame
           they
           can
           ,
           by
           a
           most
           firm
           adherence
           to
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           by
           a
           lively
           Sense
           of
           Virtue
           and
           Religion
           in
           the
           Soul
           ,
           made
           manifest
           by
           a
           most
           Virtuous
           and
           Religious
           outward
           Practice
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           done
           ,
           you
           see
           ,
           an
           unusual
           Thing
           ,
           in
           fixing
           a
           Preface
           to
           a
           Sermon
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           to
           make
           the
           Sermon
           more
           yours
           than
           any
           one
           's
           else
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Sermon
           be
           better
           read
           for
           the
           Sake
           of
           the
           Preface
           ,
           or
           if
           the
           Preface
           gain
           its
           end
           without
           the
           Sermon
           ,
           I
           shall
           obtain
           the
           Point
           I
           aim
           at
           ,
           and
           will
           answer
           for
           the
           absurdity
           or
           newness
           of
           the
           Method
           .
           You
           know
           I
           am
           every
           way
           your
           Debtor
           in
           Religious
           Matters
           ,
           and
           I
           assure
           you
           I
           am
           otherwise
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             Affectionate
             Humble
             Servant
             ,
             W.
             Fleetwood
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             
               PROVERBS
               xiii
               .
               24.
               
            
             
               He
               that
               spareth
               the
               rod
               hateth
               his
               son
               :
               but
               he
               that
               loveth
               him
               ,
               chasteneth
               him
               betimes
               .
            
          
        
         
           THE
           Education
           of
           Children
           is
           ,
           and
           hath
           always
           been
           accounted
           ,
           a
           thing
           of
           such
           Importance
           ,
           that
           all
           who
           have
           at
           any
           time
           discoursed
           or
           written
           of
           Government
           ,
           have
           found
           themselves
           obliged
           to
           dwell
           particularly
           on
           that
           Subject
           .
           Aristotle
           thinks
           it
           a
           matter
           of
           such
           moment
           ,
           that
           he
           positively
           determines
           it
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           left
           to
           the
           Parents
           choice
           ;
           but
           that
           the
           Publick
           (
           whose
           especially
           the
           Children
           are
           )
           should
           be
           entrusted
           only
           with
           that
           Charge
           :
           and
           Plato
           lays
           down
           such
           severe
           Rules
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           a
           question
           whether
           they
           were
           ever
           practicable
           ,
           or
           only
           fitted
           to
           his
           fansied
           Commonwealth
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           considering
           that
           they
           are
           the
           Seed
           of
           Empires
           ,
           Kingdoms
           ,
           Corporations
           ,
           and
           Families
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Good
           and
           Wellfare
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           depends
           entirely
           on
           them
           ,
           there
           can't
           be
           too
           much
           care
           employed
           about
           their
           bringing
           up
           :
           there
           are
           so
           many
           
           hazards
           from
           the
           sensible
           and
           tender
           dispositions
           of
           these
           nice
           Plants
           ,
           from
           noxious
           Airs
           ,
           inclement
           Seasons
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           natural
           Luxuriancy
           ,
           that
           it
           requires
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           skill
           to
           cultivate
           them
           as
           they
           should
           ,
           and
           as
           they
           well
           deserve
           .
           And
           it
           is
           with
           this
           prospect
           (
           and
           a
           larger
           one
           besides
           ,
           the
           World
           to
           come
           )
           that
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           hath
           inserted
           so
           many
           positive
           Commands
           ,
           and
           so
           many
           wise
           Rules
           of
           training
           Children
           up
           ,
           into
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           .
           For
           though
           One
           were
           enough
           ,
           when
           found
           there
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           our
           Duty
           ,
           yet
           there
           are
           Many
           to
           enforce
           it
           farther
           ;
           and
           though
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           inspir'd
           a-like
           the
           Herdsman's
           Son
           ,
           with
           Solomon
           the
           King's
           ,
           and
           made
           them
           a
           ▪
           like
           infallible
           ,
           in
           what
           they
           should
           deliver
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           yet
           in
           compliance
           (
           may
           be
           )
           with
           our
           Weakness
           ,
           and
           the
           fond
           Conceits
           we
           have
           of
           human
           Reason
           and
           Understanding
           ,
           it
           is
           so
           contriv'd
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           more
           Precepts
           concerning
           Childrens
           Education
           found
           in
           Solomon
           alone
           ,
           than
           all
           the
           Scriptures
           else
           :
           that
           they
           who
           take
           no
           notice
           of
           the
           Inspiration
           ,
           might
           yet
           be
           moved
           by
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           greatest
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           Experience
           ,
           and
           the
           thing
           however
           done
           .
           I
           am
           to
           confine
           my self
           to
           that
           of
           my
           Text
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           comprehensive
           as
           any
           :
           and
           will
           ,
        
         
         
           First
           ,
           Explain
           the
           Terms
           of
           it
           ;
           And
           ,
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Shew
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Propositions
           contain'd
           therein
           ;
           And
           ,
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           Make
           what
           Application
           may
           be
           seasonable
           and
           useful
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           First
           ,
           of
           the
           Terms
           .
           
             To
             spare
             the
             Rod
          
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           Clause
           ,
           being
           oppos'd
           to
           chastening
           ,
           in
           the
           second
           ;
           by
           the
           Rod
           must
           needs
           be
           meant
           ,
           not
           only
           that
           particular
           Instrument
           of
           Punishment
           ,
           but
           every
           thing
           besides
           that
           may
           prove
           the
           Means
           of
           our
           Correction
           and
           Amendment
           .
           And
           so
           in
           Job
           33.
           19.
           
           
             He
             is
             chastened
             with
             pain
             upon
             his
             bed
             .
          
           And
           so
           in
           Psal
           .
           69.
           10.
           
           
             I
             wept
             ,
             and
             chastened
             my
             soul
             with
             fasting
             .
          
           And
           so
           in
           Isa
           .
           53.
           5.
           
           
             The
             chastisement
             of
             our
             peace
             was
             on
             him
          
           ;
           by
           which
           is
           meant
           the
           Miseries
           ,
           Afflictions
           ,
           Pains
           ,
           and
           Torments
           that
           our
           Lord
           endured
           both
           in
           Life
           and
           Death
           for
           our
           sakes
           :
           and
           so
           in
           a
           great
           many
           other
           places
           .
           So
           that
           by
           Chastisement
           is
           here
           intended
           every
           Instrument
           of
           Correction
           ,
           every
           Means
           of
           effecting
           what
           we
           intend
           by
           chastising
           .
           And
           
             to
             spare
             the
             Rod
          
           ,
           is
           ,
           not
           to
           use
           those
           Means
           ,
           not
           to
           employ
           those
           Instruments
           for
           the
           correcting
           and
           amending
           what
           we
           see
           amiss
           in
           Children
           ,
           which
           
           are
           proper
           to
           their
           Age
           ,
           suited
           to
           their
           Dispositions
           ,
           and
           proportion'd
           to
           their
           Faults
           ;
           whether
           it
           be
           Reproof
           and
           sharp
           Admonition
           ,
           Restraint
           of
           Liberty
           ,
           Disappointment
           of
           their
           Wills
           ,
           or
           corporal
           Punishment
           :
           to
           do
           (
           in
           a
           word
           )
           whatever
           is
           necessary
           ,
           convenient
           ,
           or
           becoming
           the
           Children
           and
           the
           Parents
           in
           their
           respective
           circumstances
           ,
           is
           
             to
             chasten
          
           ,
           and
           to
           neglect
           the
           doing
           it
           ,
           is
           
             to
             spare
             the
             Rod.
          
           Let
           us
           see
           in
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           what
           it
           is
           to
           love
           and
           hate
           one's
           Son
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Terms
           .
        
         
           By
           loving
           and
           by
           hating
           is
           not
           here
           meant
           the
           exerting
           actually
           those
           Passions
           in
           the
           Heart
           ,
           for
           then
           the
           Text
           would
           be
           untrue
           :
           it
           is
           by
           no
           means
           likely
           that
           an
           indulgent
           Parent
           sparing
           of
           his
           Child
           ,
           should
           actually
           hate
           it
           in
           his
           Heart
           ,
           or
           that
           the
           punishing
           it
           should
           be
           the
           Effect
           or
           Sign
           of
           natural
           Love
           ,
           for
           the
           contrary
           to
           this
           ,
           is
           mostly
           true
           ;
           the
           Sparing
           it
           is
           the
           Fruits
           of
           natural
           Fondness
           and
           Affection
           ,
           and
           the
           Correcting
           it
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           choice
           of
           the
           Heart
           ,
           but
           the
           effects
           of
           a
           Necessity
           impos'd
           by
           Prudence
           and
           Consideration
           ,
           and
           Hopes
           and
           Fears
           of
           what
           may
           come
           to
           pass
           .
           By
           loving
           and
           by
           hating
           therefore
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           the
           acting
           agreeably
           to
           the
           Reason
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           Blindness
           of
           those
           Passions
           ;
           the
           producing
           such
           effects
           as
           
           are
           in
           God's
           Accounts
           ,
           and
           wise
           Mens
           too
           ,
           and
           in
           our
           own
           when
           freed
           from
           partial
           Prejudices
           ,
           the
           Consequence
           and
           Fruits
           of
           Love
           and
           Hatred
           acting
           regularly
           ;
           such
           as
           are
           commonly
           esteemed
           the
           Effects
           of
           those
           two
           Causes
           ,
           whether
           they
           indeed
           proceed
           from
           them
           or
           no
           :
           So
           that
           to
           love
           and
           hate
           ones
           Children
           ,
           is
           to
           behave
           ones
           self
           so
           towards
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           and
           others
           may
           be
           convinc'd
           we
           love
           or
           hate
           them
           ,
           by
           such
           Fruits
           as
           reasonably
           and
           ordinarily
           are
           the
           Products
           of
           those
           two
           Passions
           ,
           whether
           those
           Passions
           actually
           possess
           the
           Heart
           or
           no
           ,
           of
           which
           we
           can
           convince
           none
           but
           our selves
           .
        
         
           From
           the
           Terms
           thus
           explain'd
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           be
           difficult
           ,
           to
           shew
           ,
           in
           the
           
             second
             Place
          
           ,
           the
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           two
           Propositions
           ,
           how
           and
           in
           what
           Sense
           he
           may
           be
           said
           to
           hate
           his
           Son
           ,
           that
           spares
           the
           Chastisement
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           how
           he
           loves
           him
           who
           chastiseth
           him
           betimes
           :
           For
           if
           we
           are
           to
           reckon
           of
           Love
           and
           Hatred
           by
           the
           Effects
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           easie
           to
           discern
           when
           Parents
           hate
           their
           Children
           ,
           namely
           ,
           when
           either
           through
           Neglect
           or
           Fondness
           they
           permit
           them
           to
           enter
           on
           at
           first
           ,
           or
           afterwards
           continue
           in
           such
           Courses
           ,
           as
           will
           bring
           them
           to
           inevitable
           Ruine
           ;
           when
           by
           their
           want
           of
           
           Care
           ,
           Instruction
           ,
           or
           Correction
           ,
           those
           Children
           fall
           into
           such
           Miseries
           ,
           as
           the
           utmost
           Hatred
           of
           their
           most
           profest
           inveterate
           Enemies
           ,
           could
           neither
           wish
           nor
           make
           them
           greater
           ;
           whatever
           Love
           there
           may
           be
           at
           the
           bottom
           .
           What
           signifies
           the
           crowning
           of
           a
           Victim
           with
           a
           Garland
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           still
           drest
           up
           to
           Death
           ?
           That
           Mother
           is
           as
           much
           a
           Murtheress
           who
           stifles
           her
           Child
           in
           a
           Bed
           of
           Roses
           ,
           as
           she
           that
           does
           it
           with
           a
           Pillow-bear
           .
           The
           End
           and
           Mischief
           is
           as
           great
           ,
           tho'
           the
           Means
           and
           Instrument
           be
           not
           the
           same
           .
           And
           where
           two
           Causes
           will
           produce
           the
           same
           Effect
           ,
           with
           equal
           Certainty
           ,
           't
           is
           no
           great
           Matter
           which
           of
           them
           it
           is
           ,
           nor
           whether
           you
           give
           it
           a
           hard
           or
           gentle
           Name
           .
           It
           is
           all
           one
           as
           if
           a
           Parent
           truly
           hated
           his
           Child
           ,
           if
           through
           his
           Default
           ,
           he
           fall
           into
           those
           Evils
           ,
           which
           will
           naturally
           work
           his
           Mischief
           or
           Undoing
           ;
           that
           Fault
           has
           the
           same
           effect
           that
           downright
           Hatred
           would
           have
           had
           .
           And
           then
           for
           the
           Will
           ,
           tho'
           he
           can't
           be
           said
           to
           will
           downright
           the
           Evil
           of
           his
           Children
           ,
           yet
           if
           he
           will
           the
           Means
           which
           have
           a
           natural
           tendency
           to
           produce
           that
           End
           ,
           he
           is
           understood
           ,
           in
           the
           Accounts
           of
           Reason
           ,
           to
           will
           the
           End
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           the
           Evil
           in
           a
           great
           Degree
           .
           And
           so
           we
           are
           said
           to
           will
           
           a
           great
           many
           things
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           not
           that
           we
           will
           them
           properly
           ,
           but
           that
           we
           do
           those
           things
           ,
           from
           whence
           the
           others
           naturally
           and
           necessarily
           follow
           .
           So
           God
           expostulates
           ,
           in
           Ezek.
           18.
           31.
           and
           33.
           11.
           
           
             Why
             will
             ye
             die
             ,
             O
             house
             of
             Israel
             !
          
           Not
           that
           the
           Israelites
           will'd
           or
           desired
           to
           die
           ,
           for
           that
           's
           a
           thing
           incredible
           ,
           if
           not
           impossible
           ,
           in
           the
           hardest
           Sense
           of
           that
           Word
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           willed
           such
           things
           ,
           as
           would
           unavoidably
           bring
           that
           Death
           ,
           and
           most
           inevitably
           ruine
           them
           .
           So
           in
           Psal
           .
           106.
           24.
           
           
             Yea
             they
             despised
             that
             pleasant
             land
             .
          
           Not
           that
           they
           dispised
           or
           rejected
           the
           Land
           of
           Canaan
           it
           felf
           ,
           but
           rejecting
           the
           only
           Means
           God
           had
           appointed
           to
           bring
           them
           thither
           ,
           which
           were
           Faith
           and
           Trust
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           Patience
           and
           Obedience
           to
           his
           Laws
           ,
           they
           are
           said
           to
           despise
           the
           Land
           it self
           .
           So
           in
           Pro.
           17.
           19.
           
           
             He
             that
             exalteth
             his
             gate
             seeketh
             destruction
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           He
           that
           liveth
           above
           his
           Fortune
           and
           Condition
           ,
           or
           that
           openeth
           wide
           the
           Flood
           ▪
           Gates
           to
           Iniquity
           ,
           seeketh
           Destruction
           ;
           the
           meaning
           is
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           One
           shall
           find
           Destruction
           ,
           he
           is
           as
           One
           that
           seeks
           and
           makes
           Inquiry
           after
           it
           ,
           and
           he
           shall
           surely
           find
           it
           .
           So
           that
           Men
           are
           not
           charged
           with
           the
           Mischiefs
           only
           they
           intend
           directly
           ,
           but
           with
           such
           also
           as
           are
           like
           
           to
           follow
           whether
           they
           intend
           them
           or
           not
           ,
           nay
           ,
           tho'
           they
           should
           intend
           the
           contrary
           .
           He
           who
           takes
           the
           natural
           and
           ready
           Means
           to
           any
           End
           ,
           is
           strongly
           guilty
           of
           the
           evil
           Consequence
           ,
           altho'
           he
           should
           not
           only
           not
           design
           that
           End
           and
           Consequence
           ,
           but
           hope
           and
           wish
           it
           might
           not
           come
           to
           pass
           ;
           because
           neither
           Hopes
           ,
           nor
           Wishes
           ,
           nor
           Designs
           can
           hinder
           natural
           or
           moral
           Causes
           from
           producing
           natural
           and
           moral
           Effects
           .
           But
           neither
           is
           it
           only
           so
           in
           acting
           ,
           but
           in
           permitting
           also
           ;
           he
           is
           said
           ,
           upon
           the
           same
           Account
           and
           Reason
           ,
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           the
           Evils
           that
           ensue
           ,
           whose
           Duty
           it
           was
           ,
           and
           in
           whose
           Power
           it
           was
           ,
           to
           have
           prevented
           them
           ,
           but
           did
           not
           :
           It
           were
           cruel
           and
           unjust
           ,
           to
           charge
           a
           Man
           with
           all
           the
           Evils
           he
           should
           by
           Duty
           prevent
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           Power
           :
           And
           it
           is
           not
           always
           reasonable
           ,
           to
           charge
           a
           Man
           with
           the
           Eviis
           he
           could
           by
           his
           Power
           have
           prevented
           ,
           but
           did
           not
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           not
           oblig'd
           in
           Duty
           ;
           because
           the
           Signification
           of
           Power
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           Case
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           determin'd
           by
           the
           convenience
           of
           Time
           ,
           and
           Place
           ,
           and
           Person
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           many
           other
           Circumstances
           of
           which
           a
           Man
           is
           only
           able
           to
           judge
           himself
           :
           But
           where
           Power
           and
           Duty
           meet
           together
           ,
           there
           the
           Obligation
           
           is
           unquestionable
           ,
           and
           the
           Neglect
           of
           doing
           what
           we
           should
           and
           conld
           is
           inexcusable
           .
           The
           Application
           of
           these
           Rules
           to
           the
           Case
           in
           Hand
           ,
           is
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           as
           evident
           as
           the
           Reason
           of
           those
           Rules
           .
           It
           is
           plain
           from
           the
           Light
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           the
           use
           of
           Reason
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           God's
           Determination
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           a
           Parent
           is
           oblig'd
           to
           educate
           his
           Children
           in
           the
           best
           ,
           and
           most
           religious
           Manner
           possible
           ,
           to
           instruct
           them
           in
           all
           that
           's
           Good
           ,
           and
           warn
           them
           of
           all
           that
           's
           Evil
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           as
           plain
           from
           the
           corruption
           of
           our
           Nature
           ,
           the
           perversness
           of
           our
           Wills
           ,
           and
           from
           lamentable
           Experience
           ,
           that
           unless
           this
           Care
           be
           taken
           ,
           Children
           will
           unavoidably
           be
           ruin'd
           ;
           and
           therefore
           he
           who
           neglects
           this
           Education
           ,
           which
           he
           might
           and
           should
           look
           after
           ,
           is
           properly
           enough
           said
           to
           undo
           his
           Children
           ;
           and
           as
           he
           who
           should
           designedly
           ruine
           his
           own
           Children
           ,
           would
           deservedly
           be
           said
           to
           hate
           them
           ,
           so
           may
           he
           also
           ,
           who
           neglects
           their
           Education
           ,
           if
           such
           Neglect
           be
           the
           natural
           and
           ready
           Way
           to
           Ruine
           ,
           though
           he
           don't
           design
           that
           Ruine
           ,
           and
           though
           that
           Neglect
           do
           not
           proceed
           from
           Hatred
           ,
           yet
           he
           is
           said
           ,
           and
           properly
           enough
           ,
           both
           to
           undoe
           and
           hate
           them
           ,
        
         
         
           Now
           the
           Evils
           that
           proceed
           from
           a
           careless
           ,
           or
           from
           bad
           Education
           ,
           from
           want
           of
           good
           Instruction
           ,
           of
           Reproof
           ,
           Restraint
           ,
           or
           of
           due
           Chastisement
           in
           any
           Kind
           ,
           are
           Infinite
           and
           Pernicious
           ,
           they
           are
           Numberless
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           Intolerable
           .
           I
           believe
           it
           were
           hard
           to
           reckon
           up
           any
           considerable
           Calamity
           that
           has
           befallen
           a
           Kingdom
           ,
           City
           ,
           Family
           ,
           or
           private
           Person
           ,
           but
           might
           be
           justly
           charg'd
           upon
           this
           Head
           in
           some
           Measure
           .
        
         
           The
           Reasoning
           of
           Plato
           is
           both
           just
           and
           excellent
           upon
           the
           Education
           of
           Cyrus
           and
           his
           Son
           
             Cambyses
             ,
             Darius
          
           and
           his
           Son
           Xerxes
           ,
           and
           the
           following
           Kings
           of
           Persia
           ,
           and
           shews
           the
           exact
           and
           perfect
           Correspondence
           betwixt
           the
           Ways
           of
           bringing
           up
           those
           Princes
           ,
           and
           the
           Quality
           and
           Fortune
           of
           their
           Government
           and
           Kingdoms
           whilst
           they
           liv'd
           .
        
         
           Cyrus
           having
           been
           brought
           up
           still
           in
           painful
           and
           laborious
           Exercises
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           handsome
           kind
           of
           Equality
           of
           almost
           all
           Things
           betwixt
           himself
           and
           his
           Companions
           ,
           his
           Reign
           was
           full
           of
           Glory
           and
           Success
           ,
           and
           every
           thing
           that
           's
           Good
           and
           Laudable
           .
           But
           whilst
           himself
           was
           reaping
           Palms
           and
           Crowns
           of
           Victory
           ,
           he
           left
           the
           Education
           of
           his
           Son
           to
           the
           Ladies
           
           who
           brought
           him
           up
           in
           the
           luxurious
           softness
           of
           the
           Medes
           ,
           where
           no
           body
           durst
           speak
           a
           word
           of
           Truth
           or
           Honesty
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           wounding
           his
           Ears
           ,
           which
           were
           us'd
           to
           nothing
           but
           to
           compliment
           and
           flattery
           .
           And
           hence
           it
           came
           ,
           that
           the
           Reign
           and
           Government
           of
           this
           soft
           Prince
           was
           full
           as
           Infamous
           and
           Unfortunate
           both
           to
           himself
           and
           People
           as
           that
           of
           his
           brave
           Father
           had
           been
           Glorious
           ,
           Wise
           ,
           and
           Happy
           ,
           unto
           both
           .
           
             Darius
             Hystaspes
          
           afterwards
           ascended
           the
           Throne
           ,
           and
           as
           his
           Education
           had
           not
           been
           in
           the
           Delights
           of
           a
           Court
           ,
           but
           Hard
           ,
           and
           Rough
           ,
           in
           Labours
           and
           Fatigues
           ,
           so
           his
           Reign
           resembled
           in
           a
           Manner
           that
           of
           Cyrus
           ,
           both
           for
           Glory
           and
           for
           Conquest
           :
           But
           whilst
           he
           and
           his
           Compeers
           were
           spreading
           every
           where
           the
           Persian
           Honour
           by
           their
           Gallantry
           and
           brave
           Atchievements
           ,
           Xerxes
           ,
           his
           Son
           ,
           was
           left
           in
           Womens
           Hands
           ,
           and
           from
           them
           had
           just
           such
           another
           Education
           as
           Cambyses
           had
           ,
           and
           reigned
           accordingly
           ,
           leaving
           where'er
           he
           came
           ,
           the
           shameful
           Marks
           of
           a
           prodigious
           Power
           put
           into
           the
           Hands
           of
           an
           ambitious
           Mad-man
           .
        
         
           Darius
           was
           indeed
           a
           great
           deal
           more
           to
           blame
           than
           Cyrus
           ,
           because
           he
           avail'd
           not
           himself
           of
           so
           notorious
           an
           Example
           of
           Miscarriage
           ,
           
           nor
           procur'd
           a
           better
           Education
           for
           his
           Son
           ;
           but
           that
           's
           not
           the
           only
           Use
           that
           we
           may
           make
           of
           these
           great
           Instances
           ,
           one
           cannot
           choose
           but
           see
           ,
           and
           lament
           too
           ,
           that
           the
           Fate
           and
           Fortune
           of
           great
           Empires
           ,
           the
           Wellfare
           and
           the
           Ruine
           of
           so
           many
           Hundred
           Thousands
           should
           depend
           upon
           the
           Care
           and
           the
           Neglect
           of
           a
           Parent
           ,
           upon
           the
           Improvement
           or
           the
           Sottishness
           of
           one
           Body
           .
           But
           this
           would
           not
           touch
           us
           so
           near
           we
           think
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           not
           also
           true
           in
           lesser
           Matters
           ,
           and
           as
           fatal
           to
           private
           Families
           .
           The
           good
           or
           evil
           Education
           of
           Children
           ,
           does
           not
           only
           affect
           themselves
           ,
           but
           all
           the
           Stock
           and
           Kindred
           more
           or
           less
           ;
           there
           is
           hardly
           any
           body
           so
           inconsiderable
           ,
           but
           some
           body
           may
           be
           bettered
           ,
           and
           some
           body
           prejudiced
           by
           him
           ;
           there
           is
           no
           body
           stands
           so
           single
           and
           remote
           ,
           but
           if
           he
           falls
           ,
           there
           is
           some
           one
           hurt
           besides
           himself
           ,
           directly
           or
           indirectly
           :
           which
           as
           it
           is
           a
           Motive
           to
           induce
           every
           Relation
           to
           see
           after
           the
           Improvement
           of
           Children
           ,
           as
           it
           falls
           in
           their
           Way
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           a
           special
           Argument
           to
           Parents
           ,
           to
           attend
           more
           heedfully
           to
           the
           well
           educating
           of
           their
           Children
           ,
           because
           the
           Wellfare
           and
           the
           Prejudice
           of
           so
           many
           other
           People
           does
           in
           a
           great
           Measure
           depend
           thereon
           .
           But
           supposing
           the
           Evil
           were
           single
           ,
           that
           neither
           Common-wealth
           ,
           
           nor
           Family
           ,
           nor
           Parent
           were
           endamaged
           (
           as
           they
           all
           are
           )
           by
           want
           of
           Education
           ,
           yet
           the
           Evils
           that
           befall
           the
           Children
           ,
           are
           so
           intolerably
           many
           ,
           and
           pernicious
           both
           to
           Soul
           and
           Body
           ,
           that
           those
           may
           well
           be
           said
           
             to
             hate
             them
          
           ,
           that
           do
           not
           ,
           when
           they
           might
           and
           should
           ,
           prevent
           them
           .
        
         
           Can
           we
           see
           a
           Man
           that
           has
           wholly
           renounc'd
           to
           Truth
           and
           good
           Faith
           ,
           so
           entirely
           possess'd
           with
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Falsehood
           ,
           Lying
           and
           Deceit
           ,
           that
           one
           knows
           not
           how
           to
           believe
           a
           Word
           he
           sayes
           ,
           nor
           how
           to
           trust
           him
           with
           the
           least
           Concern
           ?
           Can
           we
           see
           a
           Man
           so
           ignorant
           of
           God
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           of
           Religion
           and
           his
           Duty
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           Things
           Spiritual
           ,
           that
           one
           would
           think
           he
           were
           newly
           born
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           had
           not
           yet
           attained
           the
           Use
           of
           Reason
           ,
           nor
           indeed
           the
           Use
           of
           Speech
           ,
           and
           Language
           ;
           and
           another
           so
           exceeding
           skilful
           in
           those
           Matters
           ,
           and
           of
           so
           sharp
           a
           Wit
           and
           penetrating
           Judgment
           ,
           that
           he
           knows
           very
           well
           that
           there
           is
           no
           such
           thing
           as
           God
           and
           Soul
           ,
           or
           any
           thing
           but
           gross
           substantial
           Matter
           ,
           modify'd
           with
           great
           variety
           ?
           Can
           we
           hear
           another
           talk
           so
           loudly
           ,
           and
           so
           frequently
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           his
           Mouth
           is
           fill'd
           with
           nothing
           else
           ,
           and
           yet
           at
           last
           it
           should
           be
           all
           in
           his
           Dishonour
           
           and
           Defiance
           ,
           in
           wounding
           Oaths
           ,
           in
           raging
           Blasphemies
           ,
           and
           dreadful
           Imprecations
           ,
           without
           Temptation
           ,
           without
           Pleasure
           ,
           without
           Profit
           ;
           and
           at
           last
           without
           his
           Knowledge
           and
           Design
           ?
           Can
           we
           see
           another
           vers'd
           in
           all
           the
           Species
           of
           Intemperance
           ,
           practis'd
           in
           all
           the
           Arts
           of
           Luxury
           and
           Wantonness
           ,
           and
           devoted
           wholly
           to
           excess
           ,
           a
           perfect
           Slave
           to
           his
           voracious
           Appetite
           ,
           and
           whose
           heart
           and
           Soul
           is
           in
           his
           Dish
           ?
           Another
           so
           intoxicated
           with
           the
           Love
           of
           Drink
           ,
           that
           if
           't
           were
           possible
           to
           drown
           himself
           ,
           he
           would
           ,
           devoting
           both
           the
           Day
           and
           Night
           to
           that
           excess
           ,
           having
           no
           other
           Business
           ,
           nor
           other
           Pleasure
           and
           Diversion
           than
           Intemperance
           ,
           neglecting
           all
           Concerns
           ,
           forgetting
           all
           his
           Duty
           both
           to
           God
           and
           Man
           ,
           a
           Reproach
           to
           Nature
           ,
           Scandal
           to
           Religion
           ,
           Useless
           to
           all
           the
           ends
           and
           purposes
           of
           living
           ;
           and
           not
           only
           so
           ,
           but
           by
           his
           bad
           Example
           ,
           and
           the
           cursed
           Consequences
           of
           those
           Courses
           ,
           ruinous
           to
           himself
           and
           Family
           ,
           and
           a
           most
           pernicious
           Creature
           to
           the
           Commonwealth
           .
           And
           another
           so
           enfeebled
           by
           his
           Lusts
           ,
           so
           debilitated
           both
           in
           Soul
           and
           Body
           ,
           by
           his
           exorbitant
           Indulgence
           to
           those
           brutal
           Longings
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           scarce
           the
           Shadow
           of
           a
           Man
           ;
           dull
           of
           Apprehension
           ,
           weak
           in
           Imagination
           ,
           failing
           in
           Memory
           ,
           and
           moap'd
           
           in
           his
           Understanding
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           as
           impotent
           of
           Mind
           as
           Body
           ,
           and
           whose
           Soul
           is
           as
           loose
           about
           him
           as
           his
           Limbs
           .
        
         
           Can
           one
           see
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           these
           ,
           and
           a
           thousand
           other
           Evils
           and
           Disorders
           ,
           with
           all
           their
           ugly
           Consequences
           ,
           reign
           and
           rage
           about
           the
           World
           continually
           ,
           and
           know
           at
           the
           same
           time
           they
           are
           the
           natural
           Consequences
           of
           a
           loose
           and
           careless
           Education
           ,
           and
           might
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           ,
           have
           been
           prevented
           by
           Advice
           ,
           Restraint
           ,
           and
           punishing
           betimes
           ;
           can
           one
           see
           and
           know
           this
           ,
           and
           doubt
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           whether
           our
           Parents
           hated
           us
           or
           no
           ,
           who
           should
           and
           could
           ,
           but
           would
           not
           save
           us
           from
           them
           ?
           What
           could
           our
           greatest
           Enemy
           have
           done
           besides
           ?
           He
           would
           have
           taken
           the
           same
           courses
           ;
           for
           one
           that
           he
           exercises
           as
           he
           did
           Job
           ,
           with
           Sorrows
           and
           Afflictions
           ,
           he
           ruines
           a
           thousand
           by
           Indulgences
           ;
           it
           is
           the
           End
           he
           aims
           at
           ,
           which
           is
           our
           destruction
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           no
           matter
           by
           what
           means
           he
           comes
           about
           it
           .
           If
           
           Eutrapelus's
           Presents
           are
           sure
           to
           prove
           as
           fatal
           to
           a
           weak
           Mind
           ,
           as
           a
           Dagger
           in
           a
           Man's
           Heart
           ,
           or
           a
           Glass
           of
           Poyson
           in
           his
           Bowels
           ,
           what
           signifie
           the
           shews
           of
           Love
           ,
           and
           the
           Pretence
           of
           Friendship
           ,
           which
           prove
           as
           deadly
           as
           the
           Assaults
           of
           open
           Enmity
           ?
           What
           signifies
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           Child
           is
           the
           
           Delight
           of
           its
           Parents
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           the
           Idol
           of
           their
           Hearts
           ;
           the
           perpetual
           Object
           of
           their
           Thoughts
           ,
           and
           the
           perpetual
           Theme
           of
           their
           Discourse
           ,
           that
           they
           discern
           new
           Beauties
           dayly
           in
           it
           ,
           secret
           Charms
           ,
           and
           Excellencies
           undiscoverable
           to
           all
           the
           World
           besides
           ;
           hear
           Musick
           in
           his
           Voice
           ,
           and
           Wit
           in
           every
           Word
           ,
           and
           Grace
           and
           Comeliness
           in
           every
           Action
           .
           If
           Care
           be
           not
           taken
           to
           render
           him
           as
           excellent
           indeed
           and
           to
           himself
           ,
           and
           as
           amiable
           to
           others
           ,
           by
           Vertue
           ,
           Goodness
           ,
           Sweetness
           and
           Humanity
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           to
           them
           by
           an
           abused
           Fancy
           .
           All
           other
           Demonstrations
           are
           but
           Demonstrations
           of
           their
           own
           Fondness
           to
           ,
           and
           Love
           of
           their
           own
           self
           ,
           and
           end
           in
           their
           own
           Complacence
           and
           Delight
           .
           If
           you
           would
           convince
           another
           of
           your
           Love
           ,
           it
           is
           he
           that
           must
           feel
           the
           effects
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           and
           upon
           himself
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           you
           .
           It
           is
           otherwise
           like
           the
           Charity
           of
           good
           Words
           ,
           the
           wishing
           of
           Alms
           ,
           and
           Food
           ,
           and
           Raiment
           ,
           with
           which
           a
           Man
           may
           be
           starv'd
           with
           Cold
           and
           Hunger
           .
           The
           Love
           that
           terminates
           in
           Fondness
           ,
           and
           the
           little
           trifling
           (
           if
           no
           worse
           )
           effects
           of
           that
           ,
           can
           no
           more
           properly
           be
           called
           the
           Love
           of
           ones
           Children
           ,
           than
           the
           bidding
           the
           hungry
           be
           filled
           ,
           the
           thirsty
           be
           satisfied
           ,
           and
           the
           naked
           be
           cloathed
           ,
           without
           supplying
           
           those
           Necessities
           ,
           can
           be
           call'd
           
             relieving
             them
          
           .
           But
           the
           Parallel
           will
           hold
           no
           farther
           ,
           for
           he
           that
           relieves
           not
           the
           distressed
           ,
           does
           them
           at
           least
           no
           harm
           or
           injury
           ;
           whereas
           the
           Parent
           that
           with
           all
           this
           dotage
           ,
           takes
           not
           care
           to
           educate
           his
           Children
           virtuously
           and
           well
           ,
           does
           them
           the
           greatest
           injury
           and
           mischief
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           mispends
           the
           only
           proper
           time
           and
           season
           of
           their
           Improvement
           ,
           deprives
           them
           of
           all
           the
           Advantages
           and
           Opportunities
           of
           becoming
           useful
           to
           the
           Publick
           ,
           a
           Support
           to
           the
           Family
           ,
           a
           comfortable
           Relation
           ,
           and
           happy
           People
           themselves
           :
           and
           not
           only
           so
           ,
           but
           exposes
           them
           defenceless
           ,
           destitute
           and
           naked
           to
           abundance
           of
           Hazards
           and
           Temptations
           ;
           to
           a
           contagious
           Air
           in
           the
           most
           sensible
           and
           tender
           Age
           ;
           to
           a
           vicious
           World
           ,
           with
           vicious
           Inclinations
           ;
           to
           combate
           with
           those
           Foes
           ,
           with
           whom
           our
           Hearts
           do
           naturally
           conspire
           ;
           to
           meet
           those
           Dangers
           we
           rejoice
           to
           run
           into
           ;
           to
           vanquish
           those
           Temptations
           which
           we
           seek
           and
           hunt
           for
           ;
           to
           resist
           those
           evils
           we
           had
           rather
           should
           prevail
           than
           be
           subdu'd
           ;
           to
           be
           left
           ,
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           to
           our selves
           ,
           to
           the
           Naughtiness
           of
           our
           own
           Hearts
           ,
           and
           the
           Dictates
           of
           unruly
           heedless
           Nature
           ,
           to
           engage
           with
           so
           many
           Sins
           ,
           and
           so
           many
           Snares
           ,
           as
           are
           commonly
           a
           match
           sufficient
           for
           the
           greatest
           Care
           ,
           and
           greatest
           
           Watchfulness
           ,
           and
           greatest
           Prudence
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           ordinary
           Supplies
           of
           God's
           Grace
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           ruin'd
           and
           undone
           without
           peradventure
           .
           And
           if
           these
           are
           not
           true
           effects
           of
           Hatred
           ,
           if
           these
           are
           not
           the
           Tokens
           of
           the
           greatest
           Ill-will
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           improv'd
           refin'd
           Malice
           ,
           we
           are
           yet
           to
           learn
           what
           those
           Words
           mean.
           And
           this
           I
           hope
           is
           so
           evident
           from
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           Thing
           ,
           from
           the
           reason
           of
           the
           Words
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           experience
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           little
           occasion
           to
           press
           you
           with
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           and
           to
           insist
           upon
           it
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           King
           Solomon
           inspir'd
           by
           God
           that
           says
           ,
           That
           
             he
             that
             spareth
             the
             Rod
             ,
             hateth
             his
             Son.
          
           It
           will
           be
           somewhat
           clearer
           by
           considering
           the
           other
           Clause
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           and
           seeing
           what
           are
           the
           effects
           of
           Love
           ,
           which
           is
           early
           Chastisement
           .
           
             He
             that
             loveth
             his
             Son
             ,
             chasteneth
             him
             betimes
             .
          
        
         
           I
           have
           already
           made
           appear
           ,
           that
           Love
           and
           Hatred
           ,
           in
           these
           cases
           ,
           can
           only
           be
           securely
           judged
           of
           by
           the
           Effects
           ;
           not
           by
           the
           Feelings
           ,
           Motions
           ▪
           and
           Affections
           of
           the
           Parents
           Heart
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           Fruits
           and
           Consequences
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           Children
           must
           be
           sensible
           themselves
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           World
           be
           Judges
           .
           For
           the
           ground
           of
           all
           this
           mischief
           is
           ,
           that
           Parents
           commonly
           consult
           with
           no
           body
           but
           themselves
           ,
           to
           know
           if
           they
           love
           their
           Children
           ,
           and
           finding
           quickly
           
           by
           the
           Reply
           their
           Hearts
           make
           ,
           that
           they
           love
           them
           ,
           as
           they
           love
           their
           Eyes
           ;
           they
           rest
           contented
           with
           the
           Answer
           ,
           and
           use
           them
           indeed
           as
           tenderly
           :
           whereas
           they
           should
           enquire
           of
           Strangers
           and
           of
           wise
           Men
           ,
           impartial
           and
           unprejudic'd
           ;
           they
           should
           take
           their
           Informations
           from
           Reafon
           and
           good
           Sense
           ,
           from
           the
           Experience
           of
           the
           Aged
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           study
           more
           particularly
           this
           Affair
           ;
           and
           they
           would
           shew
           them
           ,
           by
           the
           effects
           alone
           ,
           whether
           they
           lov'd
           or
           no
           :
           the
           Marks
           and
           Tokens
           of
           Affection
           would
           be
           visible
           in
           Manners
           and
           Instruction
           ,
           beyond
           the
           Power
           of
           being
           deceived
           ;
           and
           if
           this
           be
           too
           much
           ,
           let
           them
           learn
           the
           Truth
           ,
           from
           the
           Pity
           of
           some
           ,
           and
           the
           Reproach
           of
           others
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           common
           Rumours
           of
           the
           Neighbourhood
           .
           Every
           body
           but
           themselves
           ,
           will
           tell
           them
           ,
           that
           Love
           of
           Children
           must
           appear
           by
           its
           Effects
           and
           Fruits
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           thing
           can
           possibly
           convince
           another
           of
           that
           Love
           ,
           though
           they
           themselves
           are
           never
           so
           persuaded
           that
           they
           do
           ,
           and
           to
           confirm
           it
           could
           be
           content
           to
           die
           .
           But
           of
           this
           enough
           already
           ,
           and
           also
           what
           it
           is
           
             to
             chasten
          
           ;
           it
           remains
           that
           I
           say
           a
           word
           or
           two
           of
           the
           proper
           Season
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           
             betimes
             ,
             he
             that
             loveth
             him
             chasteneth
             him
             betimes
             ▪
          
           either
           betimes
           with
           respect
           to
           his
           Age
           ,
           or
           with
           respect
           to
           his
           Faults
           .
        
         
         
           First
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           his
           Age.
           It
           is
           ,
           in
           every
           thing
           ,
           of
           great
           Importance
           ,
           how
           we
           begin
           ,
           what
           Grounds
           we
           lay
           ,
           and
           what
           Foundation
           't
           is
           we
           build
           upon
           :
           if
           this
           be
           not
           right
           ,
           the
           rest
           is
           but
           Time
           and
           Pains
           mispent
           ,
           and
           will
           end
           in
           Loss
           and
           Disappointment
           .
           It
           is
           as
           a
           Man
           that
           sets
           out
           false
           ,
           every
           step
           that
           he
           proceeds
           ,
           is
           so
           much
           out
           of
           his
           way
           ,
           and
           he
           must
           return
           and
           begin
           again
           .
           And
           so
           it
           is
           with
           the
           Journeyings
           of
           Life
           ;
           if
           in
           our
           early
           Youth
           we
           set
           out
           false
           ,
           fall
           into
           evil
           Practices
           ,
           or
           be
           corrupted
           with
           pernicious
           Maxims
           ,
           it
           is
           either
           a
           great
           chance
           that
           we
           never
           see
           our
           Errour
           at
           all
           ,
           but
           blindly
           still
           proceed
           at
           all
           adventure
           ;
           or
           if
           we
           do
           ,
           we
           find
           our selves
           constrain'd
           to
           begin
           a-new
           ,
           to
           return
           to
           the
           place
           from
           whence
           we
           first
           fet
           out
           ,
           to
           our
           intollerable
           trouble
           and
           vexation
           .
           What
           a
           deal
           of
           human
           Life
           is
           spent
           ,
           not
           in
           weaving
           a
           new
           web
           ,
           but
           in
           unravelling
           the
           old
           ;
           not
           in
           learning
           new
           Lessons
           of
           Truth
           and
           Vertue
           ,
           but
           in
           unlearning
           those
           of
           Vice
           and
           Falshood
           ;
           in
           forgetting
           of
           evil
           Principles
           ,
           and
           laying
           down
           old
           Prejudices
           ;
           in
           stripping
           our selves
           of
           our
           accustom'd
           Habits
           ,
           in
           parting
           with
           our
           old
           Acquaintances
           ,
           in
           forsaking
           our
           old
           Friends
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           manner
           tearing
           out
           our
           Vitals
           ,
           and
           rending
           of
           our
           Hearts
           asunder
           :
           all
           which
           might
           ,
           in
           
           great
           measure
           ,
           be
           prevented
           ,
           by
           an
           early
           Seasoning
           in
           the
           ways
           of
           Goodness
           .
           It
           was
           in
           prospect
           of
           this
           ,
           that
           one
           of
           the
           Ancients
           would
           have
           Children
           accustom'd
           to
           love
           and
           praise
           with
           delight
           all
           vertuous
           Actions
           ,
           and
           detest
           all
           Vices
           ,
           even
           before
           they
           attain'd
           the
           Use
           of
           Reason
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           them
           constantly
           observe
           ,
           know
           them
           compleatly
           ,
           and
           form
           in
           their
           Minds
           perfect
           Idea's
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           observing
           that
           Children
           are
           first
           of
           all
           affected
           with
           the
           Sense
           of
           Pleasure
           and
           of
           Pain
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           them
           used
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           little
           and
           young
           ,
           to
           take
           or
           think
           there
           is
           no
           Pleasure
           but
           in
           Goodness
           ,
           Vertue
           ,
           Temperance
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           nor
           feel
           or
           think
           there
           is
           any
           great
           Pain
           but
           in
           those
           things
           that
           are
           truly
           evil
           ,
           Vice
           and
           Sin.
           The
           thing
           is
           carried
           certainly
           too
           high
           ,
           and
           the
           Lesson
           too
           refin'd
           and
           subtil
           to
           be
           put
           in
           practice
           :
           but
           the
           thing
           he
           means
           is
           this
           ;
           that
           the
           Preventions
           and
           Prepossessions
           of
           Vertue
           ,
           Goodness
           ,
           and
           Religion
           ,
           should
           answer
           at
           least
           the
           Prejudices
           of
           our
           natural
           Corruption
           ,
           and
           that
           Propensity
           and
           Inclination
           to
           Folly
           and
           to
           Sin
           ,
           we
           bring
           along
           with
           us
           into
           this
           World
           ;
           that
           the
           Artificial
           Principles
           of
           Education
           ,
           might
           be
           of
           equal
           poise
           with
           our
           original
           Corruption
           ,
           till
           the
           use
           of
           our
           Understanding
           bear
           down
           the
           Scale
           on
           
           the
           right
           side
           :
           and
           if
           it
           be
           better
           to
           prevent
           ,
           than
           cure
           an
           Evil
           ,
           to
           save
           from
           Danger
           ,
           than
           deliver
           out
           of
           it
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           better
           to
           begin
           betimes
           with
           chastening
           of
           our
           Children
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           wise
           at
           our
           expence
           ,
           to
           let
           them
           know
           no
           Sin
           but
           by
           description
           ;
           to
           hinder
           them
           from
           making
           an
           Experiment
           so
           very
           unprofitable
           at
           best
           ,
           and
           fatal
           in
           the
           Event
           ,
           most
           commonly
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           
             Secondly
             ,
             betimes
          
           is
           also
           to
           be
           understood
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           Fault
           ;
           the
           first
           respecting
           Age
           ,
           would
           ,
           if
           't
           were
           possible
           ,
           prevent
           the
           evil
           ,
           this
           latter
           is
           to
           put
           a
           speedy
           stop
           to
           it
           ,
           to
           hinder
           it
           from
           growing
           any
           farther
           ;
           the
           first
           Advice
           is
           ,
           to
           take
           all
           care
           imaginable
           ,
           that
           no
           corrupt
           or
           noxious
           Weeds
           should
           spring
           up
           ,
           in
           that
           pure
           and
           tender
           Soil
           ;
           the
           second
           is
           to
           root
           them
           out
           betimes
           ,
           if
           once
           they
           come
           ;
           so
           that
           
             to
             chasten
             betimes
          
           ,
           is
           to
           see
           ,
           that
           Punishment
           do
           constantly
           attend
           the
           Crime
           ,
           before
           it
           be
           forgotten
           ,
           and
           before
           an
           evil
           habit
           be
           contracted
           by
           the
           frequent
           repetition
           of
           evil
           Acts.
           
        
         
           First
           ,
           Before
           it
           be
           forgotten
           ;
           as
           well
           that
           it
           may
           not
           appear
           to
           proceed
           from
           a
           delight
           in
           Punishment
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           the
           effects
           of
           studied
           and
           deliberate
           Cruelty
           ,
           as
           also
           that
           the
           Fault
           being
           fresh
           in
           Memory
           ,
           the
           Justice
           and
           Reasonableness
           of
           the
           Infliction
           may
           the
           better
           appear
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           deeper
           Impression
           on
           the
           Mind
           ,
           and
           
           raise
           the
           greater
           Aversation
           and
           Abhorrence
           of
           the
           Thing
           ,
           that
           Impunity
           may
           not
           breed
           
             Security
             in
          
           Sin
           ;
           and
           that
           Children
           may
           not
           argue
           as
           older
           People
           often
           do
           ,
           that
           
             because
             Sentence
             is
             not
             speedily
             executed
             against
             an
             evil
             Work
             ,
             therefore
             their
             Hearts
             should
             be
             fully
             set
             in
             them
             ,
             to
             do
             Evil.
          
           'T
           is
           a
           false
           and
           vicious
           Way
           of
           Arguing
           ,
           but
           because
           't
           is
           obvious
           ,
           natural
           ,
           and
           too
           too
           easie
           ,
           it
           should
           be
           silenc'd
           quickly
           ,
           and
           convicted
           of
           its
           Falsehood
           ;
           that
           it
           may
           not
           impose
           on
           them
           a
           second
           Time.
           
        
         
           But
           ,
           Lastly
           ,
           and
           most
           especially
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           evil
           Habits
           being
           contracted
           ,
           the
           Dread
           of
           Punishment
           is
           the
           most
           natural
           Restraint
           upon
           the
           Mind
           ,
           t
           is
           the
           most
           powerfull
           Motive
           to
           Obedience
           ,
           the
           very
           Life
           of
           all
           Laws
           ,
           and
           without
           which
           they
           would
           be
           but
           a
           dead
           Letter
           ;
           and
           all
           the
           Reason
           in
           the
           World
           they
           should
           be
           so
           ;
           for
           who
           would
           obey
           against
           his
           Interest
           ,
           or
           who
           would
           practice
           against
           his
           inclination
           ,
           without
           fear
           ?
           and
           who
           would
           fear
           without
           Punishment
           ?
           according
           therefore
           to
           the
           Degrees
           of
           Impunity
           ,
           which
           Men
           can
           find
           or
           fansie
           ,
           will
           their
           Obedience
           to
           the
           Laws
           ,
           or
           Disobedience
           prove
           .
           And
           so
           it
           is
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           smallest
           Matters
           that
           relate
           to
           Children
           ,
           they
           naturally
           incline
           the
           wrong
           Way
           ,
           and
           are
           kept
           strait
           by
           forcible
           Coercion
           ;
           the
           Dread
           of
           Punishment
           
           is
           the
           Restraint
           that
           lies
           most
           powerfully
           upon
           them
           ,
           't
           is
           the
           Consideration
           of
           that
           ,
           that
           is
           their
           Motive
           to
           Obedience
           ,
           and
           the
           Discouragement
           that
           keeps
           them
           from
           offending
           :
           and
           he
           that
           removes
           that
           Bar
           ,
           lays
           them
           expos'd
           and
           open
           to
           every
           Danger
           and
           Temptation
           .
           But
           nothing
           does
           this
           more
           effectually
           ,
           than
           suffering
           them
           to
           sin
           at
           first
           without
           Reproof
           and
           Punishment
           ;
           this
           strangely
           lessens
           the
           Guilt
           and
           Horrour
           of
           their
           Faults
           within
           their
           own
           Minds
           ,
           gives
           them
           Degrees
           of
           Confidence
           in
           Wickedness
           ,
           and
           makes
           them
           think
           it
           no
           such
           hainous
           Matter
           ,
           and
           venture
           on
           it
           frequently
           and
           freely
           ,
           till
           it
           at
           last
           becomes
           habitual
           ,
           and
           is
           rooted
           firmly
           in
           them
           :
           and
           then
           the
           Danger
           is
           a
           thousand
           times
           the
           greater
           ,
           and
           the
           Pains
           of
           remedying
           all
           these
           Mischiefs
           infinitely
           more
           .
           So
           that
           allowing
           that
           they
           must
           some
           time
           or
           other
           root
           these
           Evils
           out
           ,
           free
           them
           from
           the
           Bondage
           and
           Captivity
           of
           their
           Lusts
           and
           Passions
           ,
           and
           rid
           them
           of
           all
           their
           bad
           and
           foolish
           Principles
           ,
           and
           set
           them
           in
           the
           Ways
           of
           Virtue
           and
           Sobriety
           again
           ,
           allowing
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           this
           must
           needs
           be
           done
           ,
           that
           they
           cannot
           possibly
           be
           Safe
           or
           Happy
           withont
           it
           ,
           nay
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           be
           miserable
           here
           and
           more
           than
           so
           hereafter
           .
           Allowing
           of
           all
           this
           ,
           it
           is
           demonstrable
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           only
           a
           Piece
           of
           
           the
           greatest
           Wisdom
           to
           set
           about
           it
           betimes
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           greatest
           Mercy
           and
           Compassion
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           Judgment
           of
           the
           tenderest
           and
           most
           pittying
           Mother
           .
           'T
           is
           like
           putting
           one
           to
           Death
           ,
           to
           save
           a
           Hundred
           by
           the
           Terror
           of
           the
           Example
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           Justice
           to
           the
           Offender
           ,
           but
           is
           in
           truth
           a
           Kindness
           to
           the
           rest
           .
           If
           one
           Reproof
           and
           Admonition
           ,
           will
           prevent
           the
           Occasion
           of
           twenty
           more
           ,
           each
           one
           as
           sharp
           and
           terrible
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           Cruelty
           to
           spare
           it
           .
           If
           an
           early
           restraint
           of
           undue
           Liberty
           ,
           will
           prevent
           Licentiousness
           hereafter
           ,
           which
           must
           be
           restrain'd
           with
           Chains
           and
           Dungeons
           ,
           who
           would
           not
           think
           it
           a
           Mercy
           to
           be
           restrain'd
           betimes
           ?
           It
           is
           better
           sure
           to
           break
           us
           of
           our
           Wills
           betimes
           ,
           and
           to
           deny
           us
           our
           Satisfactions
           in
           small
           and
           trifling
           Things
           ,
           before
           we
           can
           have
           set
           our
           Hearts
           upon
           them
           ,
           than
           to
           let
           our
           Wills
           and
           Inclinations
           gather
           Strength
           ,
           and
           our
           Affection
           settle
           and
           grow
           firm
           ,
           〈◊〉
           and
           then
           begin
           to
           fall
           upon
           us
           ;
           the
           one
           is
           only
           as
           the
           bending
           ,
           the
           other
           as
           the
           breaking
           ,
           of
           an
           Arm.
           A
           little
           Pain
           ,
           and
           Trouble
           ,
           and
           Uneasiness
           will
           serve
           at
           first
           to
           set
           us
           right
           again
           ,
           when
           a
           Continuance
           in
           our
           Evil
           State
           ,
           and
           a
           contracted
           Habit
           ,
           will
           require
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Patience
           ,
           and
           put
           us
           to
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Torment
           .
           A
           little
           Care
           and
           a
           little
           Strength
           ,
           
           will
           serve
           to
           keep
           a
           young
           and
           tender
           Graft
           in
           uprightness
           and
           order
           ,
           which
           if
           permitted
           to
           grow
           awry
           for
           some
           time
           ,
           must
           suffer
           violence
           and
           great
           distortion
           ,
           before
           it
           will
           be
           strait
           again
           .
           The
           older
           we
           grow
           in
           evil
           Practices
           and
           evil
           Maximes
           ,
           the
           older
           they
           grow
           too
           ,
           and
           take
           the
           faster
           hold
           ,
           and
           root
           the
           deeper
           in
           us
           ,
           and
           consequently
           are
           remov'd
           with
           greater
           difficulty
           .
           So
           that
           allowing
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           an
           absolute
           Necessity
           of
           their
           being
           removed
           at
           length
           it
           is
           plain
           and
           manifest
           beyond
           denyal
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           only
           better
           both
           for
           Parent
           and
           for
           Child
           ,
           that
           it
           be
           done
           betimes
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           is
           a
           Piece
           of
           Cruelty
           both
           in
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           to
           deferr
           it
           ,
           till
           the
           vicious
           Habit
           is
           contracted
           ;
           and
           consequently
           that
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Proposition
           in
           the
           Text
           does
           visibly
           appear
           ,
           
             that
             he
             that
             loveth
             his
             Son
             chastneth
             him
             betimes
             .
          
           And
           having
           done
           with
           that
           ,
           I
           am
           now
           to
           make
           Application
           of
           what
           hath
           been
           said
           ,
           and
           it
           shall
           be
           to
           the
           Parties
           here
           concern'd
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           The
           Parent
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           Children
           ,
           and
           to
           both
           in
           short
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           To
           the
           Parent
           .
           To
           shew
           you
           the
           necessity
           there
           is
           of
           bringing
           up
           your
           Children
           under
           an
           early
           and
           severe
           discipline
           ,
           the
           Spirit
           calls
           the
           doing
           of
           it
           Love
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           Term
           so
           fit
           and
           so
           expressive
           ,
           that
           Nature
           seems
           to
           have
           appropriated
           
           it
           to
           Parents
           in
           such
           manner
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           fond
           of
           the
           Name
           ,
           even
           when
           they
           have
           not
           the
           Thing
           ;
           they
           would
           be
           thought
           to
           love
           even
           when
           they
           don't
           ,
           it
           lookes
           so
           like
           their
           own
           ,
           and
           what
           they
           should
           do
           :
           and
           the
           Neglect
           of
           this
           he
           calls
           hatred
           ,
           a
           Term
           from
           which
           all
           Parents
           naturally
           abhor
           .
           But
           that
           you
           might
           not
           be
           deceived
           ,
           and
           make
           your
           Judgments
           from
           the
           Passions
           and
           Affections
           of
           your
           own
           Hearts
           ,
           he
           describes
           this
           Love
           and
           Hate
           by
           such
           Effects
           as
           are
           not
           usually
           the
           Products
           of
           those
           Passions
           in
           the
           Hearts
           of
           Parents
           ;
           but
           such
           as
           are
           so
           in
           God's
           Accounts
           ,
           and
           wise
           Mens
           ,
           and
           Childrens
           themselves
           when
           they
           grow
           up
           to
           Years
           of
           Understanding
           ;
           and
           therefore
           that
           you
           should
           not
           set
           the
           movings
           of
           your
           Hearts
           ,
           and
           your
           own
           fond
           Opinions
           and
           conceits
           of
           Kindness
           ,
           against
           the
           Reason
           ,
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           Experience
           of
           the
           whole
           World
           ,
           and
           oftentimes
           your
           own
           :
           But
           freeing
           your selves
           as
           much
           as
           may
           be
           ,
           from
           the
           Partialities
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           your
           P●arental
           Prejudices
           ,
           deal
           with
           your
           own
           as
           freely
           and
           as
           wisely
           as
           you
           would
           with
           the
           Children
           of
           a
           Forreigner
           and
           Stranger
           ,
           believing
           there
           is
           need
           of
           equal
           Care
           ,
           and
           equal
           Rigour
           ,
           in
           treating
           with
           your
           own
           as
           you
           can
           visibly
           discern
           there
           is
           ,
           in
           treating
           with
           anothers
           .
           This
           is
           the
           only
           true
           and
           lasting
           
           Kindness
           you
           can
           do
           them
           ;
           all
           other
           Tokens
           of
           your
           Love
           ,
           but
           that
           of
           good
           Discipline
           ,
           will
           die
           with
           you
           ,
           or
           may
           be
           taken
           from
           them
           by
           sundry
           Chances
           and
           Misfortunes
           .
           This
           is
           the
           only
           Treasure
           and
           Possession
           you
           can
           leave
           them
           ,
           of
           which
           they
           cannot
           be
           depriv'd
           by
           Thieves
           and
           Robbers
           ;
           out
           of
           the
           Power
           of
           Chance
           ,
           and
           above
           the
           Reach
           and
           Malice
           of
           the
           subtilest
           and
           most
           formidable
           Enemy
           .
           This
           alone
           ,
           without
           any
           other
           Accession
           ,
           often
           proves
           the
           Foundation
           of
           a
           lasting
           Happiness
           ;
           but
           every
           thing
           besides
           ,
           without
           this
           ,
           signifie
           at
           least
           nothing
           ,
           but
           are
           most
           commonly
           the
           Instruments
           of
           greater
           Mischief
           ,
           and
           the
           Occasions
           of
           greater
           falling
           .
           And
           though
           it
           can't
           be
           done
           without
           reluctancy
           and
           some
           uneasiness
           on
           both
           Parts
           ,
           yet
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           done
           however
           :
           It
           is
           but
           like
           removing
           Knives
           and
           Instruments
           of
           Danger
           out
           of
           their
           Way
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           hurting
           them
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           their
           cryings
           and
           impatience
           after
           them
           ;
           or
           like
           the
           administring
           severe
           Physick
           ,
           to
           prevent
           a
           growing
           Sickness
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           their
           loathings
           and
           resistance
           :
           Your
           Fondness
           seldom
           hinders
           you
           from
           this
           ,
           and
           yet
           severe
           and
           early
           Discipline
           ,
           is
           but
           an
           equal
           crossing
           of
           their
           Wills
           ,
           an
           exercising
           of
           their
           Patience
           ,
           and
           applying
           as
           uneasie
           Remedies
           to
           Evils
           much
           
           more
           dangerous
           ,
           and
           to
           effect
           a
           Good
           much
           more
           considerable
           than
           that
           of
           Health
           it self
           .
           It
           is
           not
           easie
           to
           determine
           how
           far
           Childrens
           Faults
           are
           chargeable
           upon
           their
           Parents
           ;
           there
           are
           too
           many
           ,
           and
           too
           intricate
           Circumstances
           to
           be
           consider'd
           ,
           before
           one
           can
           decisively
           pronounce
           on
           such
           Matters
           :
           But
           neither
           of
           them
           are
           the
           safer
           for
           this
           Uncertainty
           and
           Doubt
           :
           The
           Children
           shall
           unquestionably
           suffer
           for
           their
           own
           Sins
           ,
           and
           the
           Parents
           as
           unquestionably
           for
           their
           Neglect
           :
           They
           have
           both
           of
           them
           Guilt
           enough
           ,
           and
           both
           of
           them
           shall
           have
           enough
           of
           Punishment
           ;
           the
           one
           for
           not
           having
           done
           what
           they
           shou'd
           ,
           the
           other
           for
           doing
           what
           they
           shou'd
           not
           .
           Not
           that
           after
           all
           the
           Care
           ,
           and
           Discipline
           ,
           and
           early
           Chastisement
           ,
           the
           Parent
           is
           secure
           of
           the
           Event
           ,
           but
           secure
           of
           himself
           ,
           and
           his
           Design
           :
           He
           has
           done
           his
           Duty
           ,
           and
           must
           leave
           the
           issue
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           of
           God
           ;
           he
           has
           taken
           the
           natural
           ,
           ready
           ,
           reasonable
           ,
           and
           usual
           ,
           and
           appointed
           Means
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           Strength
           of
           Temptations
           ,
           and
           the
           Violence
           of
           the
           Children's
           Passions
           ,
           or
           the
           Perverseness
           of
           their
           Wills
           ,
           obstruct
           and
           hinder
           these
           Means
           from
           attaining
           of
           their
           good
           End
           ,
           he
           has
           freed
           his
           Soul
           ;
           the
           Parent
           may
           be
           ,
           after
           that
           sad
           and
           unfortunate
           ,
           but
           has
           remov'd
           his
           Guilt
           and
           Punishment
           ;
           and
           ,
           
             next
             to
             the
             effecting
             what
          
           
           
             we
             would
             ,
             is
             the
             satisfaction
             of
             having
             done
             what
             one
             should
             .
          
           And
           so
           much
           for
           Application
           to
           the
           Parent
           .
        
         
           A
           word
           or
           two
           to
           the
           other
           Party
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           done
           ;
           and
           that
           ,
           not
           to
           persuade
           you
           that
           Reproof
           ,
           Restraint
           ,
           and
           Punishment
           are
           things
           eligible
           ,
           or
           no
           such
           grievous
           and
           uneasie
           States
           as
           they
           are
           fansied
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           undoubtedly
           uneasie
           States
           ,
           and
           just
           as
           bad
           as
           you
           experience
           them
           to
           be
           ;
           there
           is
           no
           arguing
           against
           sense
           ,
           or
           persuading
           against
           feeling
           :
           but
           that
           you
           would
           believe
           ,
           since
           they
           proceed
           from
           People
           of
           the
           greatest
           Love
           and
           Tenderness
           ,
           and
           sore
           against
           their
           Inclinations
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           the
           most
           natural
           and
           necessary
           Means
           of
           effecting
           the
           greatest
           Good
           ,
           and
           preventing
           the
           greatest
           Evils
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           so
           designed
           by
           those
           that
           do
           inflict
           them
           .
           It
           is
           true
           what
           St.
           Paul
           observes
           in
           another
           case
           ,
           Heb.
           12.
           
           I1
           .
           that
           
             no
             chastisement
             for
             the
             present
             seemeth
             to
             be
             joyous
             ,
             but
             grievous
             ;
             nevertheless
             afterwards
             ,
             it
             yieldeth
             the
             peaceable
             fruit
             of
             Righteousness
             unto
             them
             which
             are
             exercised
             thereby
             .
          
           You
           cannot
           love
           Correption
           and
           Restraint
           ,
           but
           when
           you
           shall
           hereaster
           see
           and
           feel
           the
           Effects
           of
           all
           this
           careful
           Discipline
           ,
           in
           the
           Fear
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           the
           Government
           of
           your
           Passions
           ,
           in
           Temperance
           ,
           in
           Chastity
           ,
           in
           Patience
           under
           evils
           ,
           in
           bearing
           Disappointments
           ,
           in
           the
           Joys
           of
           Innonence
           ,
           
           and
           the
           Comforts
           of
           a
           good
           Conscience
           ;
           then
           you
           will
           bless
           your
           Parents
           and
           Instructors
           ,
           who
           by
           their
           Admonitions
           ,
           seasonable
           Reproofs
           ,
           and
           early
           Chastisements
           ,
           delivered
           you
           from
           the
           Snares
           of
           Sin
           and
           Death
           ,
           from
           the
           Plague
           of
           a
           guilty
           Mind
           ,
           from
           an
           uneasie
           Remembrance
           of
           what
           is
           past
           ,
           and
           a
           fearful
           looking
           for
           of
           Evils
           to
           come
           ,
           which
           you
           will
           then
           desire
           to
           have
           avoided
           ,
           though
           with
           the
           utmost
           Pain
           and
           Torment
           ,
           and
           curse
           the
           Indulgence
           that
           prevented
           it
           .
           You
           will
           have
           other
           Notions
           and
           Opinions
           of
           the
           Love
           of
           Parents
           and
           Instructors
           than
           you
           now
           have
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           let
           the
           Reason
           ,
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           Experience
           of
           all
           Ages
           convince
           you
           ,
           that
           the
           Courses
           taken
           ,
           to
           make
           you
           good
           and
           happy
           ,
           are
           not
           only
           fit
           and
           suited
           to
           your
           Age
           ,
           and
           Tempers
           ,
           but
           necessary
           and
           unavoidable
           ,
           tho'
           for
           the
           present
           they
           appear
           so
           grievous
           and
           unacceptable
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ben't
           so
           hasty
           and
           impatient
           under
           them
           ,
           nor
           covet
           so
           to
           be
           deliver'd
           from
           them
           :
           be
           not
           so
           fond
           of
           immature
           Manhood
           ,
           only
           because
           you
           think
           it
           is
           a
           State
           of
           Freedom
           from
           the
           Bondage
           of
           your
           Discipline
           .
           That
           Age
           has
           no
           such
           Charms
           in
           it
           as
           you
           imagine
           ,
           and
           when
           aspir'd
           to
           so
           ambitiously
           ,
           and
           so
           unseasonably
           ,
           't
           is
           only
           to
           perfect
           your
           Destruction
           ,
           and
           complete
           your
           Misery
           the
           sooner
           ;
           it
           is
           according
           
           to
           the
           good
           or
           ill
           Improvement
           of
           this
           your
           Season
           of
           Discipline
           ,
           that
           Manhood
           shall
           prove
           more
           or
           less
           comfortable
           :
           the
           Ground
           is
           now
           a
           cultivating
           ,
           the
           Seed
           is
           now
           a
           sowing
           ,
           that
           shall
           spring
           up
           to
           lasting
           Honour
           and
           Advantage
           ,
           or
           to
           your
           lasting
           Shame
           and
           Ruine
           .
           And
           therefore
           though
           the
           Heats
           of
           Fancy
           ,
           the
           Vigour
           of
           your
           springing
           Youth
           ,
           and
           Fervour
           of
           Complexion
           ,
           may
           suggest
           both
           strange
           and
           forward
           things
           ,
           yet
           trust
           them
           not
           ,
           nor
           listen
           to
           them
           .
           It
           is
           but
           like
           the
           Gaiety
           that
           springs
           up
           from
           the
           Fumes
           of
           New
           Wine
           ,
           that
           warm
           and
           delight
           Men
           for
           a
           moment
           ,
           but
           soon
           evaporate
           ,
           and
           leave
           the
           Heart
           in
           greater
           Damps
           and
           Melancholy
           .
           You
           will
           quickly
           find
           the
           Mischiefs
           of
           forsaking
           Discipline
           ,
           and
           all
           those
           gay
           Expectances
           will
           vanish
           ,
           and
           conclude
           in
           lamentable
           Disappointments
           ;
           but
           the
           trouble
           is
           ,
           that
           then
           Repentance
           comes
           too
           late
           ,
           the
           Time
           is
           irrecoverable
           ,
           and
           the
           Evil
           is
           irremediable
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           to
           conclude
           ,
           learn
           to
           be
           wise
           in
           this
           your
           hour
           ,
           the
           Wisdom
           at
           least
           ,
           of
           suffering
           others
           to
           be
           wise
           and
           careful
           for
           you
           ,
           in
           things
           of
           which
           you
           have
           as
           yet
           no
           Knowledge
           or
           Experience
           ,
           and
           yet
           so
           necessary
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           thereupon
           depends
           the
           Welfare
           and
           Felicity
           of
           all
           your
           Lives
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .