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that you may be without reproach, the inoffensive spotless children of God in the midst of a depraved and perverse generation (among whom you should shine as stars in the world,

children, obey your parents upon all occasions, for that is graceful in a christian.

fathers, don't treat your children with severity, lest they be discourag'd.

we behav'd to you with a tender regard, even as a mother, who nurses her own children.

you likewise know, that we exhorted and encouraged every one of you, as a father doth his children,

however the women may be saved by educating their children, and persevering themselves in faith, in charity, in holiness and chastity. this may be depended upon as true.

obliging his children to behave with decorum.

a deacon must have but one wife, and govern his children, and the rest of the family in a proper manner.

if a widow has children or grand-children, let them above all things instruct their own family to be religious, and let them be grateful to their parents, for this is acceptable to God.

such as have been recommended by their good actions, by the education of their children, by their hospitality, by their officiousness to the faithful, by relieving the afflicted, and by the practice of every virtue.

to chuse such as are without reproach, married to but one wife, whose children are obedient, not accused of debauchery, nor unruly.

to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, good oeconimists, beneficent, submissive to their husbands,

and again, "I will put my trust in him." and again, "behold, I, and the children which God hath given me.

Since then the children were made subject to a state of mortality, so he himself likewise was subject to the same condition: that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

by faith Joseph when he died, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel; and gave directions concerning his burial.

women recovered their children, tho' dead, by their being raised to life again: some expired under torments, refusing to be delivered; that they might obtain a better deliverance at the resurrection.

have you forgot the exhortation which is address'd to you, as to children? "my son, despise not thou the chastning of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him.

if you are to endure chastisement, God treats you as his children: for where's the son whom his father does not chastise?

as obedient children be no longer influenc'd by those passions, which were the effects of your former ignorance.

such was Sarah, who show'd her obeysance to Abraham, by stiling him her Lord: and you will be stiled her children, if you imitate her conduct, and are not to be terrified out of your virtue.