Excerpt from The Confession of Faith, the Larger and Shorter Catechisms, With the Scripture Proofs at Large: Together With the Sum of Saving Knowledge (Contain'd in the Holy Scriptures, and Held Forth in the Said Confession and Catechisms) And Practical Use Thereof S' we cannot but with Grief of Soul Lament thof'e Mui titudes of Errors, Blafphemies, and all Kinds of Pro; have in this Laft Age like a mfg/jr] De [age overflown this Nation So, among fevcral other Sins which have helped to open the flood-gates of all thefe Im pieties, we cattnot but efieem the Difufe of family-infiruc tion one of the reatefit The two great Pillars upon which the Kingdom 0 Satan is ereeted, and by which it is upheld, are Ignorance and Error The firfi Rep of our Manumifli on from this fpiritual Thraldom confifis, in having our Eye; opened and being turned from A518 26. 18. Dar-buy} to Ligbtm How much the fer'ious Endeavours of godly'parents and Mailers might contribute to an early Seafoning the tender Years of fuch as are under their infpeflion, is abundantly evident, not only from their fpecial Influence upon them, in refpeet of their Authority over them, Interefi in them, continual Prefence with them, and frequent Opportunities of being helpfill to them, but alfo from the fad Efiefis which by woful Experience we find to be the Fruit of the Omilfion of this Duty. {twere eafy to fet.before you a Cloud ottucflz'f, the Language of whole Praflice hath been not only an. Eminent Commendation of this D11ty, but alfo a ferious Exhortation to it. As Aee/ tbougl) dead, jetfpeak: by his Example Heb. II. X. To us for Imitation of his Faith, (act 80 do the Examples of Aha/mm, of fo/bua, of the Parents of Solomon, of the Grandmother and Mother of the Mother of Augufline, whofe care was as well to nurfe up the Souls the Bodies of their little Ones and as their Pains herein was great, fo was their fitccefs no way unan fwerable. 0 We fhould fcarce imagine it any better than an Impetri. Nency, in this Noon-day of the Gofpel, either to inform or A 24 The Epiflle to the Reader. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.