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A Demonstration of Family Duties

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A demonstration of family-duties: or Certaine propositions and reasons of them taken [ou]t of the holy Scriptures, tending to shew the necessity, nature, and manner of performance of such religious duties, as Christian families ought to spare some time unto from common affaires every day. By T.P.

[London] M DC XLIII. Printed by H.A. for Thomas Vnderhill, dwelling at the signe of the Bible, in Woodstreet, London [1643]

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DedicationTo the truly Noble & much honoured GEORGE BOOTH, Eſquire of Dunham-Maſſie, together vvith the Right…
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List of propositionsA Series or order of the ſeverall Propoſitions in the enſuing Demonſtration.
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Proposition 1I. PROPOSITION. It is the cheife & grand concernment of all people to know & beleeve that the Lord is God.
SectionInfallible proofes taken out of the word of God to confirme the Propoſition.

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Proposition 2II. PROPOSITION. Such people as doe know & beleeve that the Lord is God, ough… to performe religious…
Proposition 3III. PROPOSITION. The religious worſhip and ſervice, which people ſhould performe unto God, ought to b……
Position 4IV. PROPOSITION. The revealed will or word of God, which is conteined in the holy Scripture, or Canonicall…
Proposition 5V. PROPOSITION. The direction or paterne of religious worſhip and ſervice unto God, conteined in the holy…
Proposition 6VI. PROPOSITION. One important direction, and ſpeciall concernment which God requireth in the holy…
Proposition 7VII. PROPOSITION. The obſerving and ſanctifying of the Lords day wholly in religious exerciſes, publickly &…
Proposition 8VIII. PROPOSITION. The worſhip and religious ſe… vice which ought to be perfo… med unto God every day, is,…
Proposition 9IX. PROPOSITION. Prayer unto God is a princ… pall part of ſuch religious wo… ſhip & ſervice, as is taught…
Proposition 10X. PROPOSITION. The beſt and moſt acceptable way and courſe for the people of God to approve themſelves in…
Proposition 11XI. PROPOSITION. Albeit conceived prayer (as hath beene ſaid, Propoſit. X.) is the beſt and moſt approved…
Proposition 12XII. PROPOSITION. Some exerciſe in the holy Scripture is alſo a part of that religious ſervice which the…
Proposition 13XIII. PROPOSITION. The Scripture-exerciſe requiſite every day, conſiſteth either I. In reading of it; II.…
Proposition 14XIV. PROPOSITION. Reading of the Scripture, or hearing it read, is a religious ſervice, which ought…
Proposition 15XV. PROPOSITION. In reading the Scripture daily it ſeemeth to be moſt expedient & profitable to read in…
Proposition 16XVI. PROPOSITION. Singing of Pſalmes is a Scripture-exerciſe of divine inſtitutiō that ought to be uſed…
Proposition 17XVII. PROPOSITION. Catechiſing in the Principles of Chriſtian religion is a divine ordinance, and a…
Proposition 18XVIII. PROPOSITION. In the religious exerciſe of Catechiſing, it is not only lawfull, but alſo it may ſeeme…
Proposition 19XIX. PROPOSITION. Religious conference, repet… tion of Sermons, aſking & anſw… ring of good queſtions, is a…
Proposition 20XX. PROPOSITION. Meditation on the Word (as likewiſe on the works) of God is a divine ordinance, in which…
Proposition 21XXI. PROPOSITION. The moſt ſeaſonable and fitting …ime of every day, ought to be …llotted and taken for the…
Proposition 22XXII. PROPOSITION. Morning and Evening are the moſt ſeaſonable and fitting times of every day for the…
Proposition 23XXIII. PROPOSITION. Albeit Prayer and ſome Scripture-exerciſe ought to be converſed in both morning and…
Proposition 24XXIV. PROPOSITION. When by occaſion of works of neceſſity, any one is neceſſitate… to an omiſſion of ſuch…
Proposition 25XXV. PROPOSITION. Vnjuſt and ſleight pretences of want of leiſure, through ſome urgent neceſſity, for…
Proposition 26XXVI. PROPOSITION. More or leſſe time ought to be ſpent every day in religious exerciſes according to the…
Proposition 27XXVII. PROPOSITION. The daily worſhip and ſervice to be obſerved unto the Lord. Morning and Evening, ought…
Proposition 28XXVIII. PROPOSITION. Family-duties of religion ought to be performed both mornin… and evening, every day,…
Proposition 29XXIX. PROPOSITION. Albeit in prayer and Scripture-exerciſes, there ought to be a joyning together by the…
Proposition 30XXX. PROPOSITION. For the more decent, orderly, and edifying performance of religious family-duties morning…
Proposition 31XXXI. PROPOSITION. Yet notwithſtanding in the Scripture-exerciſe of ſinging of Pſalmes, all the members of…
Proposition 32XXXII. PROPOSITION. The Governour or maſter of the family is the fitteſt perſon uſually to goe before, and…
Proposition 33XXXIII. PROPOSITION. The Governour of the family who hath ſpeciall abilities and …ifts of knowledge,…
Proposition 34XXXIV. PROPOSITION. Albeit the Governour of th… family be the meeteſt perſon … goe before, in the preſence…
Proposition 35XXXV. PROPOSITION. The Governour of the fam… in ſome caſes, upon juſt and go… grounds & reaſons moving the……
Proposition 36XXXVI. PROPOSITION. If the Governour of the family be remiſſe, or careleſſe, and d… want zeale to performe…
Proposition 37XXXVII. PROPOSITION. If the Governour of the family be froward and refractary, and neither will obſerve,…
Proposition 38XXXVIII. PROPOSITION. Every member of a Chriſtian family, who feareth God (notwithſtanding his partaking…
Proposition 39XXXIX. PROPOSITION. Albeit morning and evening every day, being the fitteſt ſeaſons for the performance of…
Proposition 40XL. PROPOSITION. Moreover, it is not only lawfu… and expedient, but alſo uſef… and neceſſary, that the…
Proposition 41XLI. PROPOSITION. Religious faſting is a ſingular helpe and meanes, ordained by God, to promote and further…
Proposition 42XLII. PROPOSITION. Religious faſting being ſuch a… excellent and quickning helpe … devotion, as hath beene…
Proposition 43XLIII. PROPOSITION. Extraordinary cauſes and occaſions of more ſolemne ſeeking of God by prayer and…
Proposition 44XLIV. PROPOSITION. As cauſes & occaſions of extraordinary religious ſervices ma… happen or fall out, and…
Proposition 45XLV. PROPOSITION. As the ſanctifying and religious obſerving of the Sabbath day, doeth not exempt and…
Proposition 46XLVI. PROPOSITION. The religious duties and ſervices which Chriſtian families ought to obſerve and attend…
Proposition 47XLVII. PROPOSITION. Albeit a converſe in religious ſervices in the ſolemne aſſemblies of the Church, doth…
Proposition 48XLVIII. PROPOSITION. All due caution and circumſpection ought to be uſed by the people of God, for the…
Proposition 49XLIX. PROPOSITION. Speciall care and regard ought …kewiſe to be had, that religious duties and ſervices be…
Proposition 50L. PROPOSITION. The performance of religious worſhip & ſervice in the family, or otherwhere, may not be…
Proposition 51LI. PROPOSITION. Thoſe families are in a moſt dangerous and wretched ſtate & condition, which doe wholly…
Proposition 52LII. PROPOSITION. Moreover, ſuch families doe …uſtly deſerve and incurre blame …nd reproofe, who doe…
Proposition 53LIII. PROPOSITION. Neither can ſuch families excuſe themſelves before the Lord, when he commeth to…
Proposition 54LIV. PROPOSITION. Thoſe families likewiſe are … together faulty and inexcuſable▪ who doe walke contrary,…
Proposition 55LV. PROPOSITION. Governours of families ought to ſtudy and indeavour in a ſpeciall manner for cleerneſſe of…
Proposition 56LVI. PROPOSITION. Moreover, Governours of families ought to looke to the waies of their families, & to take…
Proposition 57LVII. PROPOSITION. The members and inhabitant… of Chriſtian families ought to b… willing and tractable to…
Proposition 58LVIII. PROPOSITION. Thoſe Chriſtian families a… thrice happy and bleſſed for eve… more, whoſe God is the…

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