The true interest of families, or, Directions how parents may be happy in their children, and children in their parents to which is annexed a discourse about the right way of improving our time / by a divine of the Church of England ; with a preface by A. Horneck.
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- Title
- The true interest of families, or, Directions how parents may be happy in their children, and children in their parents to which is annexed a discourse about the right way of improving our time / by a divine of the Church of England ; with a preface by A. Horneck.
- Author
- Kirkwood, James, 1650?-1708.
- Publication
- London :: Printed for J. Taylor, and J. Everingham,
- 1692.
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- Subject terms
- Family -- Great Britain.
- Family -- Religious life.
- Parent and child -- Early works to 1800.
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"The true interest of families, or, Directions how parents may be happy in their children, and children in their parents to which is annexed a discourse about the right way of improving our time / by a divine of the Church of England ; with a preface by A. Horneck." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/a47519.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 11, 2024.
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THE CONTENTS OF Advice to Children.
- THE Introduction. 103
- 1. Duty of Children, to honour their Parents. And how they are to honour them. 104
- Against those who dishonour their rents. 107
- 2. Duty of Children, to obey their Pa∣rents. 110
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- Against Stubborn and disobedient Children. 112
- 3. Duty of Children, to be determined by their Parents as to their Calling. 114
- Against Children who neglect this Du∣ty. 116
- 4. Duty of Children, not to suffer them∣selves to be bestowed in marriage a∣gainst their Parents will. 118
- Against those Children who neglect this Duty. 120
- 5. Duty of Children, to submit to their Parents Reproofs and chastenings. 120
- Against Rebellious Children. 122
- 6. Duty of Children, to love their Pa∣rents; and how they are to express their Love? 124
- Against unkind and unnatural Chil∣dren. 127
- 7. Duty of Children, to pray for their Parents. 128
- Against Cursers of Parents. 129
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Motives to excite Children to do these things.
- 1. Motive, from the Authority of him who commands them to do these things. 131
- 2. Motive, from the Promise made to those who do their Duty. 133
- 3. Motive, from the Example of our Blessed Master. 136
- 4. Motive, from the Examples of some Heathens. 139
- The Conclusion, shewing how Children ought to improve what hath been said. 142