Wesley Corpus

II. 1. This may suffice for the explication of the text: I proceed to the application of it. And permit me, First, to apply to you that are parents, and, as such concerned to teach your children. Do you know these things yourselves Are you thoroughly convinced of these important truths Have you laid them to heart and have you put them in practice, with regard to your own children Have you inured them to discipline, before they were capable of instruction Have you broken their wills from their earliest infancy; and do you still continue so to do, in opposition both to nature and custom Did you explain to them, as soon as their understanding began to open, the reasons of your proceeding thus Did you point out to them the will of God as the sole law of every intelligent creature; and show them it is the will of God that they should obey you in all things Do you inculcate this over and over again till they perfectly comprehend it O never be weary of this labour of love! and your labour will not always be in vain.