18. Children of the righteous are not, however, promised the Lord’s mercy
without stipulation. The parents must be obedient and the children too. Those
who run off to any other confidence than the finished work of Jesus are not
among those who obey this precept; those with whom the covenant is really made
stand firm to it, and having begun in the Spirit, they do not seek to be made
perfect in the flesh. The truly godly keep the Lord’s commands carefully—they remember;
they observe them practically—to do them; moreover they do not pick and
choose, but remember his commandments as such, without exalting one
above another as their own pleasure or convenience may dictate. May our
offspring be a thoughtful, careful, observant race, eager to know the will of
the Lord, and prompt to follow it fully; then will his mercy enrich and honor
them from generation to generation.
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