use may bee made to
make all the Familie fear, lest the same or a worse judgement befall them,
unlesse they beware of the sin that procured it: And finally, if any duety
be required, or comfort held forth in a promise, use may bee made to
stirre up themselves to imploy Christ for strength to enable them for
doing the commanded duty, and to apply the offered comfort; In all which
the Master of the Familie is to have the chief hand, And any member of the
Familie may propone ane question or doubt for resolution.

IV. The head of the Family is to take care that none of the Familie
withdraw himself from any part of Familie Worship: And seeing the ordinar
performance of all the parts of Family worship belongeth properly to the
head of the Family, The Minister is to stirre up such as are lasie, and
traine up such as are weak to a fitnesse for these exercises. It being
alwayes free to persons of qualitie to entertain one approven by the
Presbyterie for performing Familie Exercise; And in other families where
the head of the Familie is unfit, that another constantly residing in the
Familie approven by the Minister and Session, may be imployed in that
service; Wherein the Minister and Session are to be countable to the
Presbyterie. And if a Minister by divine providence bee brought to any
Familie, It is requisite, that at no time he conveen a part of the Familie
for Worship secluding the rest; Except in singular cases, specially
concerning these parties, which (in Christian prudence) need not, or ought
not to bee imparted to others.

V. Let no Idler who hath no particular calling, or vagrant Person under
pretence of a calling, be suffered to perform worship in Families, to or
for the same: Seeing persons tainted with errours or aiming at division,
may be ready (after that manner) to creep into houses and lead captive
silly and unstable souls.

VI. At Family Worship a speciall care is to be had, that each Familie keep
by themselves: Neither requiring, inviting, nor admitting persons from
divers Families; Unlesse it be these who are lodged with them or at meal,
or otherwise with them upon some lawfull occasion.

VII. Whatsoever hath been the effects and fruits of meetings of persons of
divers Families in the times of corruption or trouble (in which cases many
things are commendable, which otherwise are not tolerable), Yet when God
hath blessed us with Peace and the purity of the Gospel, such meetings of
persons of divers Famili