Commaiad. vpomtlheCdzr#mandvidAms. 5i and yet neuer any care at all in cotnparifdn', what rintogeitafmcnor women they(hall be,to whome fo much mull be left.. As though thataaFth cpelîe,either.wholly made a man , or elfe muff of neceffitie with worldlie credite, continue his pofteritie vpon carth,when want of bringing vp =Imam ant of knowledge any way,wich crçdite to vfe the fame. But what view I fo much the commendable care oftleatheus in thisbe- balk ?Haue not Gods faithfull bin in this pointas Careful as they fl ,, Xçs timely, many hauc,and in better order a great dealerFor there being in this thing ,degrees and Rena colic obferued,as firflofpiety,feeondly of learning, thirdly ofwanners , and la(tly of. -the function or calling the children of God, many, of themhauein this excelled the Heathen,that being generally as careful as they in al,particularly itt this as men better acquainted with it,through greater giucn light and knowledge thcy;haue far excelled them, that firfl they haue attempted what in deede is full to be cared for , namely, to frame the hearts of-their children to God and grace ,and then in order to the things; following. We fee it in Adam, whotaught his formes co fettle thcLord.We fee 1ltin,Gen.4. Abraham moft notably. Wee fee it in T,rn,t'!ies Pairs , who brought him Vp from a Gen. t81 Childe 'intheknowledgeofthefcriptures. We feeitin2Janid, lcat.theking, and number others. Generally to them all it was a Cointnandement, that affoone as their 2'Kn<ag'g' children could vnderfland and afk themqueflions,they íhould carefullyinflruéì them beur .'. concerning the Lords dealings with them,and for them. And I doubt not hut many 1121.78. %. clid4tofthe ancient Chriftians. Philowriteth that they were ealledcntrore.accrhri- cet , that is to fay , Tillers, becaufe as men paincfully till their grounde,fo they care -. fully laboured the grounde of their Childrens hcattes,: to plant in them the feare of GO D. Nos hake veßatares.cviliatricet, ( faith be). That is, Wee' in.thefedaiei May haw- bee termed defiroyersthan tiller: , fo rechleffe weere, and catel effe in this fo great a matter. Hence fprang theClày('ters io the beginning faith CCryf fome, and,thagLih. :Doha kinde of life , namely of the excceding.care that men had,to haue their children well v1`ypetatores brought vp,and excluded from euill company, and hurtful] fightes in the worlde ,tilt mbna[i, vits yeares & fecled infruetìon hadmade them leffe capable of the harne thereof. After -. ward they degenerated from that inflitution, and became as we.well know.dames of drones, and nurceries ofvngodlines, corrupters of all,not corrce ors of any, and the, wrath of the Lorde bath nowe deltroyed them. Iris a good admonition, ofwife Sa- lemon :Teach achilde in the trade of his may, and when hee ie olde,hee¡halll not de' parte from Prou.zç. it. And that experienced fonne ofyrachin many places fpeaking ofthi( batter, bath Syrach. z6. SL thefe wordds , in my opinion not lightly to be looked gn : Neyther defire nor delight ,8c 30.21[0.. ( faith he) inchildren, though nester fo many,vnlefft thefedre of CJ Q D be in themrforone, that is iufi,ìr better than a thoufand : andbetter trifle die rvi: hour children , than to leant behinds vsvngodlyones, Thus let itfufficeto haue touched this matter,whereoflbng and,large trcatifes aremade , needfull to be touched, ifeuer needful', and even long floode vpon. For too much it is ofparentes negleelcd, and yet are they grieucd,if of their children they be not reuerenced : and howfoeuer many there bee, that in chefe dales are careful enough to procure veto their children knowledge o f Actes,ofCoup- tries,and any thing that in worldly forte maymake them mighty or famous, and fpo- ken of : yet is the grounde ofall very fearfully negleeted,namely to fettle in them the. true feare ofthe God of lfradl, deliuered and taught. inIns wordy. Yea it is men ae-. counted,by Father and child not fo needful], or befeeming for a Gentleman , to the grease exafperating of the Lords wrath again(: them in their feede:116mificie alfo and Qtamefaftneffe are takenfrom youth inehefe daies cuco by their parentes and their teachers,and where it hath,euer beene helde, that blufhing in mcafure, modefly, and lilence haue beenecommendabletokens in yang yeares, now is it a(haine tobea (named at any time:blufhingiswant ofcounteuance and bringingvp,fslence is ignó- ranee ,modefticis too muchmaydeplincs ,and in ("tort, nowvcrrue is vice, and vice very comely and gallantbehauiour.So times arc changed too and fro,and chauni gng, times haue chaunged vs too. But ofthis thus farce. welt. What elfe none flieth in children doe reverence ? 4sfi. Due correetion.Due I fay with wifedotneand moderatiop.Farbee i$at fparëtb F 2 .. b
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