TTer.s.9, PROVERBS= 3$ ward their people; and the people a childe likeaffecion to. ward their Miniflers That the one fo teach , exhort, re. pr u, end doe all with fuck loue, and care of their peoples faluation, as if they had begotten them of their owne bo- dies:and the otherhare& regard them,as thole who haue begotten themwith the immortal; feed of the word, or doe daily feed themwith the bread and foodof life. On theone file let his example be imitated which could truely fay ; Tee r 71ík fsl+z.t r. kiowhaw abort we exhortedjoas, andcomfortedyoas, andbefought emery one ofyot (as i father bst children) thatyee wouldwale worthy ofGod : Andon the other fide , kt thisprecept beob- farued , giuing this cl9arge ; efAc&nowledge thew that labour i ne sal,5. y 2. amongyo:, andareouery®t in the Lard, andadmenifhyQH, that yeas hawtheminlxgadar Lowe far theirworkesfa e. Reprofe of thole Pa(fors, which make the Pulpit a place s.. for I nuectiues, andnot for teaching, which chore rather to chafe and hunt their Auditors with violenceandfiercenefTe, than to perfwade and leads themwith loue and mildenette. Howbeit this is not to exemptall men , nor all good men from rebukes : for loving parents niuf} fometimes chide, and fometimes chailife, but that vpon neceflitie, and then with moderationand compatlion, thebourse and flrea:neof their wayes; is lenity and kindeneiTe. And heere are crüell' Iheepheards in like manner to be taxed, which flame their flocks, orpoifon them,or become Butchers to them : What fatherhood is to be found in there ? and what (hall we fay of Ilieepe, or Inch as would be fo eGeemed, that play the dogs with their flhepheards, by barking at ther,and biting them? which are fo farre from dealing like formes with their Tea- chers , asthat they come againll then) in hollility, like ar ma' enemies, to doe what mifchiefe they cats vnto them. FatherrissiruEli®n.] The feare of God is to be learned n Doa.2. childhood,vndcr the g©uernmcnt ofparents. The feedes ofinrIruZ`tion arc tobe fowne in youth, that the fruits thereofmay be ripe inage : and dorneiicall teach- ing in the houfe will make themcapableof theminifleriall preaching in the Church. And it is laid , ?'eacha chilcfe in the Prouer,1L. 6: F 3 trade
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