rcrfe. í $. PROVERBS. 7S not onely thevarietieofof icgions which heefidtained inhis mêbers,but likewife the readines ofcomfortcrs to relieue him? When hewas hungrie,tòmcfed him: whë hcwas thirllie,(òme gaue him drinke : when hewas naked,forne clothed him: when hewas ficke, Comevi Cited him : when lice was in prifon, Corne . carneunto him : aill as his neede required , fo-were they preti with remedies tofuccour him. Verfe s S. Correll thy fonne while there is hope , andlet not thy f®asleJ:tre, which is to hirn. Orrecithyfonnoe while there ishope, ] chatlifethy childrenof either fexe,both by tongue&hand,with rebukes & (}ripes, beingyet young& tender,¬ growne tlubborne,(liffe- necked, incorrigible,andpat} hope ofamendmêt, before they arc accuh omed tomill waies,orhaue learned todefpifè.the ad- monitions,menacings,rods,& fcourges ofparents. And let not thyfoule1bare: bewarethat thy_fond affeaionwithhold thee not fromdoping thisnecetfarydutie, which is, tokill him , lea(l thy toogreat indulgency to thcm,and cockering-ofthem,turne to theirdetrutiion. ¶Corree4ionofchildren ought not to be ouerlongdeferred. Soexpedient andbehoucfull it is for the childe to be truely nurtured, that Salamongiueth word,fòre.uerie louing,wife,and difcreet parent, that hewillcha/fen hïsform,; beti'ne. Prou. I iz Fir(l,opportunitie,and hope ofgooJ'fuccet%,which our text puttethvs inmindeof,fhould be a motiue tovs to auoiddelay. Thevnreafona íle wilde creatures be tameable when theyare young, and tender plants are flexible, and may ealiilie be bow- ed hither and thither : and emits at the beginning may with leife difficultiebecured,and remedied. Secondlie, the mannerof Gods dealing with his children, is thebell precedent forour dealingwithours,& he permitteth noneof his toefcape tóolong, before licehumble them, and take downe their harts,citherby outwardcrotfc3 and troubles, orby inward teares and forrowes, or by fore íuch meanes as may bell feriae to make them feareand ob y him. And as hce foreicethandworketh, fogodly menalfa fede andci.ioy L z the
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