tri. 32T I id PROVERBS. Chap.19 . thegreatbenefite, and profitableeffcc s that followe vpon the fame. It idgood, (faith the Scripture,)both totrug, and towaite for thefalu4tionof the Lord. And then, It isgoodfora man that he beare theyogi e inhisyouth. Heelittethalone,andkeepeth f fence; be. camp hebathborne it vponhim. In(lru&}ioi to induceour felues to the d&chargeofthis du. tic, by fuch motiues as may moil flronglieperfwade vs there. veto. As that the difeafe of finne and (011ie is breeding inour childrens hearts in their infancic, andbefore theybeable to fpeake,and what is the medicine tocure it, but the rod of cor- rcc`}ion , which in great poflibilitie and likelihood will bee a meanes to kill it ? Let neede thereforeand loue,and hope preuailcwith vs,and halen our diligence to helpe them. But the (}rokes of the twigges be paincful l and fharpe to their tender Real: and fo are Alloes, andCame othermedecines for the wormes, vnpleafant alfòand bitter to their tat}e,and yet for fafetics fake, and prefer. cation oftheir health, we will giue them thereoftocate,whiles they fucke on their mothers brctls. And why then (Mould wee fpeake, and doe fo much again(} them , in Teeming to pleade anddeale for them, Paying, theyknownot yet what correftion meancth : theirowne difcretion will teach them toamend their faults hereafter: theirown rodwill beate them in time,& learne themmorewifedome,&c. The fmart ofcorrefionmay make them toknow themeaning ofcorrec4ion: & they are themore likely to be difcreetc for theamendement of their faults here- after,ifGods difcipline bevied to them before:and itis bell to be fo inflru6 cd by theparents rod in child-hood,that they be not whippedwithauk rodsoftheirowne in riperage. Tokill kim,C¢c. They fhcwe themfelucs vnmercifull parents, whichexempt their childrenfr6 duccorrehion. Sec c. 13 .v.24 Vert 19, Bein ingreatwrath ,remit thepunifinent but fthots let himefcape,yet appliechafifement again. N the formerfentencewas declared the neccflity ofcorrec l'onforthepreuction ofdefiration,ordanger ofchildre,and what
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