hecame,w·is muc.h better for him! And1.4coh .. himfel though he were a very·wcalthy maa,as being,bdre toA/,ra– ham,and .lfMc,whicbwere both asgrcacasKingsJyctwould not fuftcr his (onnes totake their'cafe, .and liue without labour; but he brought thctn vp in-an honeAcalling,fet them to -kc.ep ·.fl1ecp.tand dcale with cattdl. Byal whichexamples ofgood meniit arppearcth, that it is. the parents ducie, ro . ca1~.•that theirchildren betaughtfomehondl tradt>,orman– ner CJflife; thar,bc.ing graced fo, theymay be able both to . tnaincaine thcmfelues,aad to doe good_to others alfo,and · to the "Nt,ole commonweale. . Thcfccond duti~ tobeperfor~ed,to th~ir.children,~hea ~~;fi:'r. they be more growne1nyceres, 1s, to proUtdc for·the dafpo.. pot~ ~f. ling of.them in marri ;, g~, at~d that in fcafot~abl~ a~d due~~~~;';~;~ ~ime,accordiug to the neceffiue, ~nd naturalltndmatron of 1i.iie· ·· their chtldren,Joonerorlater. And when eue'r it bee, t.here muHbe fit choicemade in Chrit1ian manner, not f.or,Jucr~ or rcfpeelofoutwardthings, fo much as for gQJline-lfe and religion,that thdr daughter or fonne tnay b~ ioynedwith a .fonneor daughter ofGod: and then they may Jooke for a· bleffing vpont?~ mat~h_,~hcn it i~ inLhe Lord. Contra~il~~ the neglecl oftntsduue ts ofcenumes a caufe ofmuchmll– cbiefe; chat~whenparents bee careldfe toprouidcfor their · · children;,eitherthey defile their bo.dies with vndeanneffe, or ' elfe intangle themfelues wilh fomeoneor other, that is noc {o fie, and 10. grow·to ra(h precontraCts,which'cannot after– ward'fo well be broken. Aridmanie other iriconueniences proceedefrom hener, which might all haue been preuen: ted by the wife prouidence of the parcntes, if they had · ., beforeconfidcred~what theneedcof their children did ·require. · · . . · . ~ oth·ers there bealfo-,t,ha_t when theydoe _match their chil– drcn,are fo muchcarriedaway with the couetous defire ofMari~ge outward thin.gs,as that, negleaing pietie, which ought to• wirb vn. haue the .greatdl Atoke in 1uch matters, they beAow their fo~ypor .. childre-n vp~n .vhgo4.Iy perfons, in whqm they can feeno. · figneofrchgton;:nor fparke ofhoneHy,but rude prophane– acs,and all vochdtliaa bcJlauiour,and arc quite out ofall ac- . 0 ·quain:.
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