274 MoCny, thè infirmness of all Qn.theSaturdayafter michiefr in il gouandyearcs. denly, andaprefent darkeneffe ouerfprcds his foulc, beeing throwne headlong downe into the bottomeleffe pit ofHell , where the blacke mantle of eternal! darkeneffe (hallbe caft ouer him. The thirdmotiue (according to Petrol Cryfologus) was couetoufüeffe ofmo- ney : This (faith he) draue himout ofhis fathers doores,banifhed him fromhis Countric, blotted his fame, andblemifhedhishonour, left him naked &poore, andmade him fubmit himfelfe to the bafeftferuice inthe world. And thiscon- ceit hathin its fauour averie forcible reafon ; for the libertie of Youth, though it would runne on to it's owne deftruetion,yet without money it is lame,it wants both it'shands and it's feet ; and this defea doth detainc him as a woodden clogdoth amadBullocke. But whenYouth fhall be left to it'sown fwinge; and bee 1h11 fuppliedand fed with moneys , which arethe inftruments ofmifchiefe in it gouerned yeres ; Who can reftrain it,orwhat hand (though neuerfo ftrong) hold it in But to omit thefeand many other niotiues elfewhere deliucred byvs ; d e- menr flexandrimes faith, That one ofthe greateft affronts thatMan cando vnro God,is, forto forgoe thecomfort and libertie of his ownehoufe, to followthe World,theFlefli,and theDeuil!. Saint Augufline faith,That it isa woful thing, that allthat fhould fee= honie to aman,which is offered himby theDeuil;and all that gall,which isproferedhim by God. It is a more naturali thing in the Creature, toobey their Creator, than to follow their owne proper inclination. The natural place ofthe water wasto couer the earth, [Et aqua erantfaperfaciem abßi] but Godcommanding them to retyre themfelues,they didinftantly obey his voyce. The libertie which the Angellsenioy, is more perfeEi than that of man ; yet cannot they diuert their will fromthe will of God. What faith Salo- mon ? Myfonne,receiue mycouncell,andhearken to the inílruelion that Ifhallgluethee ; Put thyfeet in GodsStocker, clap hiscaller ofyronabout thy necke, let his linkes binde thy legs ;for the more befballade theewith yrons,withgyurt, and withfetters, themorefree halt thou liae,andmore at libertie. Diaifis ilúfubf7antiam ,Hediuided vnto them his fubftance. Here the Dotkors andother learned Diuinesmake a doubt, Howfo wife and difcreeta father could bee brought to fauour fuch an vnaduifedlonging, fuch a rafh and inconfiderate courte? A man would haue thought, that hee fhould rather hauecroft, controlled, and hindered this his idleandgiddie refolution. Butto impart his fubftance to ayong man that hadno gouernment ofhimfelfe, andwas fo apt to vndoe himfelfe, it feemeth fomewhat ftrange. Plato faith, That ayangman ought to be harder tyed,and fatter bound than aBeaft ;becaufe for the molt parthe is more wild,more vnruly,andvntamable. And the Lawcs, where Parentsare wanting,tyeTutors and Guardians to haue agreat care in pre- uentingthofeperillsthatareincidenttoYouth. Achildfetat libertie maketh hie Pron. '30.10. mother afhaaved; it isSalomon. AndEcclefiaflicus faith, Laughnot with thyfen, left thou be furie withhim,and left thougnafhthy teeth in theend. Giuehimno libertie inhis youth, andwinke not at hisfollie : Bow downehis neckewhile he is young, & beat him on thefideswhileft heis achild,left he wax ftubborne, andbe difobedient vntothee,and fobring forow to thine hearr,&c. Menought tobevergecircum- fpdtingiuingtoomuchlicenceandlibertietoyoung Gentlemen whileft they are in theheat and furie of their youth, and that theirwanton bloud boyleth in theirveines. It is nowifdome in parents,to giue away their wealth from them- Ear ,q.ao, felues, andtoRandafterwards to their childrenscourteuie. Giuenot away thytub- fiance Too much li. berty the bane ofyouth.
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