CNAP.2.3. -_ _ (.4Commentarie upon the 374 Pf41.44.s. eaqterl qtr. .4.st,,,ou3e, Yiuracrc. the ptef`nce of youngerwomen, are face if they can chat away much time, inrippingvp the loofeneffe of their young and wanton daies; or the faults ofthis or that mats or woman :this is their table talk,this is the fpeach wherewith they feafon theyoung and tender yeares of their chil- dren, the which there newvcffels cafly and long after retaine, who for moll part by their graceles courfes ,repay their mothers barrenneffeof gracious fpeach: other (peach then this, iffauouringofgrace andpiety, let it be offered, it is welcome as fmoaketo their eles. Vfe. z. How muchmore is the matter of the family bound to the training vp of this family in holy and honefl things? for the wife mull herein onely helpe forwardhis pains. The Lord wifheth thefathers to lay vp the memorie of his great workes, for the inftruttion of their chit dren: and the Mallet was the Prophet in thehoule; andaccordingly the children after them could fay, maharmheard otvrfather: fay thxr and thaw : their bookes were their fathers mouthes. But howcarelefly is this great dutie neglectedofmofl men; that many childrenmay fay truely,we haue heard our fathers (weave,and curfe, and lie, andbackbite, and flounder: but fieldomeor neuer haue theydeclaredvntovs the great things which the Lord hash done for vs ; fieldomeor neuer haue they become tea- chers of holy or honeft things vnto vs, either in their word or conuerfa- tion? Verf. 4. That they may snffrtt f theyounger women to befiberminded, that they lone their hurband:, that they loge their children : S. That they bee difereete, chaff, keeping at home,sood,andfxóieit vnto their hatbands,that the wordof Godbe not chillfpokenof It beeing required that the elder women f}rtould be teachers of ho- nefl things ; the Apofile iu there two verfcs, doth there three things. a. he (bewail who be their fchollers, namely, theyoanger women: as alto the lecture they are to read vnto them, namely,fiber-mindedneffe. that is, by their counfell,and example,frame them to become wife in the perfor- manceof all the duties of their feuerall places: for the Greeke word, howfoeuer it feemeth atthe fiat fight,to expreffe one only verrue; yet is it to be extended to the generali information ofthem vnto moderation, providence, modeflie,faithfulneffe,diligence, and eueryother vertue fu- table to their age and condition of life. For it is moll properly and vin - ally afcribed vnto fchoolernaflcrs, who haue youth committed unto them tobe inflituted in all difciplinc and inflruC ion: whence the whole information ofyouth , and that generall education which they recciue from Mailers or Tutors,isby the bell humane writer vpó that argument expreffed by this fameword. Secondly , he taketh occafion hence to enter
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