i Epift'le ofS.Paid to Titus. their faluacion. If they find ignorance in themfelues,they prefently haue recourfe tothis darknefhe ofmind,which naturally hath depriued it felfe of the knowledgeof God. Ifthey come 4hort of doing any good as theywould,or doe itnot fo well;they can blame this inbred cuill which is prefent with them : when they finde themfelucs heauy to that which thevnderftanding rightly coneeiueth,theycan grone vnder therebelli- on oftheir will, which is renewedbut in part onely : when they goehal- ting,and fall downe fometimesin their courfe, here they can efpie their owne counfells carting them down:when they fee a conquefl to wit and effe& that which is good,they can resume the honour to the author,and glory in himwho huhwrought both the will and the deed; yet fo, as they forget not the combateand moleftation of this their familiar foe, who continually eateth,drinketh,and fleepethin his bofome, watching Dalilah -like to deliver him tohis deftruétion. Laftly,let cueryone learne timely to take in hand this crooked nature , before hebe accullomed toeuill : for elfe as harldly as a blackmoore changeth his skin,fhalt thoubecome changedwhen wicked nature,and worfe cuftonrehaue both barred thy repentance, and bound thy fumes falter vpoa thee.And becaufe muchofthis folly is bound vp in theharts of children and feruants, let mailers and fathers feeke feafonably to driuc it out ; fathers efpecially, becaufe they helped their children into it , mull by Chrillian intlruclion, godly example and the roddeof cor- reétion, labour tohelpe them out, and thus doe their bell tomake their children a part of amends. Zuinglius called) this corruption the dïfeaf of nature. And herein it fitly refemblech the difeafes of the body, the whichchc longer they continue,the more incurable they are; and if they be let go too long, they bring certainedeath: and therefore let parents and mailers( many ofwhom are carefuil enough to preuent and recite out for helpe againit the difeafes which threaten the bodily death of their children and feruants) take vp fume care to remooue that euer- tailing death which this euill threatneth, and will certainlybring, if in due feafon it be not repreffed. Teach.thy child , and traine him in the Scriptures from a child : teach thy fetuant the tradeof Chrifliauity and godlinefl'e, for thou art no leíhe bound to deliuer him the principles of thiscalling, as the particular to whirh he is bound vfe goodmeanes to get them the light of knowledge, oppofed againft this blindnefhe of mind :workevpon their wills to breake themfrom the follies andvani- ties ofyouth ,.oppofed to this rebellionof will : bring them at lean to outwardconformityin their conuerfation,.oppofed to this generallde- prauation of manners : thefe things they will not forget in their age , or if they do, the perill is their own,thouhaft done thyduty; one thing reu member,, (.HAY.7. ), dZI Timely take in hand thy croo krd nature. (1orhus &Ian gnon naturx.
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