A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

I make no doubt, but Noah's Family were more orderly and religious, th•• […] common inhabitants of the world. For he that was a Preacher to the whole […] ⟨p. 587⟩would not omit this duty to his own house: and they that come into the Perfumers •hop, shall (though against their wills) bear away some of the sent on their clothes. He that was careful to provide an Ark for the preserving of their bodies, would •ot neglect the provision of grace for the saving of their souls. Indeed carnal pa••ents, to show that they begat not their children's souls, but their bodies; provide usually for their bodies, not for their souls. But as he that provides not for their temporal estate,^l is worse than any infidel: so he that provides not for their eternal •ate, is little better than a Devil. When a great portion is readied for them, diverse ••rents think they have done enough, and so they may turn them off. Indeed the world may take them thus, but the Lord will not take them thus, at their hands. Joseph and Mary brought CHRIST to the Temple, when he was but a little one. Augustine professeth of his mother Monica, that with greater pangs of care the •ad laboured of him in her spirit, than in her body. Carne, ut in hanc lucem tempo•alem nascerer: Corde, ut in lucem aeternam renascerer. She travailed of him in her flesh, •o bring him unto this light temporal: in her soul, to bring him unto the light eternal. Such mothers as Monica, will make such sons as Augustine. The Africans did present their children, in their early years, before Serpents: if with •heir sight they scared away the serpents, they held them legitimate: if not, bastards. Too many parents trust their children with such impious society, that like Serpents •ucke out their souls, without scarring their skins. Zeuxes having artfully painted […] boy carrying grapes in a hand-basket, and set it abroad; the birds came and pecked t them, as if they had been true grapes. Whereat he being angry with himself, nd his art, said; If I had drawn the boy, which was the principal of my work, o well as the grapes, which were but a by-accident; the birds durst not have been o bold with them. Were parents as careful to form their children's manners, as o fill their purses; those ravenous harpies, the foul spirits of the air could not so violently seize on them. I say to every father, as Paul to Timothy;