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An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on…An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on…
An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reverend divine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his own hand ...An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reuerend diuine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his owne hand ...
London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for John Bartlett, 1630London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for Iohn Bartlett, 1630
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The reason is, because the family is the seminary of the Church and Commonwealth, & as it were the Beehive, which here and there sendeth swarms forth: So all men came first from the family of Adam and Eve; after the flood from the family of Noah: therefore great care is to be taken herein, seeing in families all men are first trained up, and ought so to be instructed, that they may be profitable members afterward of Church and Commonwealth.
The reason is, because the family is the seminary of the Church and Commonwealth, & as it were the Beehiue, which heere and there sendeth swarmes forth: So all men came first from the family of Adam and Eue; after the floud from the family of Noah: therefore great care is to be taken heerin, seeing in families all men are first trained vp, and ought so to be instructed, that they may be profitable members afterward of Church and Commonwealth.
Therefore those that have no other calling but only of a family, ought not to be discomforted and troubled in conscience, as if they had no calling at all, because they have no public calling; but they ought to know that such callings are warranted by the Word of God, wherein they may have business enough to employ themselves, if they be conscionable in performance of it: •nd the more free they are from pub•ike callings, the more care and diligence in governing and instructing their families ought they to have.
Therefore those that haue no other calling but onely of a family, ought not to be discomforted and troubled in conscience, as if they had no calling at all, because they haue no publike calling; but they ought to k•ow that such callings are warranted by the Word of God, wherein they may haue busines enough to imploy themselues, if they be conscionable in performance of it: •nd the more free they are from pub•ike callings, the more care and diligence in gouerning and instructing their families ought they to haue.