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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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4 Because children are borne of their parents in a woeful estate; and therefore as they have been the means to convey sin and misery unto them, so should they labour to be a like means of conveying grace.
4 Because children are borne of their parents in a wofull estate; and therefore as they haue beene the meanes to conuay sinne and misery vnto them, so should they labour to be a like meanes of conuaying grace.
5 This is a double band to bind them unto their parents in love and duty, when both nature and a religious conscience shall join both together.
5 This is a double band to binde them vnto their parents in loue and duty, when both nature and a religious conscience shall ioyne both together.
6 By this means when parents dye, they may with greater comfort and security commend their children unto God.
6 By this meanes when parents dye, they may with greater comfort and security commend their children vnto God.