The saints sacrifice

V. ^*IT is an honour to children to descend from pious parents. This is true in relation to ancient progenitors. For it was a greater honour to the Jews in all succeeding ages, that they descended from the pious Patriarchs. But the nearer such parents are, the more honourable it is to children. Most of all honourable, when their immediate parents, from whose loins, and out of whose womb they proceed, are pious. Of such an one the Prophet here speaketh, I am the son of thine hand-maid. For questionless he here calleth his mother Gods hand-maid, as he called himself Gods servant: in a spiritual respect, in regard of Gods grace to her, and in her. Such were Solomons parents, of whom, for honour sake, he maketh ^afrequent mention. ^bSuch was as Lois the grandmother, so Eunice the mother of Timothy.

V. ^*IT is an honour to children to descend from pious parents. This is true in relation to ancient progenitors. For it was a greater honour to the Iewes in all succeeding ages, that they descended from the pious Patriarchs. But the nearer such parents are, the more honourable it is to children. Most of all honourable, when their immediate parents, from whose loines, and out of whose wombe they proceed, are pious. Of such an one the Prophet here speaketh, I am the sonne of thine hand-maid. For questionlesse he here calleth his mother Gods hand-maid, as hee called himselfe Gods servant: in a spirituall respect, in regard of Gods grace to her, and in her. Such were Salomons parents, of whom, for honour sake, he maketh