An expositio[n] upon the two epistles of the apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians…An expositio[n] vpon the two epistles of the apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians…

Contrariwise, they can not have any wisdom, that despise the law of the Lord. They become blind, and wicked, & abominable in all their ways. They have no sense, nor feeling of the will of God. They cannot know light from darkness, nor God from Belial. Such were the little children that mocked the Prophet Elisha, and said to him, Come up thou bald ¹head, come up thou bald head. Their bringing up was no better. Their wicked fathers had taught them nothing el• but wantonness. But the ⟨p. 64⟩wrath of God fell upon them, and there were destroyed by two Bears two and forty of them.

Contrariwise, they can not haue any wisedome, that despise the lawe of the Lord. They become blinde, and wicked, & abhominable in al their waies. They haue no sense, nor féeling of the wil of God. They cannot know light frō darkenesse, nor God from Belial. Such were the little children that mocked the Prophet Elizeus, and said to him, Come vp thou baulde ¹head, come vp thou bauld head. Their bringing vp was no better. Their wicked fathers had taught thē nothing el• but wātonnes. But the ⟨p. 64⟩wrath of God fel vppon them, and there were destroyed by two Beares two and fortie of them.

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An other care, which a father ought to have of his children, is to lead them up in the study of virtue, and of godly life. Blessed are the ¹