Consider well whereunto thy child is naturally inclined. And unto that occupation let him be put to: many men now a days all be it they see their children apt unto let ters & good learning having substance enough to find them thereat, yet will they not suffer them to continue thereat, because them selves can not favour it, or else they see no advantage worldly f• low, but great trouble & •secuciō, which worldly men in thus doing declare them selves ungodly destroyers both of them selves their children & of all common weals & congregations. For what public weal, town, city or parish can be well governed, without y• Prince, ruler, priest, or bi 1shop be learned in gods law, Prophets and in his gospel? what is the cause of all this dissension cruel persecution, tyranny, evil laws making unjust acts, false religion, wicked ordinances & ungodly decrees & institutions, but only the blind ignorance of unlearned rulers? which mea sure all thing after their own fond fleshly affects and reason besides all scriptures: & would have their own carnal wills to stand in the stead, yea rather to be above God & his laws. In times paste, when men saw so many spiritual promotions unto rich bishoprics, benefices, ⟨p. lxxiii⟩deaneries, Abbeys; Priories, chancellorships. &c, then they did set fast their children to school, to make them popish priests, idly to live by other mens sweats, but now they see how laborious and perilous an office it is to preach and to teach Gods word purely, freely and faithfully. And how unthankful an office it is to rule commonalties after justice and equity, and what an heavy intolerable labour it is to minister justice and judgement after Gods word, looking for no advantage, but to be a common servant for the common wealth sustaining such intolerable burdens, labours and perils, as the office duly ministered asketh, no man is glad to have his child learned unto such unprofitable and laborious ends. It was once an holy sacrifice to God for a man to dedicate his daughter or son unto Frances, Clare, Benet, Thomas, Austen, Mary. &c. idly to live in all filthiness, wham riches, dignities & worldly vain worship and private profit followed or rather when they greedily aspired and followed it.
COnsyther well wherevnto thy chylde is naturally enclyned. And vnto that occupacion let him be put to: many mē nowe a dayes al be it they se theyr chyldrē apt vnto let ters & good learnyng hauyng substaūce ynough to fynd thē therat, yet wyll they not suffer them to continewe therat, because thē selues cā not fa uour it, or els they se no aduauntage worldly f• low, but great trouble & •secuciō, which worldly mē in thus doyng declare thē selues vngodly destroyers both of them selues theyr childrē & of all common weales & congregacions. For what publique weal, towne, cyte or parysh can be wel gouerned, wythout y• Prince, ruler, preste, or bi 1shop be lerned in gods lawe, Prophetes and in his gospel? what is the cause of all this dissensiō cruell persecucion, tyranny, euell lawes making vniust actcs, false religion, wycked ordinaunces & vngodly decrees & institucions, but onely the blynd ignoran̄ce of vnlerned rulers? which mea sure all thyng after theyr owne fonde fleshly affectes and reason besydes all scriptures: & wolde haue theyr owne carnal wylles to stonde in the steade, yea rather to be aboue God & hys lawes. In tymes paste, when men sawe so many spirituall promocions vnto rytch bysshoprykes, benefices, ⟨p. lxxiii⟩deanrykes, Abbayes; Pryories, chauncelershyps. &c, then they dyd set fast theyr childrē to scole, to make them popysh prestes, ydelly to lyue by other mennes sweates, but nowe they se howe laborouse and perellouse an office it is to preach and to teache Gods worde purely, freely and faythfully. And how vnthankeful an office it is to rule cominalties after iustyce and equite, and what an heuye intollerable laboure it is to minister iustyce and iudgement after Gods worde, lookyng for no aduauntage, but to be a comon seruāt for the comon wealth sustayning suche intollerable burdens, labours and perels, as the offyce dewly ministred askethe, no man is glad to haue his chylde learned vnto such vnprofitable and laborouse endes. It was once an holy sacrifyce to God for a manne to dedicate his doughter or sonne vnto Frāces, Clare, Benet, Thomas, Austen, Mary. &c. ydelly to lyue in all fylthines, whā riches, dignites & worldely vayne worshyp and priuate profyt followed or rather whē they gredely aspired and folowed it.
- 1Why meune now set not their children to school.Why meune nowe set not theyr chyldrē to scole.
