Reli. Needs must he wonder and to no purpose, that goeth about to be as wise ⟨p. 62⟩as God, and to under stand all the secrets of his will (saith the Apostle) are past finding out, but again take the case to1 stand thus; the Lord that disposeth of all things in their appointed seasons putteth the partridge into the marlins foot, the pretty bird, into the fowlers snare, setteth the ox foot upon the silly worm, bringeth the swelling waters out of their channels to the store-house of the poor provident Ant, the little fish into the net, the lamb to the slaughter-house, the lion to the hunters hand, and man for his due desert oftentimes to a sharp and sodden death: this God in his righteous judgement, hath pre-ordained my son to die, amidest the merciless waves of the sea.
But for as much as nature the enemy to wisdom, doth not suffer me to yield up mine interest, to the ordinance of God (which you must suppose, according to some extraordinary manner is disclosed unto me) I say unto him, son assure thy self that no action in this world shall discontinue my favour and good will towards thee. Again, I ⟨p. 63⟩make thee LORD, of my whole revenues, use all that I have, or may procure for thee; so that in consideration hereof, thou wilt grant me thy true and faithful allegiance in this only point; depart not thy native country, and I crave no more: for at what time so ever, thou shalt commit thy self unto sail and mast, thou diest the death, there is no remedy; thus standeth thy safety, thus thy peril, thus my hearty request, and thus I leave thee. Well, this my son, according to the manner of men, having a body at home, and a mind else where, then where it should be, neither making conscience of my great liberality, commandment, nor any other good desert, nor yet respecting the danger of his own person, like a man led away with novelties, and the try: all of strange adventures, rather then esteeming an honest life, and the duty o• of a child (committeth him-self; to the safe conduct of will, that idle and desperate loadsman, and at last after many turmoils, is forced to fish ⟨p. 64⟩in the deeps without his boat, like as before I had told him, shall not the man seem to do me injury, that shall reprove me, for this fault of my son, who every way so well, and fatherly entreated him as became me?
Reli. Néeds must he wonder and to no purpose, that goeth about to be as wise ⟨p. 62⟩as God, and to vnder stand all the seacrets of his will (saith the Apostle) are past finding out, but againe take the case to1 stand thus; the Lord that disposeth of all things in their appointed seasons putteth the partridge into the marlins foote, the pretty bird, into the fowlers snare, setteth the oxe foot vpon the silly worme, bringeth the swelling waters out of their channels to the store-house of the poore prouident Ant, the little fish into the net, the lambe to the slaughter-house, the lion to the hunters hand, and man for his due desart oftentimes to a sharpe and sodden death: this God in his righteous iudgement, hath pre-ordayned my sonne to die, amidest the mercilesse waues of the sea.
But for as much as nature the enemy to wisdome, doth not suffer me to yéeld vp mine interest, to the ordinance of God (which you must suppose, according to some extraordinary manner is disclosed vnto mee) I say vnto him, sonne assure thy selfe that no action in this world shall discontinew my fauour and good will towards thée. Againe, I ⟨p. 63⟩make thée LORD, of my whole reuenewes, vse all that I haue, or may procure for thée; so that in consideration hereof, thou wilt graunt me thy true and faithfull alegeaunce in this onely point; depart not thy natiue country, and I craue no more: for at what time so euer, thou shalt commit thy selfe vnto sayle and mast, thou diest the death, there is no remedy; thus standeth thy safty, thus thy perill, thus my hearty request, and thus I leaue thée. Well, this my sonne, according to the maner of men, hauing a body at home, and a mind else where, then where it should be, neither making conscience of my great liberallity, commandement, nor any other good desert, nor yet respecting the daunger of his owne person, like a man led away with nouelties, and the try: all of strange aduentures, rather then estéeming an honest life, and the duty o• of a child (committeth him-selfe; to the safe conduct of will, that idle and desperate loadsman, and at last after many tormoyles, is forced to fish ⟨p. 64⟩in the déepes without his boat, like as before I had tould him, shall not the man séeme to do me iniury, that shall reproue me, for this fault of my sonne, who euery way so well, and fatherly intreated him as became me?
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