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A pastime for parents
A pastime for parents: or A recreation to pass away the time; containing the most principal grounds of Christian religion. By Arthur Dent preacher of the word of God at South-Shoobery in Essex.A pastime for parents: or A recreation to passe away the time; contayning the most principall grounds of Christian religion. By Arthur Dent preacher of the word of God at South-Shoobery in Essex.
London: printed by T. East for Thomas Man, 1606
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Child. They have two wings to cover their face, because they are not able to endure the brightness of Gods glory: they have two wings to cover their feet, because man is not able to abide the brightness that is in them; they have two to fly withal, to signify their readiness & prompt obedience to all the commandments of God.
Child. They haue two winges to couer their face, because they are not able to indure the brightnesse of Gods glory: they haue two wings to couer their féet, because man is not able to abide the brightnes yt is in them; they haue two to fly withal, to signifie their readines & prompt obedience to all the commandements of God.
Father. What use are we to make of all this that God is so infinite in himself, and so glorious in all his creatures, specially in the Angels, Sun, ⟨image 13⟩Moon and Stars, &c.