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A pastime for parents

Name: A pastime for parents
Author: Arthur Dent

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.

Arthur Dent d. 1607London: printed by T. East for Thomas Man, 1606

[112] p. · 15k words · STC 6622 · ESTC S116342

Title page of the 1609 edition: Internet Archive scan of the Early English Books microfilm (opens the Internet Archive in a new tab)

A PASTIME for Parents to be used with their children for recreatio…: A PASTIME for Parents to be used with their children for recreation, to pass away the…A PASTIME for Parents to bee vsed with their children for recreatio…: A PASTIME for Parents to bee vsed with their children for recreation, to passe away the…

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.

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Child. By the sound understanding of the law,¹ contained in the ten commandments.

Child. By the sound vnderstanding of the law,¹ contained in the ten commandements.

1Rom. 3. 20.

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Father. What is the Law?

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Child. The perfect rule of righteousness teaching us what we should do, and forbidding the contrary.

Child. The perfect rule of righteousnesse teaching vs what wée should doe, and forbidding the contrarie.

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Father. By whom was the Law given?

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