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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. That is a curious question, and I can give you no certain answer unto it: but it is most likely, and probable that it was in the sixth and last day when man was created after Gods own image. For the Angels carry the greatest Image of God in them.

Child. That is a curious question, and I can giue you no certaine answere vnto it: but it is most likely, and probable that it was in the sixt and last day when man was created after Gods owne image. For the Angels carry the greatest Image of God in them.

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Father. What is an Angel?

Father. What is an Angell?

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Child. An invisible spirit.¹

Child. An inuisible spirit.¹

1Col. 1. 16

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