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A plain and familiar exposition of the eleventh and twelfth chapters of the Proverbs…A plaine and familiar exposition of the eleuenth and twelfth chapters of the Prouerbes…
A plain and familiar exposition of the eleventh and twelfth chapters of the Proverbs of SolomonA plaine and familiar exposition of the eleuenth and twelfth chapters of the Prouerbes of Salomon
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Henry Sharpe, 1607London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Henrie Sharpe, 1607
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Secondly, a Christian parent is most fit and competent to deal with his children to be serviceable to God: and to deal with God to be merciful to his children: great is the force of a fatherly admonition, when a godly father admonisheth: and marvellous is the efficacy of a parentlike blessing, when a holy parent doth bless the fruit of his body. So much doth Jacob intimate to Joseph for his exceeding great comfort: The blessings of thy father 1shall be mighty with the blessings of my elders: unto the end of the hills of the world, they shall be on the head of Joseph. That profane Esau, as wicked as he was, did assure himself that he should be the better for his father Isaacks blessing, if he could obtain it, and therefore wept for sorrow when he went without it.
Secondly, a Christian parent is most fit and competent to deale with his children to bee seruiceable to God: and to deale with God to be mercifull to his children: great is the force of a fatherly admonition, when a godly father admonisheth: and marueilous is the efficacie of a parentlike blessing, when a holy parent doth blesse the fruite of his bodie. So much doth Iacob intimate to Ioseph for his exceeding great comfort: The blessings of thy father 1shall be mightie with the blessings of my elders: vnto the end of the hils of the world, they shal be on the head of Ioseph. That prophane Esau, as wicked as hee was, did assure himselfe that he should be the better for his father Isaacks blessing, if he could obtaine it, and therefore wept for sorrow when he went without it.
Thirdly, the children of religious and faithful parents are entitled to the promises and blessings of God both for soul and body, as appeareth in the holy records, by that argument S. Peter persuaded them to believe, whose hearts were pricked at his doctrine: To you is the promise made (saith he) and to your children,