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The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A…
The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandments gathered from the mouth of a faithful pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholar in Cambridge.The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandements gathered from the mouth of a faithfull pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholler in Cambridge.
London: printed by John Harison for Thomas Man, 1603London: printed by Iohn Harison for Thomas Man, 1603
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Father. That is, all superiors, in what place soever set above thee.
Father. That is, all superiours, in what place soeuer set aboue thee.
Thy father. This is the first reason whereby God would move inferiors to obey, because he is thy father. In that God makes this his reason why the child should obey his father, because he is his father, We gather this doctrine. That the chief motive to obedience must be Gods ordinance. If God have made him the instrument of thy life and maintenance, and have set him over thee, thou must for this cause perform all duty of honour unto him: So in the Proverbs. Honour thy father that begat thee, and thy mother that bare thee: as if he had said, honour thy parents, and be dutiful, unto them, not because they be rich or in great place or for any other respect but this, because they be thy parents; be they father and mother? how ever rich or poor, thou must be dutiful unto them. So the Apostle speaketh to wives.
Thy father. This is the first reason whereby God would moue inferiours to obey, because he is thy father. In that God makes this his reason why the childe should obey his father, because he is his father, We gather this doctrine. That the chiefe motiue to obedience must be Gods ordinance. If God haue made him the instrument of thy life and maintenance, and haue set him ouer thee, thou must for this cause performe all dutie of honour vnto him: So in the Prouerbs. Honour thy father that begat thee, and thy mother that bare thee: as if he had said, honour thy parents, and bee duetifull, vnto them, not because they be rich or in great place or for any other respect but this, because they bee thy parents; bee they father and mother? how euer rich or poore, thou must be duetifull vnto them. So the Apostle speaketh to wiues.