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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
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This serves to confute those ungrations and wretched children ⟨p. 4⟩that do not reverence their parents in heart but, contemn them, and think basely of them; and content not themselves with this inward undutifulness, but show it also by rough words, by froward countenance by unreverent and unfit actions. and many grow so familiar with their parents, as that one that had not known them, seeing their behaviour, would rather think them to be neighbour and neighbour then father and son; so unreverently, and undutifully do they behave themselves without any outward tokens of reverence. And indeed what doth the froward speeches and looks of many children proclaim, but that they have no fear of God in their hearts, no righteousness in their hands, nor any regard of the duties of the first or second table? If ever these persons live to have children and God do not in his justice cut them of, they shall find, that their children will revenge their fathers wrongs into their bosom, and be as ready to despise them, and carry themselves unreverently to them, as if they were to do it to their parents.
This serues to confute those vngrations and wretched children ⟨p. 4⟩that doe not reuerence their parents in heart but, contemne them, and thinke basely of them; and content not themselues with this inward vndutifulnesse, but shew it also by rough wordes, by froward countenance by vnreuerent and vnfit actions. and manie grow so familiar with their parēts, as that one that had not known them, seeing their behauiour, would rather thinke them to bee neighbour and neighbour then father and sonne; so vnreuerently, and vndutifullie do they behaue themselues without any outward tokens of reuerence. And indeed what doth the froward speaches and lookes of manie children proclaime, but that they haue no feare of God in their hearts, no righteousnesse in their hands, nor anie regard of the duties of the first or second table? If euer these persons liue to haue children and God doe not in his iustice cutte them of, they shall finde, that their children will reuenge their fathers wrongs into their bosome, and be as readie to despise them, and carrie themselues vnreuerently to them, as if they were to doe it to their parents.