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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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The parents duty to the children in their tender years and childhood, is first to instruct them in religion, to season them with the words of piety, or by little and little to drop in the grounds of holiness into them, even so soon as they are able to speak and begin to have the least use of understanding. So Proverb. Teach a child in the trade of his youth, and he will remember it afterwards. Where the holy ghost exhorting men to teach their young children meets with an objection. Alas might one say, teach such little ones? what good will ⟨image 107⟩that do? we shall but loose our labour, for they cannot understand it, nor conceive the meaning of these things. The holy ghost answers. Be it, that for the time he cannot understand the sense, yet teach him the words and terms of goodness, and though while he continues a child, perhaps it seem a fruitless thing; yet you shall see afterwards it will not be in vain; for the crop of this seed, that was soon in the childhood, will appear when he comes to age, though for a time it lay hidden, & then he will remember these things, & that to good use, which it seemed he got no good by when he was so young, & wanting understanding. Therefore let him have the words taught him when he is able to hear and speak words, and after when he is of more discretion, he will conceive & remember the sense too. And this duty the holy ghost commands. Ephes. 6. 4. Bring them up in instruction and fear of the Lord. And this Timothy's mother did put in practise.
The parents dutie to the children in their tender yeares and childhood, is first to instruct them in religion, to season them with the words of pietie, or by little and little to drop in the grounds of holinesse into them, euen so soone as they are able to speake and beginne to haue the least vse of vnderstanding. So Prouerb. Teach a childe in the trade of his youth, and he will remember it afterwards. Where the holy ghost exhorting men to teach their young children meetes with an obiection. Alasse might one say, teach such little ones? what good will ⟨image 107⟩that doe? we shall but loose our labour, for they cannot vnderstand it, nor conceiue the meaning of these things. The holy ghost answeres. Be it, that for the time he cannot vnderstand the sense, yet teach him the words and tearmes of goodnesse, and though while he continues a child, perhaps it seeme a fruitlesse thing; yet you shall see afterwards it will not be in vaine; for the crop of this seede, that was soone in the childhood, will appeare when he comes to age, though for a time it lay hidden, & then he wil remember these things, & that to good vse, which it seemed he got no good by when he was so young, & wanting vnderstanding. Therefore let him haue the words taught him when he is able to heare and speake words, and after when he is of more discretion, he will conceiue & remember the sense too. And this dutie the holy ghost commaunds.