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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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For it is noted of her that she instructed Timothy in the scriptures from a child, and that was the cause he was so holy a man, she was a nurse to his soul as well as to his body, and gave him milk out of the breasts of the scripture, so soon as he had done sucking her own breasts, so that as he waxed strong in natural strength of natural life, so he waxed strong in the knowledge of the life to come, and therefore he grew so excellent a man, and so worthy a preacher and member of the Church, because his mother fed his soul as well as his body.
For it is noted of her that she instructed Timothie in the scriptures from a child, and that was the cause he was so holy a man, she was a nurse to his soule as wel as to his bodie, and gaue him milke out of the breasts of the scripture, so soone as he had done sucking her owne breasts, so that as he waxed strong in naturall strength of naturall life, so he waxed strong in the knowledge of the life to come, and therefore he grew so excellent a man, and so worthy a preacher and member of the Church, because his mother fedde his soule as well as his bodie.
The second duty of parents to their children in their younger years, is to correct them, to give them correction, which the holy ghost in the Proverbs commands often, and shows the fruit of it: Correct him and thou shalt save his soul, chasten him, and he will give thee pleasure. In the latter, the rod of correction drives away folly, this is the only means to make a divorce betwixt foolishness and his heart, which are so nearly wedded together. But in correction these rules must be observed.
The second dutie of parents to their children in their yonger yeares, is to correct them, to giue them correction, which the holy ghost in the Prouerbs commaunds often, and shews the fruit of it: Correct him and thou shalt saue his soule, chasten him, and he will giue thee pleasure. In the latter, the rod of correction driues away folly, this is the onely meanes to make a diuorse betwixt folishnesse and his heart, which are so neerely wedded together. But in correction these rules must be obserued.