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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 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.
First, let it be seasonable and done in time, pass it not over ⟨p. 8⟩to long, but begin early enough. So Solomon saith: He that loves him corrects him be time, and doth not omit it till it be to late, but takes the fittest opportunity, when he may with most ease and fewest stripes do most good. For indeed a small twig, and a few blows in time when he is yet a child, & not hardened in sin, will do more good, then many tods and abundance of stripes, afterwards if this season be let slip: for if the child be not mastered when he is young, he will master his parents when he grows elder. Therefore let them not get an head, for if they do, they will prove like an young colt that hath gotten an ill trick at the first, & he hath once cast his rider; he was marred in the beginning, and now you may sooner almost kill him, then break him, and bring him in any good order again.
First, let it be seasonable and done in time, passe it not ouer ⟨p. 8⟩