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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 duties of younger persons to the ancient is to show a reverent opinion of them, and to show all reverent and submissive behaviour unto them, in respect that they carry upon them as it were a print of Gods eternity: which is commanded, Levit. 19. 32. to rise up before the hoar head, and honour the person of the aged. I am the Lord. Where giving this commandment of honouring the aged, he meets with young conceited heads by this reason, I am the Lord, to whom thou owest obedience, I will have it thus, and in this respect it were the best way for thee to yield obedience. So Isay. 3. 5. It is noted as a curse of God and a plague that comes with the subversion of the commonwealth, when such woeful confusion should take place, as that young boys and children of no discretion or government should presume against, and proud young youths that have no grace, nor any thing to commend them, that never did good, that none can say that the world is the better for them, it might have done as well if they never had been borne, that such proud absurd persons should grow to that extremity of impudency and shamelessness, as to presume against their betters, and prefer ⟨image 132⟩themselves before their elders. Which doth sharply also reprove the customable rudeness of our youth that no whit regard their elders; To show any token of reverence to them, in rising before them, or uncovering, but go & use such behaviour with them as if it were with fellow, boys, or playfellows.
The dueties of younger persons to the ancient is to shew a reuerent opinion of them, and to shew all reuerent and submissiue behauiour vnto them, in respect that they carry vpon them as it were a print of Gods eternitie: which is commaunded, Leuit. 19. 32. to rise vp before the hoare head, and honour the person of the aged. I am the Lord. Where giuing this commaundement of honouring the aged, he meets with yong conceited heads by this reason, I am the Lord, to whom thou owest obedience, I will haue it thus, and in this respect it were the best way for thee to yeeld obedience. So Isay. 3. 5. It is noted as a curse of God and a plague that comes with the subuersion of the commonwealth, when such wofull confusion should take place, as that young boyes and children of no discretion or gouernment should presume against, and proud young youthes that haue no grace, nor any thing to commend them, that neuer did good, that none can say that the world is the better for them, it might haue done as well if they neuer had beene borne, that such proud absurd persons should grow to that extremitie of impudencie and shamelesnesse, as to presume against their betters, and preferre