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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But contrary it is in those, whose sins of their youth have stained them so deeply, and so filled their bodies, as there is no grace to be seen in their old age. Their words are altogether vain, and light, foolish, nothing savouring of grace, so that no man can in reverence, either crave advise from them or be silent to hear such foolish and unsavoury talk, as customably comes from them, and their conversation full of testiness and unadvised wrath, and blotted with miserable and abject covetousness and greediness, that they are always smelling earthward, and pursuing the world swiftly, when they can scarce go up and down in the world. No grace no wisdom, nor any virtue beautifieth their grey hairs, these want, and that justly their honour, because they have the first steppe old age, but they want the upshot and perfection to ⟨p. 34⟩be found in the way of grace. And thus much for the duties of superiors and inferiors commanded in this commandment.
But contrarie it is in those, whose sinnes of their youth haue stayned them so deeply, and so filled their bodies, as there is no grace to be seene in their olde age. Their words are altogether vaine, and light, foolish, nothing sauouring of grace, so that no man can in reuerence, eyther craue aduise from them or be silent to heare such foolish and vnsauerie talke, as customably comes from them, and their conuersation full of testinesse and vnaduised wrath, and bloted with miserable and abiect couetousnesse and greedinesse, that they are alwaies smelling earthward, and pursuing the world swiftly, when they can scarce go vp and downe in the world. No grace no wisdome, nor any vertue bewtifieth their grey haires, these want, and that iustly their honour, because they haue the first steppe olde age, but they want the vpshot and perfection to ⟨p. 34⟩be found in the way of grace. And thus much for the dueties of superiours and inferiours commaunded in this commaundement.
The reason is next: That thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy god giveth thee.