The Life and Death of Mr. Badman

Atten. I doubt they were but badly brought up.

Wise. One of them loved its Mother dearly,¹ and would constantly hearken to her voice. Now that Child she had the opportunity to instruct in the Principles of Christian Religion, and it became a very gracious child. But that child Mr. Badman could not abide, he would seldom afford it a pleasant word, but would scowl and frown upon it, speak churlishly and doggedly to it, and though as to Nature it was the most feeble of the seven, yet it oftenest felt the weight of its Fathers fingers. Three of his Children ⟨p. 140⟩did directly follow his steps, and began to be as vile as (in his youth) he was himself. The other that remained became a kind of mongrel Professors, not so bad as their Father, nor so good as their Mother, but were betwixt them both. They had their Mothers Notions, and their Fathers Actions, and were much like those that you read of in the Book of Nehemiah; ²These children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews language, but according to the language of each people.

Wise. One of them loved its Mother dearly,¹ and would constantly harken to her voice. Now that Child she had the opportunity to instruct in the Principles of Christian Religion, and it became a very gracious child. But that child Mr. Badman could not abide, he would seldom afford it a pleasant word, but would scowl and frown upon it, speak churlishly and doggedly to it, and though as to Nature it was the most feeble of the seven, yet it oftenest felt the weight of its Fathers fingers. Three of his Children ⟨p. 140⟩did directly follow his steps, and began to be as vile as (in his youth) he was himself. The other that remained became a kind of mungrel Professors, not so bad as their Father, nor so good as their Mother, but were betwixt them both. They had their Mothers Notions, and their Fathers Actions, and were much like those that you read of in the Book of Nehemiah;