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Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…
Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity and duty of Gods children by the late Reverend and Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston ...Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity and duty of Gods children by the late Reverend and Faithfull Minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston ...
London: printed by J.T., 1658
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 here because they think they feed when they do 1not, the question may be, what it is to feed them?
- 1Quest.
It consists in three things. First, Let every one feed 1his own flock; it is best for the mother to feed her own child, while it is done by step-mothers its not so well done, because they want natural love, the opinion of propriety makes them more careful, and that which is most remarkable is, that the want of large wages doth not discourage from it, and it is not substitutes and proxies that shall give account for the sheep, but the shepherd himself.
It consists in three things. First, Let every one feed 1his own flock; it is best for the mother to feed her own childe, while it is done by step-mothers its not so well done, because they want natural love, the opinion of propriety makes them more careful, and that which is most remarkable is, that the want of large wages doth not discourage from it, and it is not substitutes and proxies that shall give account for the sheep, but the shepherd himself.
- 1Answ.
Secondly, Let it be frequently done, not once a quarter, or once a month, The people are weak, therefore they must be fed with a little and often, line, upon line, precept, upon precept, for weak stomachs will not bear much at a time, but it is best to give them often and a little, hence it was that Paul,