A65276:150
The Art of Divine Contentment
Autarkeia, or, The art of divine contentment by Thomas Watson.
London: printed by T.M. for Ralph Smith, 1654
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
The third Apology answered.
The third Apology is,1 It is sad with me in my relations; where I should find most comfort, there I have most grief. This Apology or Objection brancheth it self into two particulars, whereto I shall give a distinct Reply.
The third Apology is,1 It is sad with me in my relations; where I should finde most comfort, there I have most grief. This Apology or Objection brancheth it selfe into two particulars, whereto I shal give a distinct Reply.
- 13. Apology.
1. My child goes on in rebellion;1 I fear I have brought forth a child for the Devil.2 It is indeed sad to think that hell should be paved with the skulls of any of our children, and certainly the pangs of grief which the mother hath in this kind are worse then her pangs of travel; but▪ though you ought to be humbled; yet not discontented: for consider
1. My childe goes on in rebellion;1 I fear I have brought forth a child for the Devill.