A69076:1116
A treatise of Christian religion
A treatise of Christian religion. Or, the whole body and substance of divinity. By T.C.A treatise of Christian religion. Or, the whole bodie and substance of diunintie. By T.C.
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Thomas Man, 1616
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.
Q. Why are all Superiors called here by the name of Parents?
Q. Why are all Superiours called here by the name of Parents?
A. First, for that the name of Parents, being a most sweet name, men might thereby be allured (the rather) to the duties they owe; whether they be duties that are to be performed to them that are properly so called, or which they should perform to others.
A. First, for that the name of Parents, being a most sweet name, men might therby be allured (the rather) to the duties they owe; whether they bee duties that are to bee performed to them that are properly so called, or which they should performe to others.
Secondly, for that at the first, and in the beginning of the world, Parents were also Magistrates, & Pastors.
Q. How doth this agree with the Commandment of Christ, that we should acall no man Father or Master upon earth?