A94156:1081
The Christian-man's calling: or, A treatise of making religion ones business. Wherein the nature…
The Christian-man's calling: or, A treatise of making religion ones business. Wherein the nature and necessity of it is discovered. : As also the Christian directed how he may perform it in [brace] religious duties, natural actions, his particular vocation, his family directions, and his own recreations. / By George Swinnock ...
London: printed for T.P., 1662
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.
God expecteth that thou shouldst be both a Priest to offer up Sacrifice for, and a Prophet to instruct and teach thy Family. A good Housekeeper is like that Nobleman, who had for his impress two boundless of ripe Millet, with this Motto, Servare & servari meum est; for the nature of Millet is (say some) to guard it self from corruption, and that which lieth nearest to it. The Word of God, and holy instructions to a Family, are as salt which is helpful against putrefaction, Mat. 5. Ye are the salt of the earth. Masters must be sure to have salt in themselves, and for their families: Its said, that the Hammanients in Cyrene made their houses of salt hewn out of their hills in manner of stone. Hierom counselled Leta, Let thy children daily give thee some account of some choice flowers gathered out of thy Bible. Teach thy children to remember their creator in the days of their youths. It is too late to season flesh when it crawleth with worms; Do it therefore betimes. Bishop Rider read and expounded the Psalm 101. (which treateth the good Government ⟨p. 535⟩of Families) often to his household, and hired them with money to learn it.
God expecteth that thou shouldst be both a Priest to offer up Sacrifice for, and a Prophet to instruct and teach thy Family. A good Housekeeper is like that Nobleman, who had for his impress two boundles of ripe Millet, with this Motto, Servare & servari meum est; for the nature of Millet is (say some) to guard it self from corruption, and that which lieth nearest to it. The Word of God, and holy instructions to a Family, are as salt which is helpful against putrifaction, Mat. 5. Ye are the salt of the earth. Masters must be sure to have salt in themselves, and for their families: Its said, that the Hammanients in Cyrene made their houses of salt hewn out of their hills in maner of stone. Hierom counselled Leta, Let thy children daily give thee some account of some choice flowers gathered out of thy Bible. Teach thy children to remember their creatour in the days of their youths. It is too late to season flesh when it crawleth with wormes; Do it therefore betimes. Bishop Rider read and expounded the