V. But her Zeal for the Spirits of her Children, is that which does most Eat her up; O how concerned she is, that they may be Brought up in the Nurture and Admonition of the Lord! When She first Received her Children, she Imagined the Immortal God committing them to her charge, as the Princess of Egypt unto the Mother of Moses, Here, Take this Child, Nurse it for me, and I•le give thee thy Wages. Wherefore she becomes a Martha, that is, A Teacher, to them all. She begins with them while they are upon her K•e•s, and instructs them how to fall down in Prayer upon their own. She will not put them upon Revenge, by asking them To give her a •low that she may Be•• any thing that vexes them; but she fears they will soon Learn That, and every other Vice, without a Teacher. The First Liquors that she puts into those Little Vessel• are Histories and Sentences fetched from th• Oracles of God, and Institutions, How to Pra• •n Secret unto their Heavenly Father. […] then proceeds to make 'em Expert in some Orthodox Catechisms, and will have 'em Learn to Read and Write, as fast as ever they can ⟨p. 95⟩take it; and so she passes to the other parts of an Ingenious Education with them. She is, like another Bathsheba, always instilling into their Children, something that is Wise and Good; and she keeps up that Authority over them that they Fear as well as Love her; and they dare not Refuse what she shall Command. Unto her Instruction she also joins an Inspection of them; so that she is very gravely Inquisitive into their Employments, their Companies, their Experiences: nor will she spare Corrections, where their Miscarriages do call for the Rod; and she will not overlay them with her Sinful Fondness, lest God make them Crosses to her, for her being afraid of Crossing them i• their Exorbitancies. And besides the Example of all Virtue that she sets before them, she is frequently Praying with them, as well as for them, That they may be Saved. She pursues the Lord with such Cries for her Children as the Canaanit•ss used, Lord, Heal my Child, that […] annoyed by a Devil! and such as Monica used for Austin, upon which a great Person said un•o her, 'Tis impossible that a Child of so many Tears should ever perish!
V. But her Zeal for the Spirits of her Children, is that which does most Eat her up; O how concerned she is, that they may be Brought up in the Nurture and Admo•ition of the Lord! When She first Received her Children, she Imagined the Immortal God committing them to her charge, as the Princess of Egypt unto the Mother of Moses, Here, Take this Child, Nurse it for me, and I•le give thee thy Wages. Wherefore she becomes a Martha, that is, A Teacher, to them all. She begins with them while they are upon her K•e•s, and instructs them how to fall down in Prayer upon their own. She will not put them upon R•venge, by asking them To give her a •low that she may Be•• any thing that vexes them; but she fears they will soon Learn That, and every other Vice, without a Teacher. The First Liquors that she puts into those Little Vessel• are Histories and Sentences fetch'd from th• Oracles of God, and Institutions, How to Pra• •n Secret unto their Heavenly Father. 〈…〉 then proceeds to make 'em Expert in some Orthodox Catechisms, and will have 'em Learn to Read and Write, as fast as ever they can ⟨p. 95⟩take it; and so she passes to the other parts of an Ingenious Educatio• with them. She is, like another Bathsheba, always instilling into their Children, something that is Wise and Good; and she keeps up that Authority over them that they Fear as well as Love her; and they dare not Refuse what she shall Command. Unto her Instructio• she also joyns an Inspection of them; so that she is very gravely Inquisitive into their Employments, their Companies, their Experiences: nor will she spare Corrections, where their Miscarriages do call for the Rod; and she will not ov•rlay them with her Sinful Fondness, lest God make them Crosses to her, for her being afraid of Crossing them i• their Exorbitancies. And besides the Exemple of all Vertue that she sets before them, she is frequently Praying with them, as well as for them, That they may be Saved. She pursues the Lord with such Cries for her Children as the Canaanitss used, Lord, Heal my Child, that annoy'd by a Devil! and such as Monica used for Austin, upon which a great Person said uno her, 'Tis impossile that a Child of so many Tears should ever perish!
