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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53076	The compleat mother, or, An earnest perswasive to all mothers (especially those of rank and quality) to nurse their own children by Henry Newcome ...	Newcome, Henry, 1650-1713.	1695 (1695)	Wing N893; ESTC R3355	36,818	118

who betray any Aversion or are guilty of any Unkindness toward them And since the Children of our Nobility and Gentry are justly reputed to be the Hopes of the next Generation it is reasonable to be most concern'd for them who in their Infancy generally are more Unhappy than the Sons of Country Peasants The Poor Tenants Child is for the most part nursed in its own Mothers Bosom and cherished by her Breasts whilst the Landlord's Heir is turn'd out exil'd from his Mothers embraces as soon as from her Womb and assigned to the Care of some Stranger who hath no other Endearments toward it than what are owing solely to her Interest And such as work for Wages are usually not so careful how they do their Work as to get their Stipend nor is a Mercinary Nurse much concerned how the Infant Improves provided she have a good place of it Thus the Infants of the best Families are most hardly used and vast numbers of them undoubtedly destroyed And sure I need not despair of Pardon even from those Ladies who are most concerned in the ensuing Reproof since it is the result of my real and hearty Compassion for their dear Children § 5. Besides Secondly I have observed that those Ladies who contrary to this prevailing Custom have undertaken the Nursery of their own Babes have oft met with unhandsom Reflections and bitter Taunts from others of the contrary Practise which makes the Vindication of them a necessary piece both of Justice and Charity A Lady that will condescend to be a Nurse though to her own Child is become as Unfashionable and Ungenteel as a Gentleman that will not Drink Swear and be profane but dares be out of Fashion in leading an exactly vertuous and sober Life Apd if ever you saw the Modesty of such an one assaulted by the Railery and Scorn of a Company of Debauchees when he happens to fall among them You may imagine the need those few Ladies have of Courage and Resolution who by Nursing their own Children expose themselves to the Taunts and Derision of the many who decline that Office and look upon themselves to be upbraided by their Examples § 6. And when I observe those few Ladies who best discharge their Duties exposed to the Scoffs of such as neglect theirs and on the other hand reflect on the Unhappiness of those poor Infants whose Mothers make it a Punctilio of State to cast them off to the Care of Strangers I cannot but believe it a good Office and a few hours well bestowed to attempt the Vindication of the best Mothers and to plead with those that are otherwise the cause of those helpless Innocents who are not able unless in their inarticulate cries to speak for themselves Especially § 7. Since thirdly the consideration of my own Obligations as a Clergyman encourage me in this undertaking For in the Book entitled Cap. 13. De Matrimonio Reformatio Legum Ecclesiasticarum which was composed by eight Bishops whereof Archbishop Cranmer and Bishop Ridley were two eight Divines and as many Civil and Common Lawyers in pursuance of an Act of Parliament and intended for the Government of the Reformed Church of England and the Rules of Ecclesiastical Courts I find this passage A Custom too soft and delicate hath prevailed among Wives to discard their Off-spring from their own Breasts and hire them out to be nursed by Strangers which thing for the most part being without any probable Causes but only from an over-indulgent Fondness of their own Bodies it comes to pass that to ease themselves they shuffle off the Honourable and Natural Pains of educating their own Children and since this inhumane and degenerate Sloathfulness of Mothers is the cause of many Evils we think it the Duty of Preachers to exhort Mothers not to desert their Off-spring which they have borne nor to deny those the benefit of their Breasts whom they lately nourished in their Womb and sustained with their own Bowels Now since our Reformation after it was brought to good Perfection in respect of Worship and Doctrine was hindred by the Death of King Edward from receiving the Consummation which was intended in respect of Church-Government and Ecclesiastical Laws this Book which gives us the most authentick account what was intended cannot but be of great Authority with all that value the Judgment of our first Reformers So that I may from this conclude not only that it is every Preachers Duty to exhort Mothers to Nurse their own but also that it is the Duty of Mothers to comply with their Exhortations and that if they do otherwise they betray an unjustifiable Contempt of these learned and pious Reformers of and Martyrs for our Holy Religion § 8. To these Motives of my present undertaking I will add one more viz. The hopes of routing this unnatural Custom and doing a deal of good thereby I am sure I have a very good Cause and all the strength of Reason and Religion on my side and the Impulses of Nature to boot I have also the more courteous and tractable Sex to deal with who I may promise my self cannot all be obstinate against the Evidences of their Duty and the Inclinations of Natural Affection And why should I despair of rescuing so great a part of Mankind from the Tyranny of an impudent Custom who seem ready to accept of Liberty and to wait for some kind Deliverer to unloose their Fetters Shall I doubt of a candid Reception from that Sex whom Nature hath molded for Courtesie and the Impressions of Religion and Compassion Especially since as Themistocles is said to have prevailed in his Addresses to Admelus King of the Molossi by bringing the King's Son in his Arms I bring their own Children with me to second my Persuasions by their prevailing Intercessions or indeed not so much to intercede for me as to Petition for themselves § 9. But if any rebellious Lust if Luxury Pride or Avarice dare to appear against me I have the Ensigns of Divine Authority to awe them Evidences I mean from the Holy Scriptures and the Law of Nature to command their Submission And though those Books are said to be most fatally Destructive which convince of Duty and yet fail of persuading to it yet what I have to propose seems to me so likely not only to convince but also to persuade that I hope it will do no harm but Service to the World To conclude this Introduction though these Reasons prevailed to engage me to compose the ensuing Discourse yet for some Months I kept it by me and could not persuade my self to publish it till I met with his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury's Sermons about the Education of Children lately publish'd wherein he recommends this as the first and most natural Duty incumbent on Parents toward their Children and argues against the general neglect of it as one of the great and crying Sins of this Age and Nation And when I found my self