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cause_n	know_v	see_v	word_n	2,698	5	3.8450	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95488	The fathers counsell. Or, Certain usefull directions, for all young persons, especially elder brothers, whose portion it is or may be, in these perilous daies, to be left in a fatherlesse or friendlesse condition. / By W.T.	Tipping, William, 1598-1649.	1643 (1643)	Wing T3565; Thomason E1111_4; ESTC R208441	7,829	45

if any sudden and unexpected accident have mooved thy passions and raised some tempest within thee O pray not to God in that temper but approach thou to God as God came to Elijah in a quiet and still voyce not in a whirlewind God is a God of love and peace and therfore compose thy heart and becalme all distempers in thy minde before thou presume into the presence of so high a Majestie And here my Sonne I must admonish thee of a necessarie dutie the which indeed shame to this inlightened and knowing age is little knowne and lesse practised that is the Catechizing and instructing of servants and children in the grounds of Religion in private Families by the Masters and Governours thereof Which course were it more generally and effectually set upon certainly God would be more glorified his Word and Sacraments more reverently handled and the People better edified then our former daies have seene I know well the dutie of Catechizing the generall neglect wherof the Land hath cause to lament with teares of bloud doth properly belong to the Pastorall charge yet all Masters of Families are or ought to be like Abraham and Ioshuah Priests and Prophets in their owne houses and helpe laie the foundation of Religion in the peoples hearts that so by both working together the businesse might be advanced to a more glorious improovement were this necessary dutie throughly pressed and understandingly carried on through all parts of this Kingdome then should we not to our scandall and scorne see so many Schismes in our Church so many disorders and fractions in the State such diversities of opinions broached amongst us such unmannerly and unreverent carriage in Gods worship in many places In a word then should wee not see so many thousand poore soules perish for want of knowledge walking in the darke waies of their owne seduced hearts and acting all things as their lusts or perchance some ignorant leaders guide them My Sonne according to thy place power and parts do thou thy dutie in this particular and stirre up others in the prosecution hereof as knowing that hee which converts a soule from the errour of his waie shall shine as the Starres in the Firmament If it shall please God to bring thee tomans estate use exceeding great care and caution in the choice of thy wife if thy affections incline that waie And herein in the first place seeke unto God to counsell thee and he will direct thy path you have his promise for it Prov. 3.6 in all thy ways acknowledge him saith Solomon and he shall direct thy wayes This advise is better known then well improved often spoken exceeding seldome done but take you Gods word for good secu\ritie beleeve it the Psalmists words are true Psalm 9.10 Hee never faileth them that seeke him Now when you have consulted with God be industriously inquisitive into the disposition inclination stocke but especially the Religion of the partie commended to your choice for its heavie drawing in an uneven yoak and however it be true that parentage parts and portion are good Ingredients in your match yet these must not be the principles to guide your choice let her be gracious rather then great yet richly adorned I meane all glorious within and then what ever imperfections shall arise from her nature they will be her urthen as well as thine Religion is the sweetest and strongest tie and those that are so conjoyned nothing but death nay in truth neither life nor death can part them If God shall be pleased to blesse you hereafter with any children be carefull to present before their blossom yeares an unblameable life in your owne example For your personall demeanour and ordinarie carriage amongst them will have a verie powerfull Influence upon their dispositions they being alwaies exceedingly inclined to take in the habits either of vertue or vice from their parents footsteps And therefore if you find any naturall Infirmities be it passion or any other innate qualitie tolie strong upon you labour to beare downe the strength therof at all times but especially in the presence of your children least your actuall breakings out inflame their sparkes and cause those ill seeds to budd forth in them which your nature hath setled in their bloud Certainely much Christian prudence may be shewed in the education of Children by stopping the streame of their inclinations in the budd before they flow too high and by seasoning their mind with religious principles before their corruptions are fortified in them otherwise at will prove true Difficulter eradicatur quod rudes animi combiberunt In your ordinarie Conversation amongst your children be not so indulgently familiar as to make them forget their distance nor so rigoriously austeere as to discourage them I am perswaded the foolish cockering of some Parents and the oversterne carriage of others causeth more men and women to miscarrie then their own vicious inclinations Give your children a competent maintenance according to your abilitie otherwise your life will seem their bondage and what portion you shall leave them they will thanke death for it not you Bring them up in Religion learning and obedience and neglectnot to settle them in some honest vocation for if thou doest not imploy thy children the devill will Better thy sonne were a basket-maker then an idle droane As concerning the ordering of thy Familie let that be like a little Citie compacted in it selfe Vnitie and unanimitieare beautifull accommodations in everie houshold and where they are advanced and preserved inviolable they facilitate domesticall imploiments causing them to be carried on with more alacritie and sweetnesse In a word where Truth and Peace in any civill societie doe kisse each other and goe hand in hand together they usher in Gods love and do clearly evidence that God is in that place indeed for it is God that makes men to be of one mind in a house Therefore labour earnestly in thy Familie to make good the Apostolical counsell namely to keepe the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace Let thy friends and allies be welcome to thy Table grace them with thy countenance and further them in all honest actions for by this means thou shalt so double the bond of nature as that thou shalt find them so many Advocates to pleade and apologize for thee behind thy backe But shake off those Gloworms I mean Paracits and Sychophonts who will feed and fawne upon thee in the Summer of thy prosperity but in adverse stormes will shelter thee no more then an arbour in winter Vndertake no suit against a poore man without receiving much wrong for besides that thou makest him thy competitour it is a base conquest to triumph where there is small resistance and can be little gaine neither attempt Law against any man before thou be sure thou hast right on thy side and then spare for neither monie nor pains for a cause or two so followed and obtained may free the from suits a great