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child_n hearken_v to_o such_o willing_o that_o they_o may_v obtain_v the_o rechabiles_fw-la blessing_n not_o to_o want_v a_o man_n of_o their_o posterity_n to_o stand_v before_o god_n for_o ever_o jer._n 35.19_o child_n can_v hearken_v to_o their_o parent_n worldly_a counsel_n and_o remember_v they_o when_o they_o be_v dead_a and_o go_v much_o more_o account_n shall_v they_o make_v of_o their_o spiritual_a advice_n 5._o doct._n child_n must_v never_o be_v draw_v from_o their_o parent_n good_a instruction_n they_o must_v not_o forsake_v they_o if_o they_o live_v to_o be_v old_a prov._n 22.6_o abraham_n child_n and_o household_n after_o he_o must_v keep_v the_o way_n of_o the_o lord_n teach_v by_o he_o gen._n 18.19_o reason_n 1._o because_o parent_n good_a instruction_n be_v a_o treasure_n and_o man_n be_v very_o careful_a of_o their_o treasure_n not_o only_o to_o get_v but_o to_o keep_v they_o till_o old_a age_n against_o a_o time_n of_o need_n 2._o there_o be_v much_o danger_n of_o lose_v this_o treasure_n thou_o own_o corruption_n satan_n temptation_n bad_a counsel_n example_n like_o thief_n seek_v to_o rob_v thou_o of_o it_o use_v 1_o take_v heed_n of_o seducer_n and_o all_o that_o will_v mislead_v thou_o too_o many_o now_o have_v forget_v their_o pious_a education_n both_o by_o error_n and_o looseness_n of_o life_n who_o parent_n will_v scarce_o own_v they_o if_o they_o be_v alive_a 2._o you_o that_o be_v child_n lay_v up_o your_o parent_n godly_a counsel_n not_o in_o your_o brain_n only_o but_o in_o your_o heart_n you_o may_v have_v need_n of_o they_o in_o age_n and_o death_n 6._o doct._n mother_n must_v take_v pain_n to_o teach_v their_o child_n piety_n else_o how_o shall_v they_o obey_v their_o mother_n ch_n 30.17_o so_o do_v solomon_n mother_n ch_z 31.1_o mother_n of_o good_a and_o bad_a king_n be_v name_v in_o king_n and_o chronicle_n as_o have_v a_o share_n in_o their_o child_n goodness_n or_o badness_n by_o their_o education_n our_o first_o day_n be_v spend_v for_o the_o most_o part_n under_o our_o mother_n care_n while_o our_o father_n be_v busy_v in_o their_o call_n about_o matter_n of_o the_o church_n or_o commonwealth_n she_o therefore_o shall_v take_v advantage_n thereof_o to_o teach_v we_o goodness_n use_v it_o condemn_v many_o fond_a mother_n that_o be_v careful_a to_o provide_v all_o thing_n needful_a for_o their_o child_n save_v only_o good_a education_n and_o instruction_n they_o lose_v a_o opportunity_n of_o do_v much_o good_a to_o their_o soul_n child_n be_v more_o ready_a to_o hear_v mother_n than_o father_n because_o they_o converse_v more_o with_o they_o and_o they_o be_v less_o stubborn_a then_o when_o they_o be_v big_a and_o come_v to_o their_o father_n care_n we_o say_v they_o speak_v the_o mother-tongue_n 7._o doct._n child_n must_v not_o slight_v their_o mother_n counsel_n if_o they_o do_v their_o eye_n shall_v be_v pick_v out_o by_o raven_n and_o eagle_n prov._n 30.17_o solomon_n record_v his_o mother_n 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and_o dote_a woman_n because_o they_o can_v or_o will_v not_o correct_v they_o though_o they_o be_v not_o so_o wise_a as_o man_n ordinary_o yet_o love_n will_v teach_v they_o to_o give_v good_a counsel_n and_o woman_n sometime_o be_v wise_a and_o better_a than_o their_o husband_n who_o may_v be_v win_v by_o the_o conversation_n of_o their_o wife_n 1_o pet._n 3.1_o and_o many_o be_v behold_v to_o their_o mother_n for_o their_o best_a instruction_n who_o as_o sometime_o they_o be_v better_o so_o oftentimes_o have_v more_o leisure_n than_o their_o husband_n 8._o doct._n mother_n instruction_n agreeable_a to_o god_n word_n shall_v be_v as_o a_o law_n to_o child_n the_o same_o word_n be_v repeat_v prov._n 6.20_o forsake_v not_o the_o law_n of_o thy_o mother_n disobeyer_n of_o mother_n must_v be_v punish_v as_o law-breaker_n she_o may_v instruct_v well_o in_o precept_n of_o life_n though_o it_o may_v be_v not_o so_o full_o in_o matter_n of_o say_v now_o law_n concern_v life_n be_v needful_a also_o use_v let_v good_a child_n look_v upon_o their_o mother_n instruction_n as_o law_n not_o to_o be_v break_v all_o their_o life_n long_o verse_n 9_o for_o they_o shall_v be_v a_o ornament_n of_o grace_n unto_o thy_o head_n and_o chain_n about_o thy_o neek_z the_o reason_n to_o persuade_v child_n to_o obey_v their_o parent_n and_o to_o encourage_v they_o follows_z and_o solomon_n be_v to_o teach_v child_n or_o simple_a one_o like_a to_o child_n take_v therefore_o his_o argument_n from_o garland_n and_o chain_n that_o make_v a_o fair_a show_n in_o the_o eye_n of_o such_o person_n as_o suit_v to_o their_o capacity_n and_o affection_n to_o who_o he_o speak_v they_o be_v delight_v in_o they_o and_o they_o please_v the_o vulgar_a much_o thus_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n accommodate_v himself_o to_o child_n temper_n they_o love_v shine_a thing_n for_o the_o word_n for._n the_o word_n carry_v not_o always_o a_o cause_n with_o it_o but_o a_o reason_n or_o motive_n for_o the_o most_o part_n and_o often_o by_o way_n of_o promise_n so_o it_o be_v use_v chap._n 23.17_o 18._o fear_v the_o lord_n for_o sure_o there_o be_v a_o end_n or_o reward_n for_o so_o the_o word_n sometime_o signify_v and_o the_o sense_n require_v it_o there_o know_v thou_o the_o god_n of_o thy_o father_n etc._n etc._n for_o the_o lord_n search_v all_o heart_n 1_o chron._n 28.9_o they._n the_o instruction_n of_o thy_o father_n and_o law_n of_o thy_o mother_n vers_n 8._o mother_n may_v help_v to_o prefer_v their_o child_n as_o well_o as_o father_n shall_v be_v it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o original_a and_o therefore_o be_v write_v in_o lesser_a letter_n yet_o needful_o add_v for_o child_n must_v not_o look_v for_o such_o preferment_n or_o respect_n while_o they_o be_v young_a but_o when_o learned_a and_o of_o year_n harvest_n follow_v seedtime_n present_o a_o ornament_n of_o grace_n as_o the_o note_n of_o similitude_n be_v want_v they_o shall_v be_v as_o a_o ornament_n of_o grace_n see_v the_o like_a job_n 7.7_o my_o life_n be_v wind_n that_o be_v my_o life_n be_v as_o wind_n heb._n a_o addition_n of_o favour_n or_o join_v of_o grace_n hence_o levi_n have_v his_o name_n now_o at_o this_o time_n my_o husband_n will_v be_v join_v unto_o i_o therefore_o be_v his_o name_n call_v levi_n gen._n 29.34_o but_o it_o must_v be_v a_o addition_n of_o ornament_n not_o for_o nothing_o nor_o for_o infamy_n but_o for_o honour_n or_o at_o least_o for_o acceptation_n to_o make_v thou_o amiable_a or_o honourable_a before_o other_o and_o comely_a in_o their_o eye_n as_o noah_n find_v grace_n in_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o lord_n gen._n 6.8_o as_o use-money_n bring_v a_o increase_n and_o conqueror_n have_v garland_n give_v they_o unto_o thy_o head_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o or_o for_o thy_o head_n as_o this_o particle_n be_v render_v psal_n 84._o a_o psalm_n for_o the_o son_n of_o korah_n this_o show_v that_o he_o mean_v a_o garland_n or_o crown_n such_o as_o king_n and_o priest_n use_v to_o wear_v upon_o their_o head_n the_o high_a member_n and_o most_o look_v at_o in_o token_n of_o honour_n zach._n 3.5_o &_o 6.11_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v 1._o the_o head_n which_o be_v the_o beginning_n or_o high_a part_n of_o the_o body_n job_n 19.9_o he_o have_v take_v the_o crown_n from_o my_o head_n 2._o the_o high_a part_n of_o any_o thing_n which_o stand_v above_o the_o rest_n as_o the_o head_n above_o the_o other_o member_n the_o top_n of_o the_o ladder_n reaebed_n to_o heaven_n gen._n 28.12_o 3._o a_o commander_n in_o war_n or_o peace_n who_o be_v above_o the_o rest_n and_o guide_v they_o by_o reason_n as_o the_o head_n do_v the_o member_n numb_a 14.4_o let_v we_o make_v a_o captain_n 4._o the_o beginning_n of_o a_o thing_n in_o
where_o house_n be_v near_o than_o in_o the_o country_n that_o so_o all_o man_n may_v hear_v city_n and_o country_n ring_v of_o her_o instruction_n figure_n wisdom_n either_o a_o prosopopeia_fw-la if_o it_o be_v mean_v of_o wisdom_n itself_o or_o a_o metonymy_n of_o the_o subject_n for_o the_o adjunct_n if_o speak_v of_o christ_n the_o fountain_n of_o wisdom_n voice_n heb._n sound_v a_o synecdoche_n of_o the_o general_a for_o the_o special_a a_o sound_n for_o a_o voice_n which_o be_v the_o best_a sound_n more_o be_v to_o be_v get_v by_o man_n word_n then_o by_o low_v of_o ox_n or_o bleat_v of_o sheep_n the_o beginning_n of_o wisdom_n speech_n in_o village_n be_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o vers_n the_o progress_n of_o it_o 1._o in_o street_n city_n and_o town_n in_o the_o end_n of_o this_o vers_n 2._o in_o other_o place_n there_o vers_n 21._o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o speech_n note_n 1._o the_o crier_n wisdom_n 2._o the_o act_n cry_v 3._o the_o subject_a place_n without_z in_o 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as_o the_o son_n of_o god_n he_o know_v the_o father_n will_n from_o eternity_n 2._o because_o god_n speak_v by_o he_o even_o before_o his_o incarnation_n as_o in_o the_o deliver_n of_o the_o law_n christ_n voice_n than_o shake_v the_o earth_n heb._n 12.26_o therefore_o he_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o word_n or_o speech_n joh._n 1.1_o 3._o because_o god_n have_v give_v he_o the_o spirit_n beyond_o measure_n joh._n 3.34_o he_o have_v more_o wisdom_n and_o holiness_n than_o any_o man_n or_o angel_n he_o be_v the_o most_o lively_a image_n of_o god_n heb._n 1.3_o and_o a_o principal_a part_n of_o god_n image_n be_v knowledge_n col._n 3.10_o 4._o all_o wisdom_n that_o other_o have_v in_o heavenly_a thing_n be_v from_o he_o christ_n of_o god_n be_v make_v unto_o we_o wisdom_n 1_o cor._n 1.30_o no_o philosophy_n can_v teach_v be_v they_o have_v good_a moral_a precept_n but_o wild_a one_o in_o divinity_n use_v go_v to_o the_o right_a shop_n for_o heavenly_a knowledge_n 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