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The mirrour of religious men, and of godly matrones Exhibited in the golden legends of these six famous and faithfull persons. Abraham & Sara, Isack [&] Rebecca: Iacob [&] Rahel. Very comfortable to be read of all the sonnes and daughters of such faithfull parents according to the promise, for the rectifying of their liues and the confirming of their faith. By I.M. Master in Arts.
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Maxwell, James, b. 1581.
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vp Exo 14 10 21.22 deuided the waters made dry ground to appeare in the mides of the Sea to giue the children of Israel passage to the land of Canaan And the fathers or mothers rod being lifted vpon their children will be a meanes to deuide the waters of the waywardnes wantonnes of their yong yeares to calme the raging sea of their vnruly passions and fleshly afflictions Whereby their soule may walke as it were on drie ground securely and safely without any impediment towardes the land of the heauenly Canaan Exod. 17.5 And as Moses rod brought forth water out of the hard Rocke being smitten therewith so shall the parents rod not onely bring forth of the rockie nature of their children the teares of Lamentation but also turne the stonie hardnes and obstinatenes of their stubborne inclination into the streamie softnes of a docible disposition The Rod or tree which Moses did cast into the waters of Marah Exod 15.23.24.25 made the bitter water sweete And the rod of Correction will turne the bitternes of the childes nature into the sweetnes of a dutifull behauiour Finally as Aarons rod budded Num. 17.8 brought forth blossomes and beare ripe Almonds So the teaching Rod for Aaron signifieth a teacher of fathers mothers and Schoolmaisters will make children to bring forth the buddes and blossoms of an hopefull behauiour in their yong yeeres and to beare the ripe Almonds of honest and religious actions in their riper yeeres Let not Parents then spare the rod for the rod vsed with discretion is a meanes to bring children vnto God I say with discretion because Parents and preceptors must not kill children with cruelry but correct thē with lenity they must not ouercharge them rudely with the blowes of indignation but chasten them ruthfully with the stripes of compassion In one word corrections must not serue for the destruction of the body but for the instruction of the Soule And if it chance that a child be of so gentle generous a disposition that he may be reclaimed or wonne with faire perswasions and gentle enducements and allurements then were it but meere madnes to vse any roughnes or austere sharpnes in his behalfe And therfore as children must harken diligently vnto the exhortation of the Apostle Children obey your parents in the Lord Ephes 6.1.2.3.4 For this is right honour thy father and thy mother which is the first commandement with promise that it may be well with thee and that thou maist liue long on the earth So must parents listen vnto the admonition of the same Apostle thus and yee fathers prouoke not your children to wrath but bring them vp in instruction and information of the Lord. Neither must they faile to bring them vp in some lawfull calling and rather in some mechanicall trade and manuall occupation then that they should liue idle for so did Iacob bring vp his Sons So that when as Pharao said vnto them What is your trade they answered the king Gen 47.3 Thy seruants are sheep-heards both we and our fathers Prouer. 27.23.24.25 26.27 Be diligent to know the state of thy flocke saith Salomon and take heede to the heardes for riches remaine not alwayes nor the crowne from generation to generation The hay discouereth it selfe and the grasse appeareth and the hearbes of the mountaines are gathered The Lambes are for thy cloathing and the Goates are the price of the field And let the milke of the Goates be sufficient for thy foode for the foode of thy familie and for the sustenance of thy maides Hate not laborious worke saith Iesus the Sonne of Sirach neither the husbandrie which the most high hath created Eccles 7.15 22. And if thou haue cattell looke well to them Neither let a man be ashamed of a mechanicall trade for we see that Ioseph the husband of Marie Mat. 13.55 Mar. 6.3 Luk. 2.51 Mat. 4.18.19.20.21 8.23.24 Luk. 4.4.5 Act. 18.1.2.3 Exod. 28.3 31.2.3.4.5.6 35.30.31.32 33.34.35 and Iesus the Sonne of Marie yea the Sonne of God disdained not to play the Carpenter And the Apostles were fisher-men and St. Paul was a maker of Tents And it is recorded of Bezaleel and Aholeab two Trades-men that God gaue them much knowledge in mechanicall things euen filled them with an excellent spirit of wisdome vnderstanding and knowledge in all work-manship to worke curiously in gold siluer brasse in grauing and setting of stones in hewing and caruing of wood in working of broydred and needle worke in blue Silke in Purple in Scarlet and in fine linnen finally in weauing and working of all manner of curious work man-ship Let no man I say then be ashamed of a mechanicall Trade or craft seeing it is a gift of Gods spirit and that as Siracides saith in the hands of the crafts-man shall the workes be commended Eccles 9.19 Moreouer Gen 36.7 the Lord blessed Iacob with abundance of substance and store with cattell Sheepe Beeues Camels and Asses in great number as he had done his father Abraham and Isack before Gen. 41. 45. 46. 47. And in the time of the great and long famine of seauen yeeres that was throughout the world God prouided for Iacob and his houshould by the hand of Ioseph his sonne whome the Lord vnwitting his father brethren had preferred to be ruler ouer all Egipt next vnder the King Thus the holy man as he was blessed of God for his godly liuing and spent his daies in blessing of God So he ended them in blessing of God and in blessing of his children in the Instruction 68 name of God Teaching by his example all fathers and mothers liuing and dying to doe the like in the behalfe of their children and that they teach them to know and acknowledge that all blessednes both spirituall and temporall is the fruite and effect of Gods blessing of them and that therefore the praise of our whole happines must be ascribed vnto God Eccle. 44.23.24 euen vnto him who as Iesus the Sonne of Sirach speaketh in Iacobs praise caused the blessing of all men to rest vpon the head of Iacob and made himselfe knowen by his blessings and gaue him an heritage and deuided his portions and parted them amongst the twelue tribes