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A04495	The mothers legacie, to her vnborne childe. By Elizabeth Iocelin; Mothers legacie to her unborne childe	Jocelin, Elizabeth, 1596-1622.; Goad, Thomas, 1576-1638. aut	1624 (1624)	STC 14624.5; ESTC S105581	25,697	155

forget how great the sin is and so by little and little thou maist get thy selfe a habit of it Reproue it in thy friend if hee will brooke reproofe but it is to no end to reproue a scorner Rebuke not a scorner lest hee hate thee but rebuke a wife man and he will loue thee Prou. 9. 8. Alwayes keepe a watch before thine owne lips and remember that thou needest not sweare if thou doest not accustome thy selfe to lie For if thou vsest to tell truths thy word will bee as currant as thy oath I hope thy calling if God hath made thee a man will bee of authority to reproue this vice in others and not to delight in it thy selfe If thou beest a Daughter remember thou art a Maid and such ought thy modesty to bee that thou shouldest scarce speak but when thou answerest thou art young speake if need bee and yet scarcely when thou art twice asked Eccles. 32. 8. Whatsoeuer thou bee thou hast a calling which thou must not dishonour thou art a Christian and Christ commaunds thou shalt not sweare at all Mat. 5. 34. The next vice too too common in this age is Drunkennesse which is the high way to hell a man may trauell in it from sinne to sinne till the Deuill shew him hee can goe no further as a Traueller from Inne to Inne till hee come to his iourneyes end Oh thinke how filthy is that sinne that makes a man a beast all his life and a Deuill at his death Solomon askes To whom is woe to whom is sorrow to whom is strife to wbom is murmuring to whom are wounds without cause and to whom is rednesse of the eies And in the next verse answers Euen to them that tarry long at the Wine and to the end of the Chapter sets forth the miseries occasioned by this vice Prou. 23. That thou maist auoid this sinne be carefull in the choise of thy friends for it is they that will betray thee to this sinne Neuer make choice of a Drunkard to thy companion much lesse thy friend For our Kingdome hath of late afforded more examples of those who haue beene slaine by their friends in a drunken quarrell than those that haue fallen by the enemies sword and how vnfit is hee to bee a friend that when thou shalt haue need of his counsell will haue his head instead of wisdome fild with wine and adde rather griefe than comfort to thy necessities And againe what secret thou shalt trust him with thou maist bee sure shall be vomited forth and all thy comfort must bee He did it vnwillingly when hee knew not what hee did Thus thou seest to bee a Drunkard is to bee a man vnfit for Gods seruice or good mens company I beseech God giue thee grace to detest it Next I must exhort thee from a sinne that I cannot name thou must search thine owne heart for it It is thy darling sin that which to enioy thou couldst resist all others at least thou thinkest so But doe not harbour it search diligently for it in thine owne nature and when thou hast found it cast it headlong from thee It is thy soules subtill betraier and all thy other sins depend vpon it There is not so much danger in all the rest that thou contendest with as in this one that thou art loth to call a sinne Thy other sinnes are like a rebellious multitude in a common wealth which wanting a head doe little harme This is their head cut it off and thou shalt see all thy other sins dispersed as an army of fearfull Rebels when they heare their great leaders head hath kist the blocke 10 When thou hast spent the day in religious and honest exercises in the euening returne againe to some good meditation or study which conclude with prayer commending thy selfe to God and so shalt thou ioyfully goe to thy supper which done and the time of rest come as thou begannest in the morning so shut vp the day with humble thanksgiuing for all the benefits that day receiued hearty repentance for all thy sinnes committed naming and bewailing them For thou knowest not if thou repentest not to night whether thou shalt liue to repent tomorrow And though thou wert sure of it yet the oftner thou makest euen thy accounts with God thy sleepes will bee the sounder and thou shalt awake with a heart full of ioy and ready to serue the Lord. Last commit thy selfe and all that is thine to God in zealous Prayer vsing Doctor Smiths euening prayer as his morning both which though they be for a family yet are they easily reduced to a priuate mans prayer So going to bed take thy rest beginning and ending in him who is both first and last Thus spend the six dayes thou hast to labour in that thou maist bee ready to celebrate the Sabbath to which there belongs another Remember 11 Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day This duty so often and earnestly commanded by GOD himselfe in the old Testament so confirmed to vs in the new by the Resurrection of our Sauiour in memory whereof it is called the Lords day and perpetually celebrated by the Church yet in these dayes as if wee neither had part in the creation nor redemption of the world too many keepe no Sabbath or at the most but a shadow of a Sabbath Where almost can wee finde one that will lose a good bargaine rather than make it on the Lords day Or that will bridle his owne desires to sanctifie that day Seeing therefore this danger in which thou maist easily bee entrapped by the Deuils subtilty and following the multitude I cannot but with all my power exhort thee carefully to keepe the Sabbath to which end I pray thee marke well the fourth Commaundement Remember that thou keepe holy the Sabbath day six dayes shalt thou labour and doe all that thou hast to doe but the seuenth is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God in it thou shalt doe no manner of worke thou nor thy sonne nor thy daughter thy man seruant nor thy maid-seruant nor thy cattle that is within thy gates For in six dayes the Lord made Heauen and Earth the Sea and all that is therein and rested the seuenth day wherefore the Lord blessed the seuenth day and hallowed it If thou wilt bee won to the due obseruation of this day as an obedient seruant see God commands Remember that thou keepe holy the Sabbath day If as a louing and dutifull sonne see how GOD perswades thee by equity grounded vpon his owne bounty to thee Hee hath giuen thee six dayes to doe thine owne workes and hee requires but one of thee What canst thou say for thy selfe why thou shouldest not wholly that day giue thy selfe to his seruice Lastly if thou wilt learne how to serue him as a good Scholler he teaches thee an admirable way both by rule and example First by rule Thou shalt doe no manner of worke in it then by

Mother for instruction and for solace a twinne-like sister issuing from the same Parent and seeing the light about the same time Which composure because it commeth forth imperfect from the pen doth the more expect to bee supplied and made vp by practise and execution Sic approbauit Tho. Goad TO MY TRVLY louing and most dearly loued Husband Tourell Iocelin MINE owne deare loue I no sooner conceiued an hope that I should bee made a mother by thee but with it entred the consideration of a mothers duty and shortly after followed the apprehension of danger that might preuent mee from executing that care I so exceedingly desired I meane in religious training our Childe And in truth death appearing in this shape was doubly terrible vnto mee First in respect of the painfulnesse of that kinde of death and next of the losse my little one should have in wanting me But I thanke God these feares were cured with the remembrance that all things worke together for the best to those that loue God and a certaine assurance that hee will giue me patience according to my paine Yet still I thought there was some good office I might doe for my Childe more than only to bring it forth though it should please God to take mee when I considered our frailty our apt inclination to sin the Deuils subtiltie and the worlds deceitfulnesse against these how much desired I to admonish it But still it came into my minde that death might depriue me of time if I should neglect the present I knew not what to doe I thought of writing but then mine owne weaknes appeared so manifestly that I was ashamed and durst not vndertake it But when I could find no other means to expresse my motherly zeale I encouraged my selfe with these reasons First that I wrote to a Childe and though I were but a woman yet to a childs iudgement what I vnderstood might serue for a foundation to a better learning Againe I considered it was to my owne and in priuate sort and my loue to my owne might excuse my errours And lastly but chiefly I comforted my selfe that my intent was good and that I was well assured God is the prosperer of good purposes Thus resolued I writ this ensuing Letter to our little one to whom I could not finde a fitter hand to conuey it than thine owne which maist with authority see the performance of this my little legacy of which my Childe is Executor And deare loue as thou must be the ouerseer for Gods sake when it shal faile in duty to God or to the world let not thy indulgence winke at such folly but seuerely correct it and that thy trouble may bee little when it comes to yeeres take the more care when it is young First in prouiding it a nurse O make choise not so much for her complexion as for her milde and honest disposition Likewise if the child be to remain long abroad after waining as neere as may be chuse a house where it may not learne to sweare or speak scurrilous words I know I may be thought too scrupulous in this but I am sure thou shalt finde it a hard matter to breake a childe of that it learnes so young It will be a great while ere it will bee thought old enough to bee beaten for euill words and by that time it will bee so perfect in imperfections that blowes will not mend it And when some charitable body reproues or corrects it for these faults let no body pitty it with the losse of the mother Next good sweet heart keepe it not from schoole but let it learne betimes if it be a son I doubt not but thou wilt dedicate it to the Lord as his Minister if he wil please of his mercy to giue him grace and capacity for that great work If it be a daughter I hope my mother Brook if thou desirest her will take it among hers and let them all learne one lesson I desire her bringing vp may bee learning the Bible as my sisters doe good houswifery writing and good workes other learning a woman needs not though I admire it in those whom God hath blest with discretion yet I desired not much in my owne hauing seene that sometimes women haue greater portions of learning than wisdome which is of no better vse to them than a maine saile to a flye-boat which runs in vnder water But where learning and wisdome meet in a vertuous disposed woman she is the fittest closet for all goodness Shee is like a well-ballanced ship that may beare all her saile Shee is-Indeed I should but shame my selfe if I should goe about to praise her more But my deare though she have all this in her she will hardly make a poore mans wife Yet I leave it to thy will If thou desirest a learned daughter I pray God giue her a wife and religious heart that she may vse it to his glory thy comfort and her owne saluation But how soeuer thou disposest of her education I pray thee labour by all meanes to teach her true humility though I much desire it may be as humble if it bee a son as a daughter yet in a daughter I more feare that vice Pride being now rather accounted a vertue in our sex worthy praise than a vice fit for reproofe Many Parents reade lectures of it to their children how necessary it is and they haue principles that must not bee disputed against As first looke how much you esteeme your selfe others wil esteeme of you Again what you giue to others you derogate from your selfe And many more of these kinds I haue heard men accounted wise that haue maintained this kinde of pride vnder the name of generous knowing or vnderstanding themselues But I am sure that hee that truly knowes himself shall know so much euill by himselfe that hee shall haue small reason to think himselfe better than another man Dearest I am so feareful to bring thee a proud high minded child that though I know thy care will need no spur yet I cannot but desire thee to double thy watchfulnesse ouer this vice it is such a crafty insinuating deuill it will enter little children in the likenesse of wit with which their parents are delighted and that is sweet nourishment to it I pray thee deare heart delight not to haue a bold childe modesty humilitie are the sweetest ground-works of all vertue Let not thy seruants giue it any other title than the Christen-name till it haue discretion to vnderstand how to respect others And I pray thee be not profuse in the expence of clothes vpon it Mee thinkes it is a vaine delight in parents to bestow that cost vpon one childe which would serue two or three If they haue not children enow of their owne to imploy so much cost vpon Pauper vbiqueiacet Thus Deare thou seest my beleefe if thou canst teach thy little one humility it must needs make thee a glad father But