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A sermon preached at Trafford in Lancashire at the mariage of a daughter of the right worshipfull Sir Edmond Trafforde Knight, the 6. of September Anno. 1586. By William Massie bacheler in diuinity, and fellow of Brasennose Colledge in Oxforde
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Massie, William, d. 1610.
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or brauery in apparel or lightnes in conuersation to roote vp the wals of her house to turne vp al topsituruy and not to leaue one stone vpon another Now if the godly wife bee as the fruitfull vine or fat florishing oliue no maruaile if her children bee finely and fitly resembled to the braunches of the vine or tender plants of the oliue tree The braunche is tender it wil bend or bowe at your pleasure the yong children be pliable as soft waxe they be flerible as tender oliue branches then a gentle rod wil break no bones Prou. cap. Ephe. 6.4 then he that spares the rod doth spil spoile the childe For this is the exhortation of S. Paul you Parents bring vp your childreÌ„ in the faith and fear of the lord get you schoolmasters both to instruce them by doctrine and reforme them by discipline For a child better vnborn than vntaught Arist pol. l. 8. cap. 3. The old Grecians as the noble philosopher saith were woÌ„t to teach their childreÌ„ 3. things 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the which thus the fine ingenious poet hath expressed In Eunuch Facpericulum in literis in palaestra in musica They were trained vp in the liberal ingenious arts as chiefely Grammar Rhetorick Musick in feats of actiuity whereby their bodies were made the stronger to abide tough long study the better Pro. 22.6 And king SalomoÌ„ who was diligently taught of Nathan the prophet giues forth this precept profit teach a child in his youth vertu learning wheÌ„ he coms to years he wil not forget it Act 7.22 So Moses so Dantel so Samuel so Paul so Timothy so Origen were trained vp from their infancy both in diuine learning 2 Tim. 3. and most of them also in prophane literature The fruit shal be this as S. Ciril saith Contra Iu. lib. 7. pueri sacris literis enutriti postea fiunt religiosissimt children nousled nursed vp from their tender yeares in reading and hearing holy Scriptures they shal reape this fruite thereby not to be superstitious or heretical in opinions or hauty and lofty in spiriteÌ„s but to be most religious as the king of Israel saw They wil remeÌ„ber such things as they learn in their youth Pro. 2â— the better wheÌ„ they come to years of discretion And as in battle it is a necessary point pollâ—y for the getting of the victory conquest euer our enimies that wheÌ„ one soldiar is slain that another preseÌ„tly take his station and place therein fight manfullie and coragiously so in the good geueinment of a coÌ„mon wealth wheÌ„ a good father dieth some learned and wise men take it to be a necessary point pollicy for the mantenance preseruation of peace vnity against eiull dissention coÌ„spiracy that y son take his place if he be able to weald dicharge the like functioÌ„ veretioÌ„ 4 Loe surely thus shal the man be blessed that feareth the Lorde This religious fear of God which brings to the husband wife children both temporall spirituall blessings both in this life and in the life to come doth consist in following vertues forsaking vices which must be with al carefulnesse auoided Now the noysome and poisonful weedes which will hurt both husband wife childreÌ„ must with al diligence be grubbed out of the grounds of our harts least the venemous contagious weeds stifle ouer-grow the good pure corn The weedes be the sin of Sodom Bomorra polygamy incest adultery fornication al vncleannes coÌ„mon gaming riotous prodigal liuing carelesse security in the parents stubborn contumacy in the childreÌ„ These hainous horrible vyees consume our bodies wast our goods shorten our liues discredit our good names make our enimies to mock vs giue occasioÌ„ to the papists to blaspheme the name of god the religioÌ„ which we professe endanger the saluation of our sinneful soules and neuer escape the due dreadful punishmentes of God either in this life Eccles 7.8 2 Sam. 12.10 Gen. 9. Gen. 19. or in the life to come Take exaÌ„ple by Dauid the sword of God did neuer depart from his house By Noah he was mocked of his own son By Lot he coÌ„mitted incest with his own daughters by AnacleoÌ„ a noble poet who was so famous a bibber of wine and strong drinks that he was choked with a huske of a grape Take example of Eli an old iudge 1 Sam. 2.22 an old priest an old father of his two rebellious sonnes Hophny Phinees in the end the wicked luxurious sonnes were killed in battle one of their wiues died with child Chap. 4. theold father Ely fel backward froÌ„ a stool brake his necke the arke of God was taken of the barbarous Philistines the glory departed from Israel For this purpose I haue read this excellent history There came once before wise Solon a father with his son one accusing the other The father complained of the disobedience of his son the son accused the father of his ill education which was the cause of his disobedience Solon wel considering the cause perceiuing a falt to be in both did thus determine and decide the matter because the father had not brought vp his son in good instruction dutiful correction therfore the father after his death should be depriued of his sepulcher and the son for his disobedience should be disinherited You wil perhaps think this a sharp iudgemeÌ„t of a wise graue iudge but sore diseases need strong medecins and if Solons determinatioÌ„ were put in vre in these our daies I feare me some fathers would lack the honor of their burial some sonnes would be put from their inheritance But if the godly husband wife children do auoid these notorious vices if the husband be religious wise laborious in his vocation if the wife bee chast modest obedient huÌ„ble if the children be wel schooled and brought vp in the faith and feare of the Lord then they al shal be blessed both in the city and in the field Deut. 24. in the fruit of their bodies in the fruit of the ground in their cattle in their basket in their comming in in their going out their Oxen shal be strong to labour Psal 144. their sheep shal bring forth ten thousand in the streetes they shall not go into captiuity they shal be blessed in al the labors of their hands euen as the trees of the lord ful of suck sappe as the trees planted by the waters side they shal be plaÌ„ted in the house of the lord they shall prosper and florish in their yong years in their old age they shal be fatre fat and wel liking yea they shal see the church of God florish their children liue long peace in the coÌ„moÌ„ wealth For the which 3. here our prophet and Prince Dauid prateth which petitioÌ„ of Dauid