Advice of a father, or, Counsel to a child directing him to demean himself in the most important passages of this life.

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Title: Advice of a father, or, Counsel to a child directing him to demean himself in the most important passages of this life.
Publication: London :: Printed for the author,; 1664.
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Subject terms: Youth -- Conduct of life.; Conduct of life.
Cite this Item: "Advice of a father, or, Counsel to a child directing him to demean himself in the most important passages of this life." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A26441.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 18, 2024.

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XCIV.

Let not the miseries common to mankind, make thee either mourn, or murmur; the back was made for the burden; see others laden as well as thou, and how many go away more nimble under a greater weight. Suppose some have a lesser Cross to carry, yet do not thou re∣pine; if thou beest better able, why should not thy will be proportionable to thy power? I am born to trouble, I will do my best to bear it.