Children.
Ob. I Am a child, (I speake it with harts griefe,) of ill disposed Parents, I
A staffe of comfort to stay the weake from falling very needfull for the afflicted. By Richard Bernard, preacher of Gods word; at Batcombe in Somerset-shire. Art thou any way tempted, or troubled? reade, beleeue, and reioyce.
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- A staffe of comfort to stay the weake from falling very needfull for the afflicted. By Richard Bernard, preacher of Gods word; at Batcombe in Somerset-shire. Art thou any way tempted, or troubled? reade, beleeue, and reioyce.
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- Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641.
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- London :: Printed by Felix Kyngston, for Iohn Budge, and are to be sold at his shop, at the South doore of St. Pauls Church,
- 1616.
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"A staffe of comfort to stay the weake from falling very needfull for the afflicted. By Richard Bernard, preacher of Gods word; at Batcombe in Somerset-shire. Art thou any way tempted, or troubled? reade, beleeue, and reioyce." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B11431.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.
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feare that God will visit vp∣on mee their sinnes and ini∣quities.
Answ. Behold (saith the Lord) all soules are mine, as the soule of the fa∣ther, so the soule of the sonne is mine. The soule that sinneth, it shall die, the father in his owne iniquity, Ezech. 18.4.18. But loe, if hee beget a sonne that seeth all his fathers sinnes, which he hath done and conside∣reth, and doth not such like, he shall not die for the ini∣quity of his father, hee shall surely liue, Verses, 18.14.17.
Obiect. Wee bee father∣lesse children, wee haue none to flye vnto for succour, to haue remedy for the wrongs we doe sustaine.
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Answ. The Lord is the helper, and a father of the fatherlesse, Psalm. 10.14. & 68.5. Hee is their mightie redeemer, hee will plead their cause with the oppres∣sor, Prou. 23.11. Hee will iudge the fatherlesse and oppressed, that the man of earth may no more op∣presse, Psal. 10.18.
Obiect. I haue very vn∣kind and vnnaturall bre∣thren, without cause on my part.
Answ Not more vn∣kind and vnnaturally cruel, than Cain was to innocent Abell, or Esau to Iacob, and Iacobs ten sonnes to their brother Ioseph, whom they did intend mercilesly to murther, euen of meere en∣uie,
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for the graces of God in him.
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A good child shall not fare the worse, for his fathers wickednes.
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God is the guardian to father∣lesse chil∣dren.