| [Note s: _1 Pet. 3. 7._]
neuerthelesse Honour to be giuen |
Her in that respect; but rather the |
more (as Saint _Peters_ inference |
will allow) because though shee had |
_This Treasure of the Feare of the |
Lord in an Earthen and in a Weaker |
Vessell_[t], yet Gods strength was | [Note t: _Esai. 33. 6. 2 Cor. 4.
made perfect in her Weaknesse. And | 7._]
it is S. _Ieroms_ rule[u], you |
should iudge of Vertues, _Non | [Note u: _--Non considerantes
Sexa, sed Animo_: Not by the Sex, | Holdam & Annam ac Debboram, viris
but by the Minde and constant | tac[=e]tibus prophetasse, & in
purpose of a Regenerate Heart: This | seruitute Christi nequaquam
makes the Difference of force in | differentiam Sexuum valere; sed
the seruice of Christ, not either | Mentium. S. Ierom. Eustoch._]
Male or Female. |
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Suruey then (if you please) as | [Note: _The workings of Godly feare
briefly as you wil, the seuerall | in regard of Her: Husb[=a]d:
workings of Her Godly Feare. | Children._]
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First to Her Head, her Subiection |
and Helpfulnesse like that of Saint |
_Augustines_ Mother to his | [Note x: _S. Aug. Confess. lib. 9.
Father[x]. | cap. 9._]
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To Her Children, her tenderest |
Affection and Sollicitousnesse to |
plant _the feare of the Lord_ in |
their hearts, to fit them with |
worthy Matches out of Religious |
Families, to adorne her onely Sonne |
with the richest endowments of |
Grace and Learning: Witnesse her |
Letters to that Learned |
Professour[A] in our famous | [Note A: Doct. _Prideaux_ Rector of
Vniuersitie, worthy to be kept as a | Exceter College in _Oxford._]
Monument of her truly Noble spirit |
and Godly Desire (like that of | [Note y: _Greg. Nazian. in Laudem
_Gregory Nazianzen's_ Sister) to | Gorgon. Orat. 25._]
haue the fruit of her Body become |
the fruit of the Spirit[y]. | [Note a: _S. Ier. ad Princip.
| Nusquam sine Matre &c.--_]
To Her Parents, shee was another |
_Rachel_, another _Marcella_[a]. | [Note: _Parents._]
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To Her Kindred by mariage another |