The Counsels of a Father: In Four Letters of Sir Matthew Hale to His Children; To Which Is Added, the Practical Life of a True Christian, in the Account of the Good Steward at the Great Audit (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from The Counsels of a Father: In Four Letters of Sir Matthew Hale to His Children; To Which Is Added, the Practical Life of a True Christian, in the Account of the Good Steward at the Great Audit He was born on the first of November, 1609, at Alderley, in Gloucestershire. His father had practised as a barrister; but from a tenderness of conscience, which, even if unfounded, can never be too highly respect ed, he retired from the profession of the law he could not reconcile himself to the cus tom of setting up ...
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Excerpt from The Counsels of a Father: In Four Letters of Sir Matthew Hale to His Children; To Which Is Added, the Practical Life of a True Christian, in the Account of the Good Steward at the Great Audit He was born on the first of November, 1609, at Alderley, in Gloucestershire. His father had practised as a barrister; but from a tenderness of conscience, which, even if unfounded, can never be too highly respect ed, he retired from the profession of the law he could not reconcile himself to the cus tom of setting up false pleas, which, as he thought, was to tell a lie; and in the legal character as it seemed to him, there were many other things required which he thought incompatible with the duties of a Christian.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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