With what reason canst thou expect that thy children should follow thy good instructions, when thou thyself givest them an ill example? Thou dost but… - John Tillotson

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With what reason canst thou expect that thy children should follow thy good instructions, when thou thyself givest them an ill example? Thou dost but as it were beckon to them with thy head, and shew them the way to heaven by thy good counsel, but thou takest them by the hand and leadest them in the way to hell by thy contrary example.

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About John Tillotson

John Tillotson (October 1630 – 22 November 1694) was an Archbishop of Canterbury (1691–1694).

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Alternative Names: John Robert Tillotson
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