"[A]nd so Gods care to man is manifest in this, that when he created man and placed him in the worlde, he gaue him conscience to be his keeper to follow him alwaies at the heeles & to dogge him (as we say) & to pry into his actions & to beare witnesse of them all."
— Perkins, William (1558-1602)
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Place of Publication
Cambridge
Publisher
Printed by John Legate
Date
1596
Metaphor
"[A]nd so Gods care to man is manifest in this, that when he created man and placed him in the worlde, he gaue him conscience to be his keeper to follow him alwaies at the heeles & to dogge him (as we say) & to pry into his actions & to beare witnesse of them all."
Metaphor in Context
Secondly we learne, that God doth watch ouer all men by a speciall prouidence. The master of a prison is knowen by this to haue care ouer his prisoners, if hee send keepers with them to watch them and to bring them home againe in time convenient: and so Gods care to man is manifest in this, that when he created man and placed him in the worlde, he gaue him conscience to be his keeper to follow him alwaies at the heeles & to dogge him (as we say) & to pry into his actions & to beare witnesse of them all.
(p. 9)
(p. 9)
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Citation
Perkins, William. A Discourse of Conscience. Cambridge: Printed by John Legate, 1596. <Link to EEBO>
Date of Entry
01/11/2010
