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The Obedience of a Christian Man
The obedie[n]ce of a Christen man and how Christ[n] rulers ought to govern, where in also (if thou mark diligently) thou shalt find eyes to perceive the crafty conveyance of all jugglers.The obedie[n]ce of a Christen man and how Christe[n] rulers ought to governe, where in also (if thou marke diligently) thou shalt fynde eyes to perceave the crafty conveyance of all iugglers.
At Marlborow in the lande of Hesse i.e. Antwerp : the second day of October. Anno. M.CCCCC.xxviii, by me Hans luft i.e. J. Hoochstraten, 1528At Marlborow in the lande of Hesse i.e. Antwerp : the seconde daye of October. Anno. M.CCCCC.xxviii, by me Hans luft i.e. J. Hoochstraten, 1528
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¶ The office of a Father and how he should rule.¶ The office of a Father and how he shulde rule.
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¶ The office of a Father and how he should rule.
¶ The office of a Father and how he shulde rule.
Fathers move not your children unto wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and information of the lord. Ephe. vi. and Collos. iij. Fathers rate not your children / lest they be of desperate mind / that is / lest you discourage them. For where the fathers and mothers are wayward hasty and churlish / ever brawling and chiding: there are the children anon discouraged and heartless and apt for nothing nether can they do any thing aright Bring them up in the nurture and information of the lord.1 Teach them to know Christ & set Gods ordinance before them saying: son or daughter God hath created thee and made the through us thy father & mother / and at his commandment have we so long thus kindly brought the up and kept the from all perils he hath commanded the also to obey us say ge: child obey thy father & mother. if thou meekly obey / so shalt thou grow both in the favour of God and man and knowledge of our lord Christ. If thou wilt not obey us at his commandment? then are we charged to correct the / ye and if thou repent not ⟨p. xlix⟩and amend thy self / God shall slay the by his officers or punish thee everlastingly. 2Nurture them not worldly and with worldly wisdom saying: thou shalt come to honour / dignity • promotion and riches / thou shalt be better then such & such / thou shalt have .iij. or .iiij. benefices and be a great doctor or a bishop and have so many men waiting on thee and do no thing but hawk and hunt and live at pleasure / thou shalt not need to sweet / to labour or to take any pain for thy living and so forth / filling them full of pride / disdain and ambition and corrupting their minds with worldly persuasions. Let the fathers & mothers mark how they themselves were disposed at all ages / and by experience of their own infirmities help their children and keep them from occasions. Let them teach their children to axe marriages of their fathers and mothers. And let there elders provide marriages for them in season: teaching them also to know / that she is not his wife which the son taketh nor he her husband which the daughter taketh without the consent & good will of their elders or them that have authority over them. If there friends will not mary them / then are they not to blame if they marry them selves.