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Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out…
Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out of which domesticall duties are raised. ... VIII. Duties of masters. By William Gouge.
London: printed by John Haviland for William Bladen, 1622London: printed by Iohn Haviland for William Bladen, 1622
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§. 95. Of every ones looking to his own duty especially.
§. 95. Of euery ones looking to his owne dutie especially.
In the forenamed application an eye must be had rather to the duty which we owe, and ought to be performed by us to others, then to that which is due to us, and others ought to perform to us: for the Apostle saith not to the husband, see that thy wife reverence thee, but see that thou love her: so to the wife.
In the forenamed application an eye must be had rather to the dutie which we owe, and ought to be performed by vs to others, then to that which is due to vs, and others ought to performe to vs: for the Apostle saith not to the husband, see that thy wife reuerence thee, but see that thou loue her: so to the wife.
For this purpose the holy Ghost presseth particular duties upon those particular persons who ought to perform them: as Subjection on wives: love on husbands: and so in others. This therefore is especially to be considered of thee, how thou 1mayest show thy self blameless. I deny not but that one ought to provoke another, and one to help another in what they can to perform their duty, especially superiors who have charge over others, but the most principal care of every one ought to be for himself, and greatest conscience to be made of performing his own duty.