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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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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.
For this purpose the holy Ghost presseth particular duties vpon those particular persons who ought to performe them: as Subiection on wiues: loue on husbands: and so in others. This therefore is especially to be considered of thee, how thou 1maist shew thy selfe blamelesse. I denie not but that one ought to prouoke another, and one to helpe another in what they can to performe their dutie, especially superiours who haue charge ouer others, but the most principall care of euery one ought to be for himselfe, and greatest conscience to be made of performing his owne duty.
1. It is more acceptable before God, and more commendable 1before men to do duty, then to exact duty. As in matters of free charity, so also of bounden duty, It is more blessed to