A68107:1522
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
Treatise 1 › Section 96 › Quest. Why is obedience put for all the rest?
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Quest. Why is obedience put for all the rest?
Answ. 1. Because it is the hardest of all the rest, and that which children are loathest to perform they who willingly yield to this, will stick at no duty.
Answ. 1. Because it is the hardest of all the rest, and that which children are loathest to performe they who willingly yeeld to this, will sticke at no duty.
2. Because it is the surest evidence of that honour which a child oweth to his parent: and so of performing the fifth commandment.
2. Because it is the surest euidence of that honour which a childe oweth to his parent: and so of performing the fift commandement.
3. Because children are bound to their parents: the duties which they perform are not of courtesy, but necessity. Their parents have power to command, and exact them.