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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Quest. Why should inferiors duties be more fully 1expressed, and placed in the first rank?
Quest. Why should inferiours duties be more fully 1expressed, and placed in the first ranke?
- 1Inferiors duties first taught, because they are most backward and loth to perform them.Inferiours duties first taught, because they are most backward and loth to performe them.
Answ. Surely because for the most part inferiors are most unwilling to undergo the duties of their place. Who is not more ready to rule, than to be subject?
Answ. Surely because for the most part inferiours are most vnwilling to vndergoe the duties of their place. Who is not more ready to rule, than to be subiect?
I deny not but that it is a far more difficult and hard matter to govern well than to obey well. For to rule and 1govern requireth more knowledge, experience, wisdom, care, watchfulness, diligence, and other like virtues, than to obey and be subject. He that obeyeth hath his rule laid before him, which is the will and command of his