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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.
Fourthly, their failing in duty is exemplary: it causeth others under them to fail in theirs, and so it is a double sin.
Fourthly, their failing in duty is exemplary: it causeth others vnder them to faile in theirs, and so it is a double sin.
Fifthly, their reckoning shall be the greater: for of them who have received more, more shall be required.
Fiftly, their reckoning shall be the greater: for of them who haue receiued more, more shall be required.
It were therefore to be wished that superiors and inferiors would strive who should begin first, and who should 1perform their own part best, and in this kind strive to excel, as runners in a race strive in running to out-strip one another.
It were therefore to be wished that superiours and inferiours would striue who should beginne first, and who should 1performe their owne part best, and in this kinde striue to excell, as runners in a race striue in running to out-strip one another.
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