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The whole works of W. Tyndall, John Frith, and Doct. Barnes, three worthy martyrs,…The vvhole workes of W. Tyndall, Iohn Frith, and Doct. Barnes, three worthy martyrs,…
The whole works of W. Tyndall, John Frith, and Doct. Barnes, three worthy martyrs, and principal teachers of this Church of England collected and compiled in one tome together, being before scattered, [and] now in print here exhibited to the Church. To the praise of God, and profit of all good Christian readers.The vvhole workes of W. Tyndall, Iohn Frith, and Doct. Barnes, three worthy martyrs, and principall teachers of this Churche of England collected and compiled in one tome togither, beyng before scattered, [and] now in print here exhibited to the Church. To the prayse of God, and profite of all good Christian readers.
London: printed by John Daye, 1573London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1573
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.
¶ The office of a Father, and how he should rule.
Fathers move not your children unto wrath: but bring them up in y• nurture and information 1of the Lord. Ephe. vi. and Collos. iij. Fathers rate not your children, least they be of desperate mind, that is, least you discourage them. For where y• fathers and mothers are wayward hasty and churlish, ever brawling and chiding: there are yt children anon discouraged and heartless, and apt for nothing, neither can they 2do any thing aright. Bring them up in the nurture and information of the Lord. Teach them to know Christ, and set Gods ordinance before them, saying: son or daughter, God hath created thee and made thee, thorough us thy father and mother, and at his commandment have we so long thus kindly brought thee up, and kept thee from all perils, he hath commanded thee also to obey us, saying: child obey thy father and mother. If thou meekly obey, so shalt thou grow both in the favour of God & man, & knowledge of our Lord Christ. If thou wilt not obey us at his commandment: then are we charged to correct thee, yea, and if thou repent not and amend thy self, God shall slay thee by his officers, 3or punish thee everlastingly. Nurture them not worldly, & with worldly wisdom, saying: thou shalt come to honour, dignity, promotion, and riches, thou shalt be better then such and such, thou shalt have iij. or iiij. benefices, and be a great doctor or a Bishop, and have so many men waiting on thee, and do nothing but hawk and hunt, and live at pleasure, thou shalt not need to sweat, to labour or to take any pain for thy living and so forth, filling them full of pride, disdain, and ambition, and corrupting their minds with worldly persuasions. Let the fathers and mothers mark how they themselves were disposed at all ages, & by experience of their own infirmities, help their children and keep them from occasions. Let them teach their children to axe marriages of