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Correct thy son while there is hope,] chastise thy children of either sex, both by tongue & hand, with rebukes & stripes, being yet young & tender, & not grown stubborn, stiffenecked, incorrigible, and past hope of amendment, before they are accustomed to evil ways, or have learned to despise the admonitions, menacings, rods, & scourges of parents. And let not thy soul spare: beware that thy fond affection withhold thee not from doing this necessary duty, which is, to kill him, least thy too great indulgency to them, and cockering of them, turn to their destruction.

COrrect thy sonne while there is hope,] chastise thy children of either sexe, both by tongue & hand, with rebukes & stripes, being yet young & tender, & not growne stubborne, stiffenecked, incorrigible, and past hope of amendmēt, before they are accustomed to euill waies, or haue learned to despise the admonitions, menacings, rods, & scourges of parents. And let not thy soule spare: beware that thy fond affection withhold thee not from dooing this necessary dutie, which is, to kill him, least thy too great indulgency to them, and cockering of them, turne to their destruction.

¶ Correction of children ought not to be overlong deferred. So expedient and behovefull it is for the child to be truly nurtured, that Solomon giveth word, for every loving, wise, and discreet parent, that he will chasten his son betime.¹

¶ Correction of children ought not to be ouerlong deferred. So expedient and behouefull it is for the childe to be truely nurtured, that Salamon giueth word, for euerie louing, wise, and discreet parent, that he will chasten his sonne betime.¹

1. 1Prou. 13. 24.