Thtfifth Comm,~;ndemtnt.. . 1 o7 vfi.ngthis_as areafon,becauf~ th.ey be yourb1fsbands.If.Go~ haue appointed _them to beyour hea~~ .an.d goue.rn~u.rs, yo.q ~uH fubmityour.felues to- them for this..caufe;,;J;ndu}~bedt ... enceto the Commandement. Howfocuert~yhe Qt~ctt.wJ(e. froward and foolifh ~ . Ifthey be yours,·then you ~l'l~t!} pe-r~ .forme your duty to t_herp. . . ,. : -~ . , So for feruants:the point is not,. whether ~l(Cbe ftp·oore: .mao>~rarich,. a6mpi~rnattand ignorant~ osr wifeatHtdi.f~ creete. in wbofe feru.ice they liue : but,.is-hed··.ym.afi~r?' ha~~ .Codma4e him thygouernour?Tben,for~he time that_thou an his fetuan.~_.heltandsin the. place~fChriH,Ynto· the~, be.... ing ofhis fa~.~i,e;~nd is tob~9beye:d 2 as.if~~-vere themoll wifeand honc:>r~ble. huhev;or.ld. ~, . . . j . · Thevfeof this is, tocoll.fute~ho(ewretched andmifera. ~ft r. . . c b fi ll b r rarcnt1 bJechddren, that take OCcaltOR to · ee vndun U , CC3U1C roore e• their parentshepooreand low,indifigraceawl.frnal account flateis net ' warrant amongmen. But, b~ they fo? tbeu~hec·hildought fo l:t:JUCh for childre ~hemore to~onor them 2 or elfe head4e~ ~tHi ~i~n to tpe.a( ... ~tu~fuv~ .. flitted. Themore theybe clifcomfonc·dbyothers, the nt_o,~ need they had tG be comforttdby theh· owne. Th.erefore 1 .fo far re t11ould wee bee from contemning ·our parents, be- ~aufe they be low and affiiaed,as that we fhould fbcw more reuerenc~ and honor to them; that we m,ay be a comfort and rcliefc to the,in their troublc.For;for thc .child to honor his parcriu, whctiall the world honors them, and ha.th them in account; and to be dutifull then, when they can either re– ward his obeqience, or punilhhis conteiJlp~, is no ~rial~.of his reuerence to God, ()r them. For then it may bee,h~ ~oth it;cither vpon conHraint, becaufe hee dare doe no other: or vpoo abafe t-ninde, becaufe he loues and gapes after his fathers wealth, more then for confcienc~ to Gods Com– mandement. But then the obedience is moll found, and moll acceptab~e to GQd, when there bee f~~eH worldly meanes, to proueke vs vnto it. So, for thewif~ or feruanrto fay, 0 had I an husband, or maHer of fuch great account, offuch gifts and wifedome, that could promote and reward mec,rhenlcoul(iwillinglyfraOJe to obedience. Nay, yot.l would not. For, hce that is nor fa~t hft.: tl in (he Jea11, wiH not N b~
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