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sort_n good_a lesson_v for_o husband_n and_o wife_n the_o duty_n of_o godly_a couple_n mat._n 18._o of_o the_o procreation_n of_o child_n gene._n 3._o 1._o reg._n 2._o judi._n 13._o luc._n 1._o the_o perverse_a judgement_n of_o the_o people_n pro._n 10._o pro._n 17._o psal_n 128._o the_o wise_a answer_n of_o croesus_n deut._n 6._o eodem_fw-la 11._o â—â—â—l_n 1._o eccle._n 7._o god_n command_v child_n to_o be_v nurture_v eccle._n 30._o ephe._n 6._o parent_n be_v stir_v up_o to_o instruct_v their_o child_n with_o sweet_a promise_n prou._n 29._o eccle._n 30._o we_o must_v not_o deal_v with_o youth_n by_o threaten_n &_o stripe_n tobi._n 4._o dan._n â—3_n 1._o mach._n 2._o 2._o mach._n 7._o â—_o tim._n 1._o luke_n 2._o eccle._n 7._o of_o athanasâ—â—â—_n bish_n of_o alexandria_n of_o origen_n 〈…〉_o eusebius_n johannes_n aegyptius_n the_o example_n of_o cato_n child_n be_v to_o be_v instruct_v by_o the_o example_n of_o the_o elder_n the_o necessary_a instruction_n of_o pout_o the_o best_a 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what_o it_o be_v to_o be_v occupy_v with_o child_n father_n shall_v use_v 3_o office_n at_o once_o tobias_n 4._o prou._n 29._o eccl._n 30._o a_o antidote_n against_o arrogancy_n a_o good_a prayer_n ephe_n 6_o a_o good_a caveat_n unto_o the_o parent_n of_o our_o time_n a_o common_a fâ—ing_n very_o true_a mat._n 18._o mark_n 9_o of_o degenerate_a child_n a_o good_a lesson_n for_o parent_n 1._o timo._n 5._o hortandi_fw-la sunt_fw-la liberi_fw-la ad_fw-la eleemosynam_fw-la prove_v 11._o mat._n 14._o prou._n 11._o child_n must_v be_v commit_v to_o godly_a schoolmaister_n 4._o timo._n 2207._o a_o man_n must_v not_o bestow_v his_o whole_a study_n in_o one_o art_n only_o ludovicus_n â—â—ues_v plinius_n a_o example_n of_o phi._n of_o macedon_n king_n of_o the_o persian_n the_o efficacy_n of_o education_n pro._n 22._o plato_n in_o libro_fw-la 4._o the_o republic_n erasmus_n isocrates_n deogines_n aristippus_n lycurgus_n give_v a_o example_n of_o two_o whelp_n what_o use_n can_v do_v in_o 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