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A letter sent to Master A.B. from the most godly and learned preacher I.B. in which is set forth the authoritie of parentes vpon their children, for gyuing of correction vnto them.
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Bradford, John, 1510?-1555.
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alwayes they put the pacient to great paines yet are they moste sure Salues to heale and cure the wounde Be not therfore abused in beléeuing that your childe being aboue twenty yeres of age ought not therfore most sharply for his faults to be scourged and punished In former ages the sonnes and daughters haue bene subiect to the scourges of their Parentes euen all their lyues long And by the lawes of God and of nations it remayneth and ought to be so styll Doth not the lawe at this day for diuers faults iudge both the man and woman euen naked to be most gréeuously whipped and that with the scourges of whipcordes knotted some with a thousande strypes some with moe and some with lesse according to the qualitie of their offence And is not thinke you the authoritie of the parents vpon the child farre aboue and superior beyonde all the lawes positiue that man may stablishe and make You shall heare what God himselfe hath sette downe and enacted in his sacred booke which is aboue all earthly lawes and constitutions And therby shall you plainly perceiue in how great and strayte subiection it is the expresse will of God that children doe stand and remain towards their parents The text is thus If anye man haue a sonne that is stubborne disobedient Deutr. 21. which wil not harken vnto the voyce of his father nor the voyce of his mother and they haue chastened him and he would not obey them Then shal his father and his mother take him bring him out vnto the Elders of his Citie and vnto the gate of the place where he dwelleth and shall saye vnto the Elders of his Citie This our sonne is stubborne and disobedient and he will not obey our admonition Then all the men of the Citie shal stone him with stones vnto deth So thou shalt take away euill from among you that Israel may heare it feare Here you sée two things are to be noted First that there be no yeares excepted but if hée be a sonne that is to say a child of his parent for vnder that word sonne both sonne and daughter are equallye comprehended he is faste bound to the dutye of obedyence Let him be of what yeares so euer he may be if he be at any time disobedient to the voyce of his father or of his mother he is subiect to their chastismente The second note is that this disobedience of the childe to his Parente is a thing so hatefull to almighty God as that he hath pronounced by his owne mouth that suche a child shall dye the death therfore Let not parentes then be doubtfull or scrupulous by the sharpe chastismente of whipping and scourges to correct their children to the vttermost when by their power and authority ouer them they may for their disobedience deliuer them vnto death For if death be commaunded to the disobedient childe by God himself O ye fond and foolish parents wil ye make any scruple pity or compassion to strip him naked to beate him whippe him and scourge him yea not with a thousand strypes but euen with manye thousandes and that most bitterly and sharply when gentle admonitions and warninges giuen will not preuayle For you knowe what is written in the booke of God Prouer. 13 He that spareth his rod hateth his child but he that loueth him chastiseth him betime And in an other place Prouer. 19 Chastice thy son while there is hope and let not thy soule spare for his murmuring This texte doth very well forewarne those fonde and foolishe parentes that wil be moued to pittie the cryes or lamentations of their corrected children for this is as much as if he had saide whether thy child murmour or mutine against his correction whether he resist or set himself against thée whether he make mone or lamentation vnto thée yea though he speake neuer so fayre to intreate thée whether he wéepe or waile cry or exclayme Finally whatsoeuer meane or mone he make vnto thée to moue thée to that fond or foolishe pittie or compassion let thine eares be still deafe vnto him and let not thy soule spare lustely to laye on the sharpe strypes of correction euen with all the might and power that thou canst giue them For agayne he sayth Prouer. 20 The blewnesse of the wounde doth serue to purge the euill and the strypes within the bowels of the belly Thys teacheth vs to whip and scourge not onely tyll the blood runne downe but euen tyll we haue left woundes in the fleshe and this doth plainly proue that the scourgings of disobedient children ought to be with knotted whipcordes and not with roddes of byrche which God knoweth vnto a shrewde boy is but a simple chastisment and in a few daies after is soone recouerd and forgotten But thys text sayeth that the strypes should be suche and so seuere as they should passe and enter euen into the verye bowels of the bellye that is to say euen the very hart and soule of the disobedient chylde that lyes within the bowels should féele the sharpnesse of his correction it ought and shoulde be so great vnto him And why marie to saue himselfe from shame and confusion and his soule from damnation And therefore in an other place it is sayde Prouer. 23 Withholde not correction from thy chylde for if thou smyte him with the rodde he shall not dye Loe here is a blessing promised to that chylde whome the parents doe smite with the rodde of correction and that euen the greatest blessing of all blessinges which is eternall saluation And is it not also likewise emplyed thinke you by this text that if this chylde be not smitten with the rodde of correction by his parents that he is then in daunger of eternall damnation Yée no doubt it is For in an other place the same is playnely confyrmed to be so where he sayth thus Thou shalt smyte him with the rodde Prouer. 23 and shalt delyuer his soule from Hell And after thys he sayeth Correct thy sonne Prouer. 29 and he will giue thee rest and will giue pleasures to thy soule Loe howe he sayth that it shall be rest and pleasure to the soule of the parentes to correct their childe So as wée ought to take pleasure in their sharpe correction bicause it is so much for their swéete good and behoofe and â—o greatly for their owne comfort And there is no doubt but that if eyther we be negligent and reck not or mooued with fond pittie and wil not giue that sharpe and seuere punishment that we ought assuredly the fall and confusion of that chylde shall be requyred at our handes in the daye of the Lorde and our soule shall paye the price of his destruction And therefore we ought not onely to correct them but also to instruct them and teache them For all their whole lyfe rule order disposition and gouernment dependeth vppon vs. And therfore it is written in Ecclesiasticus If thou haue sonnes instruct them Eccle. 7. and holde their necke from their youth The meaning is kéepe their neck alwayes vnder the yoke of obedience and chastisment And agayne it followeth Eccle. 30. Giue him no libertie in hys youth and winke not at his folly And after agayne Eccle. 30. Bowe downe his necke whyle he is yong and beate him on the sydes least he wax stubborne and be disobedient to thee and so bring sorrow to thyne harte And lykewise agayne He that loueth his sonne Eccle. 30. causeth him oft to feele the rod that he may ioy of him in the ende And after this agayne Eccle. 30. He that chastiseth his sonne shall haue ioy in him and shall reioyce of him among his acquaintance And in like sorte agayne Eccle. 30. Chastise thy childe and bee diligent therein least his shame grieue thee And after this agayne Prouer. 29 The rodde and correction giue wisdome but a chylde set at libertie maketh his mother ashamed And last of all it is written thus Eccle. 30. He that flattereth his sonne byndeth vp his woundes and his harte is grieued at euerye crye Whereby he doth playnely teache vs That good and discréete fathers and mothers they should not flatter nor mone their sonnes and daughters for though their loynes be neuer so much scourged and though their bodyes be neuer so bloodye beaten yea though their sydes be full of woundes yet sayeth Ecclesiasticus Flatter hym not bynde not vp his woundes be not mooued with anye crye or compassion that he can make vnto thee but let him 〈…〉 chylde you shal also delyuer your own soule from the heauie burthen of conscience by which you are bounde euen vpon payne of damnation to sée hys faultes offences most seuerely chastised and corrected The Lorde powre vpon him his grace and sende him to lyue in the loue and feare of him and then shall all things prosper with him euen to your great comforte and reioysing which GOD graunt Amen FINIS
A Letter sent to Master A. B. from the most godly and learned Preacher I. B. In which is set forth the authoritie of Parentes vpon their children for gyuing of correction vnto them With an addition of a Sermon of Repentance annexed therevnto Anno Domini 1548. To his louing Friend and Cosyn Mayster A. B. GRace and peace in our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ be wyth you and all yours I am very much grieued to heare of those afflictions of mynde which doe so greatly trouble and appassionate you and my deare Cosin your wyfe for the disobedience of your sonne towards you And specially for that you stande in some doubt wyth your selfe in respect of his ryper yeres nowe whether you should giue him such sharpe correction as wythout which there is little hope of his good reformation he being nowe entred into the age of twentie and aboue Truely you must take this to be a iust punishment sent from God vnto you in that you haue heretofore so careleslye let fall the reynes of his gouernment out of your own hands and layd the same so loosely in the neck of your youthful sonne permitting him without chastisment to do what he would and to followe the lewde affections of his owne rashe will and pleasures I did alwayes much feare and mistrust that this your ouermuch suffraunce woulde bréede and bring forth at the length his great hinderance much discomforte to your selfe and heapes of sorrow to al vs your faithful friends kinsfolkes For who séeth not that in all things it is moste playne and euydent both to men of iudgemente and learning but chiefely to men of wisedome and experience that youth and yong things alwayes haue bene bée and euer wil be such and the like as in and by their education they are taught and framed Yea it is most commonly and in manner continually séene that nature by the power and strength of education is oft tymes vtterly chaunged and altered to the contrarye the history of Socrates doth approoue it the memorye of Balenus doth throughlye confyrme it and euen in oure owne tyme and age it is so fully witnessed as it néedeth no great argument to set forth the same I me selfe haue séene a very mungrell Curre traynde vp and made to the hurte Déere so excellent so perfite and so good as that he was bought and soulde for xx angels betwene two brethren This did education put into him agaynst nature Againe I haue séene a moste fayre and bewtifull hounde and euen of the best kynde being bred and brought vp to sléepe and lodge in a knights Chamber and to wayte vppon him there hath vtterly refused to hunte or to followe the chase according to his kinde yea thoughe he was beaten vnto it from his maysters héeles right sharplye It is beyonde all beliefe what a wonderfull great force and power in all things hath education So it is most certaine that if there be due care and diligence had and vsed that vertuous and good behauyour be taught and louingly cherished and lewd and loose demeanor forbidden and sharply punished the childe which is alwaies sure to tast and receiue the great pleasure of the fyrst and not to escape for no cause the bitter paynes of the seconde will alwayes no doubt gladly imbrace the one and wyllingly flye the other Wherfore I conclude that if you had brought vp your sonne with care and dilligence to reioyce in the feare of God to take pleasure in méeknesse and humylity to delight in obedience towards his Parents and on the other side to be afrayde to do euill to shun disobedience and to feare the smarte of correction you should then haue felte those comfortes which happye Parentes receyue from their good and honest children and neuer haue knowne those sorrowes which nowe oppresse your harte for the griefe of your vnruly sonne But will you know the roote and cause of all this Alas euen your self and my siely Cosin your wyfe caried on with a fonde loue and a foolish affection which euermore falleth out to be the childes vtter destruction you both haue suffered him to passe on pleasauntly in his owne delights you haue permitted hym to runne the course of his own will you haue foolishly forborne to spende the sharpe rods of correction vpon the naked fleshe of hys loynes you haue fondly pyttied to spylle some bloud of his bodye with the sharpe strypes of chastisment what haue ye wrought thereby you haue preserued his skyn from breaking hys bloud from spylling and his loynes from smarting A three halfpeny matter yea though hys skin had bene broken in péeces though his blood had run downe in streames and though his scourged loynes had smarted forty dayes after For now by forberaunce of this which is nothing you haue put your sonne in hazarde of vtter confusion you haue heaped your owne discomforte and lamentation yea you haue endaungered your vtter déepe damnation For be you most assured that before the Lorde you shall giue acount of such carelesse and neglygente bringing vp of your children so muche to their owne destruction and when they perishe for wante of that rodde of correction which is committed vnto you and put into your hands onely to the ende and intente that you should vse it for their chastismente and good assuredly their death and damnation will bee requyred at your handes and you shall aunswere as well for their bodyes as for their soules in that last day of iudgement before the Tribunall seate of GOD. But I heare that now you wéepe and wayle bitterly for that which is past you fynde your owne follye now you repent you of your extreme fondnesse and foolishe pittie heretofore and if your sonne were in his tender yeares againe you saye that then you would chastise him with all seuere scourges and castigation Beholde howe one great follye doth acompany an other and that greater then the first Good Lorde how wonderfully are you blynded in that which is more cléere than is the light of the noone daye Your sonne is now of twenty yeres old and more Is hée therfore frée from the rod of correction Is hée therfore now not subiect to the stripes scourges of his father Is he therefore not to be stripped naked to be beaten and whipped vntill you haue broken euen all the skin of his bodye spilt the blood of his loynes in abundaunce and giuen him so many thousande scourges as that hée may neyther lye nor syt without payne in forty dayes after Nay hée is nothing at all frée from these thinges For all this is most fytte to be done and he is to be haled home with violence and whether he will or not to be taught to obey by the smarte of his loynes and to be traynde to his duety by the paynes of his scourges For when gentle lenatiues will doe no good to an olde sore ouer long neglected you knowe that Corosiues are to be applyed though