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duty_n of_o parent_n &_o magistrate_n etc._n etc._n and_o all_o other_o work_v of_o love_n &_o obedience_n it_o be_v therefore_o to_o be_v wish_v nay_o rather_o to_o be_v perform_v that_o child_n &_o subject_n ought_v diligent_o to_o be_v instruct_v in_o the_o first_o precept_n to_o y_z e_z end_n they_o may_v learn_v to_o know_v god_n to_o trust_v in_o he_o to_o love_v fear_v and_o worship_v he_o to_o call_v upon_o he_o to_o give_v he_o thanks_n to_o honour_v his_o holy_a name_n &_o willing_o to_o hear_v &_o learn_v his_o word_n these_o &_o such_o like_a if_o they_o be_v true_o observe_v then_o without_o doubt_n the_o good_a fruit_n of_o obedience_n shall_v by_o &_o by_o follow_v wherefore_o in_o these_o thing_n the_o great_a care_n and_o diligence_n must_v be_v use_v theophilus_n notwithstanding_o albeit_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o youth_n be_v deprave_a &_o corrupt_v partly_o with_o the_o fault_n of_o our_o corrupt_a nature_n &_o partly_o make_v worse_o through_o the_o negligence_n &_o too_o much_o cocker_a of_o parent_n shall_v they_o not_o be_v urge_v &_o prick_v forward_o with_o stripe_n &_o admonish_v and_o stir_v up_o with_o example_n &_o reason_n theodidactus_n the_o love_n &_o reverence_n of_o young_a man_n towards_o their_o parent_n shall_v by_o no_o mean_n neither_o more_o easy_o nor_o more_o apt_o be_v provoke_v &_o stir_v up_o they_o if_o they_o acknowledge_v their_o parent_n to_o be_v the_o original_a cause_n of_o their_o birth_n if_o they_o acknowledge_v they_o to_o be_v the_o shop_n of_o their_o life_n &_o to_o be_v brief_a the_o man_n by_o who_o we_o begin_v to_o be_v man_n also_o we_o shall_v endeavour_v to_o honour_n &_o reverence_v they_o with_o all_o our_o heart_n if_o we_o weigh_v with_o ourselves_o the_o great_a and_o manifold_a charge_n the_o gréevous_a sorrow_n and_o care_n which_o they_o have_v be_v compel_v to_o suffer_v for_o our_o sake_n for_o they_o have_v often_o spare_v from_o their_o own_o belly_n to_o feed_v we_o break_v many_o sleep_v to_o quiet_a &_o pleasure_v we_o afflict_v with_o many_o gréevous_a care_n and_o wéery_v with_o labour_n to_o the_o end_n that_o they_o may_v provide_v &_o get_v those_o thing_n y_fw-mi â—_o may_v do_v we_o good_a &_o be_v necessary_a to_o the_o furtherance_n of_o our_o life_n beside_o this_o with_o their_o admonition_n they_o have_v procure_v unto_o we_o the_o true_a catholic_a faith_n in_o god_n and_o also_o the_o hope_n &_o love_n of_o everlasting_a salvation_n y_fw-fr â—_o after_o this_o life_n end_v we_o may_v live_v with_o god_n for_o ever_o when_o we_o understand_v y_fw-fr â—_o these_o so_o great_a benefit_n be_v give_v unto_o we_o of_o our_o parent_n how_o shall_v we_o not_o love_v they_o &_o reverence_v they_o with_o all_o our_o heart_n at_o all_o time_n &_o in_o all_o place_n this_o say_n of_o philo_n shall_v also_o stir_v up_o &_o move_v child_n very_o much_o unto_o the_o reverence_n philo._n of_o their_o parent_n which_o say_v quod_fw-la