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The whole duty of man in all his stages in a plain and familiar heroick verse, with variety of cuts proper to the several chapters thereof, with several private prayers and Thanksgivings annexed to it, both for the pleasure and benefit of youth / by W. Beck.
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Beck, W. (William)
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THE WHOLE DUTY OF MAN In all his Stages in a plain and familiar Heroick Verse with Variety of Cuts proper to the several Chapters thereof c. By W. Beck M. A. Fitted for the Pleasure and Benefit of YOUTH London Printed and Sold by J. Bradford in Little Britain ADVERTISEMENTS BOOKS Printed and Sold by J. Bradford 1. YOuth's Travels Or The Vanity of Mans Age. Represented in Seven several Stages thereof from his Birth to his Death With variety of Pictures exposing the Vanities and Follies of this Age. By A. F. Price Two-Pence 2. 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The Triumph of Faith manifested to the World Or Abrahâ—m offering up his Son Isaac as a sweet Burning Sacrifice upon Mount Moriah to the Lord. Being a Dialogue between Abraham Isaac and the Angel that staved his Hand from Execution With a large Cut to it Price One Penny 6. A Dialogue between a Blind Man and Death By Richard Standfast late Minister of Christ-Church in the City of Bristol Also the Great Assize or Christs Certain and Sudden Appearance to Judgment Price 1. d. 7. The Grand Question Resolved What we must do to be Saved Being Instructions for a Holy Life By Dr. Burnet Price Sticht Two Pence THE Whole Duty OF MAN In all his Stages in a plain and Familiar Heroick Verse With Variety of Cuts proper to the several Chapters thereof With several Private Prayers and Thanksgivings annexed to it both for the Pleasure and Benefit of Youth By W. Beck M. A. Prov. 22.6 Train up a Child in the Way he should go and when he is Old he will not depart from it LONDON Printed and Sold by J. Bradford in Little Britain the Corner House right against the Pump 1700. A PREFACE To the Good and Honourable But more Particularly The Courteous READER SInce this Renowned Book has been by some in part impeâ—fectly turned into Lyrick or Jambeck Verse so that I thought it necessary to give you it compleat iâ— Heroick And seeing every Body now adays haâ— an Inclination either to Read or Write Verses and some by an unhappy Skill that way taking the advantage of the general humour have exercised their abused parts in the recommending of Vice with all the flourish of Wit adding to the natural propensity to sin the sweet taking Seducements of Poetry but since the Contagion rather spreads than decreases and because it becomes me to hope that many rather love the Vice for the sake of the Verse than the Verse for the sake of Sin Therefore I thought it not unworthy the Character of a Christian nor besides my duty as such for the Reformation of Manners in Youth to make and humbly present you with this little Version of The Whole Duty of Man in a plain and familier dress to be got by Heart by the Ignorant being divided into Thirteen Chapters one quarter of which being learned every Sunday the Whole in one Year may be compassed And it is measured out in Verse only to make it go down the smoothlier and stick the better upon the Memory for as Verse has been a great occasion of the breach of most Duties contained herein and a means of drawing too many from performance so I hope this may and will be as prevalent for the reclaiming as many since according to the Poet A Verse may find him whom a Sermon flies And turn Delight into a Sacrifice So if all Dignity and Renown and Parts and Vnderstanding of Birth and Fortune would but freely and conspicuously offer themselves for Patterns of Education and Conversation they must and would undoubtedly entice and make others to be good and the Honour of our Religion would soon be retrieved and brought again into Credit and our Off-spring be as promising and hopeful as our deceased and much Lamented Duke But since that there are too many Proud Covetous and Malicious Pluralists and also incroaching and intruding Vnnaturalized Foreigners which having ingrossed the Inheritance being more for the Fleece than the Flock Lording over it So that I as well as others in this Iron Age having nothing to support us but a feeble Quill are almost ready to be Interred in the Ruins of a low Fortune yet being desirous of giving a publick Testimony of the value I have for all that are good and more particularly for you which soars above the rest being unbyassed by the Customary Opinion of the World and so far from believing any to be undeserving because unfortunate that their very Indigency in a great measure entitules them to your Protection So humbly beseeching to accept of my weak Endeavours Prayers and Good Wishes in reliance â—n your Goodness I assume the boldness to subscribe my Self Your most Humble and Devoted Servant Will. Beck ADVERTISEMENT THe Author being Master of Arts of a long standing now either at his Lodgings at the Kings-Head and Grammar-School in Jermain-street St. James's or at any one 's own House if desired doth and will in a few Years exactly tho' not pedantickly teach Young Ladies and Gentlemen the Tongues and Sciences he having lately contrived and made a Compendious yet exact English Accidence Grammar and Rhetorick c. By which any of an ordinary capacity with the Author's assistance without a Miracle in a few Months may learn that which is so much wanting and desired to accomplish Ladies viz. to Write True English and good Sense either with or without the Latin Tongue The Accidence he promises God willing to publish the beginning of the New Year But the other will be dictated only to those that can write to be got by Heart against the next Day THE Whole Duty of Man c. CHAPTER I. 1. The Necessity of caring for the Soul 2. The Worth of the Soul 3. The Misery of the Soul 4. The danger of the Loss of the Soul 1. THE chief Intent of this Book is to show Those things which each Person is now to do Being in as plain and familiar way That Old and Young should never go astray And in the end of all most happy be And from Eternal Burnings then set free
it unto Honour you may rise Tho 't be so common yet regard and prize Since Disobedience is a great Vice If to Infirmity they are subject Covering their Failings you may them protect And think not that because they 're even so To them no Observation you must owe Granting that thou art wiser than they are Yet if thou art so then thou must not dare To Mock at them or Scoffingly despise Their Persons or Commands God will those Eyes And Tongues torment But yet indeed if they Through weakness bid you Sin refuse you may Nay you incur the Guilt if you obey Then with an humble Modesty you must Shew that the Inconveniency is just And would be fatal in performing such Therefore refusing is the better much If they are Needy and thou canst relieve Thou ought'st in that thou dost repay not give Tho they are Wicked and even unkind Yet still thy Duty of Child doth bind Let nothing then by thee be left behind 4. Since Parents are bound their's for to maintain With things needful Women should not abstain From Nursing theirs themselves its only Pride And Lust which makes them daily thus deride No wonder then Children are so perverse Sucking the Milk of such a peevish Nurse Instead of Blessings needs must bring a Curse Take timely care for Baptism and prepare Their tender Minds for Piety and Prayer Instructing them by Catechising what Their Duties are to God and Man and that With a Mild Hand you them in time correct Their Faults at first but obstinate defect Calls for more Strength for as they grow in Years When their Mind's Inclination appears Then then 's the time for training up your Son To pollish in him what has been begun Which may continue longer than the Sun If he be Good give all Incouragement To that your Child If Bad betimes prevent The growing Ill before it do's obtain An Habit and is seated in the Brain Shewing them Good Examples in your Lives Vertue by Imitation fastest thrives For them provide against they to come to Age That no necessity their Minds ingage In evil Courses and be sure take heed That with no ill-got Goods you them do feed Such Wealth as that often destroys the Line And leaves a Curse intail'd on thee and thine Therefore let that Provision thou mak'st be Goods well got with unstrain'd ability And then Prosperity thou mayst expect And that thy God will them and thee protect 5. Marry them not unless in Love inclin'd They be to such an one you have a mind Also as to adopt and make your Child For if you force them you may be beguil'd Nay the Child that is Marry'd to much Pelf Is often tempted to destroy its Self 'T is too true being forc'd an Ass to take No marvel then their Duty they forsake To God and Man resolving for to stear An other Course where there Affections bear Therefore the rather yield to them to chuse As they in Old time never did refuse CHAP. XI 1. Love c. 2. Wive's Duty to her Husband 3. Husband's Duty to his Wife 4. To a Friend 5. A Servant's Duty 6. A Master's Duty 1. KIndness and Love is to your Brethren due Both Natural and Christian so true The poorest Child is Servant of the Lord And thy Kinsman with whom thou must accord And have regard to being in Friendship near A Member just of Mind and Body dear Then think him so not letting an abuse Awake thy Anger or disturb thine House In every sort of Friendship do resign Thy self in Temporals and things Divine To God in Prayers in one Commun'on meet And joyn your Praises 't is an Off'ring sweet To God for he always delights to see Brethren to live in Peace and Unity If a weak Brother doth commit a Sin Correct him mildly till by Love you win Him back to true Repentance by which way You save his Soul e'en from that evil Day 2. That in Woman is the chiefest Beauty The Husband to obey which is her Duty She must in nothing but in Sin deny With all Commands besides she must comply She must be faithful to him and so use Care at all times and no wise refuse That Duty due not striving for that Rule Which being unnatural makes him a Fool And more than that a meer despised Tool But with a tender and peculiar Love Let her obey and Houshold Joys improve Tho' perhaps by Labours may be cross Or much perplex'd at some unlucky Loss Yet ought she not to slack her Love or Hate Nor any of her former Warmth abate Because she 's bound to him her only Mate 3. Her Husband is to render Her the same Dear Love and only change the rugged Name Obedience or else he is to blame Into that Faithfulness to her he owes And Love with due respect which he well knows He promiss'd only in her chast embrace All foreign Joys for to detest and face And he a due Maintenance to allow Instructing her in all good things and how To serve the Lord and must together Pray By mutual Kindness wear their Lives away 4. Take not to Wife those which are near a Kin To thee whether second or first Cousin Them then refuse for that 's an horrid Sin 5. Be to thy Friend faithful his Secrets keep Him in distress supply now lest he Weep And by despairing take a deadly Sleep Through thy neglect To be a real Friend Is sacred and a Tie no Straits should rend 6. A Servant's Duty is for to obey And Love with diligence and not say nay He must be Faithful not inclin'd to waste His Master's Goods since Confidence is plac'd In him 't is petty-Treason to betray His Trust by careless squandring them away With modest Carr'age and respectful Grace He must discharge the Duty of his Place Attend to good Instruction Pray and Hear And Sins of every kind he must forbear 7. The Master also to his Servants must Pay them their Wages and always be just To all them for discharging of their Trust From them withdrawing nothing that is due Doing by them as they have done by you Lest publickly they for their Wages sue He must admonish and reprove their Vice Instructing them how they may best then rise To most perfection in Goods and Mind Not to enslave them but be always kind Casting all Cruelty even behind Because if he to them no Mercy give From God he must then as little receive Masters discreetly should with Servant bear And without any Anger speak and hear That will win on the Servant and so make Him do more than he bids him for your sake And then also the Master ought to give A good Example how they ought to live For how can any Man expect to find Dutiful Servants if they do not mind To do their Duty to the King of Kings Doubtless they 'll be regardless of your things CHAP. XII 1. Charity to Brethren 2. To Enemies 3. By the Example of Christ