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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	child_n	commandment_n	parent_n	3,515	5	9.0367	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10792	A treatise against the folishnesse of men in differinge the reformation of their liuing and amendment of their manners, compyled by the godly lerned man John Riuius, and translated into Englishe by Iohn Bankes.; De stultitia mortalium, in procrastinanda correctione vitæ. English	Rivius, Johann, 1500-1553.; Bankes, John, fl. 1550.	1550 (1550)	STC 21065; ESTC S104544	62,520	220

the cheine of synne And besydes all this they gyue attendaunce to the beere and ●inge the funerall masse and burye the deade omittyng no ceremonies yea euen when they walke in theyr temples and churches they may beholde and reade Epitaphies grauen vpon graues and tombes whereby they might be admonished not only of me that be deade but also of death it selfe whiche dayelye and hourely hangeth ouer theyr heades also of the laste dowme of the iudgemente seate of the lorde and suche other Moreouer in theyr Requiem masse they are warned of the comynge of Christ of the resurrection at the last day of the voyce of the archaungell of the trumpe of god c. Therfor● syth that these thynges can not be a warnyng sufficient for them cause them to repent of two thynges the one muste be the cause without question eyther that they thynke those thynges to be but fables whiche be taughte vs in scripture of the laste dowme and are in the Epicures opinion that sowles be not immortall or els that they flatter theim selues as I haue shewed with false hope of the mercy of god ¶ The thirde cause I Fynde that the thyrde cause hereof is the custome of synne which is in a maner made natural in long continuance For lyke as it is harde for a manne to alter nature soo custome if it be ones roted can not easely be plucked vppe and expelled And therefore it is that lerned men do cal custom an other nature It is not very much disagreynge fro this purpose that a certayne man sayth Such vyces as we haue accustomed our selues to from our tender age can not be without greate difficultie weded out afterwarde which thinge though it be very certayne and true yet who seeth not howe fondelye fathers bringe vp theyr chyldren in cokeryng and pamperyng them for from theyr infancy they be gyuen to no●e other thynge but to delicious fare and to the beallye pleasures of the bodye They refrayne not from vnsemely and baudy talkynge they sweare and blaspheme god they go ruffelynge in theyr gorgeous geare and trype in theyr purples They weare cotes of diuerse colours hose cut and pounced out with sarcenets Yet I omitte the gardynge of theyr cotes which is very folyshe for there cometh no profitte at all therof furthermore what thynge soo euer they do they do it fearslye hardely and boldely There is in them no myldnes nor sobrenes They exhibet not dewe honour to theyr parentes they do not reuerence aged men nor suffer theyr egalles and companions what wyll ye more they thynke that what so euer they do they may do it without blame There is in them no shame noo feare of god at all that can withdrawe them fro vyce They passe for no honestie and vertuous lyuynge and lesse a greate deale for religion and doynge theyr duetye to godwarde Yea parentes theim selues now a dayes with euyl example corrupte theyr chyldren so that they can not by theyr corrections brynge them into feare of them nor by they● commaundement withdrawe theym fro that that they set theyr myndes on whan surely they shulde do nothynge when theyr chyldren are present that were not lawful to be done nor say any thynge that myghte not honestely be spoken Theyr lyuynge shoulde be so godlye and vertuous that therwith theyr chyldren myght be moued to such lyke their maners and conuersacion shuld be such that therby theyr chyldren myght learne when so euer they had respecte vnto the same bothe what they shulde folowe and enbrace or fle and eschew But when the father dothe expreslye declare that thynge in his owne maners which he reproueth in his children doth he not whyles he blameth them accuse hym selfe What face can he haue to fynde faulte with his chyldren which with his yl example corrupteth them How can he seuerelye reproue any vyce in his children which may fynde in hym selfe vyces more worthy to be reproued Wherefore let parentes remembre that it is theyr dewtye and very requiset in them to lyue withoute blame and vertuously and that for diuers causes both lest they be example to their chyldren of naughtynes and that they may ius●ly reproue vices in thē last of all that throughe theyr slacke negligence the aucthorite of fathers be not diminished Thus much is declared by that which the poete sayth Howe canst thou take the aucthorite of a father in correctynge thy chyldren whan beyng an olde man thou thy selfe committeste offences bothe more heynous and worthy of reproche Such a lyke thyng Nausistrata saythe in Terence where she reproueth her husbande bycause he was greued with his sonne which haunted the Stewes and yet he was a greate deale more to be blamed hym selfe what iust cause hast thou saith she to chyde hym To these is Artemones sayenge in Plaut agreable Is it meate for a father to geue yll example to his children art thou not ashamed Let vs note also what was broughte in the declamacion of the yonge man agaynst his father whō he accused of madnes father saythe he the I blame and none but the for all my riote and bycause thou broughte me not vppe vnder the lawe of a well ordered house nor kepeste me in feare and awe wherewith I mought haue bene wtdrawen frome such vices as raygne most commonly in yonge men Yea thou was a setter on and leader vnto such vnthriftines But this Tobye an holy man and derely beloued of god dyd not whiche taught his son as his history declareth euen of a chylde bothe the feare of god and also to refreine from vyce he was him selfe an example of godly lyuing to his sonne he busied him selfe to declare him such one to his sonne in euery condicion as he wyshed to haue hym But now a dayes whan youth shuld be traded and brought vp in good learnynge and gods word how be they occupied verely I am ashamed to speke it yet I wyll not dissemble with them for very conscyence sake I am enforced and driuen to it sore agaynst my wyll I take god to recorde Moste part of teachers I do not speake generally of all do gyue theyr scholers so muche of the brydle and suche lybertye and al to procure and wynne the loue and frendshyp of theyr parentes or at lest not to displease and offend them that they put it in their choyse whether they wyll learne or not neyther refrayne they them fro vyce by sharpe correction nor cause them to profitte by graue admonitions They trade theym not in the knowledge and feare of god nor instructe them in modestie other vertues besides that suche innocencie streyghtnes appeare the not in theyr owne maners as is requisite nor such humanitie and gentylnes as shulde be in suche as beare the person and resemble fathers but to much slackenes and negligence as they were companions and play ●elowes rather then teachers and instructours And by such liberte with out punyshemente theyr scolers become not onely dispisets of their