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A67866	A godly forme of houshold government for the ordering of priuate families, according to the direction of Gods word : wherunto is adioyned in a more particular manner, the seuerall duties of the husband towards his wife, and the wiues dutie towards her husband, the parents dutie towards their children, and the childrens towards their parents, the maisters dutie towards his seruants, and also the seruants duty towards their maisters / first gathered by R.C. ; and now newly perused, amended and augmented by Iohn Dod and Robert Cleuer.	Cleaver, Robert, 1561 or 2-ca. 1625.; Carr, Roger, d. 1612.; Cawdry, Robert.	1621 (1621)	STC 5387.5; ESTC S118705	199,876	382

any vnhonest pastime For if it be so that a father will not suffer his childe to come into a place where he may be in danger to take hurt of his body either by infection of the plague or otherwise how much more is he bound to with-hold and keepe his childe from comming there where he should hurt and poyson his soule The fourth and last point is that parents do with all care and diligence keepe their children from all lazie idlenesse a vice no doubt out of which do spring many inconuehiences and is condemned by the holy Ghost in many places of Scripture whereby God declareth that he created no man in vaine or to no purpose neither is there any man vnto whom he hath not allotted as it were a certaine standing and roome and a lawfull calling to walke in Whereupon it followeth that the order which God hath appointed is troubled by such as liue idlely yea Gods ordinance is broken which is a great sinne and wickednesse So then by the word of God none ought to liue idlely and to neglect his charge and dutie but ought to giue himselfe to some profitable calling to get his liuing by and to do good to others Although fathers prouide for their children great store of money and huge heapes of treasure yet in three 〈◊〉 foure houres all may be wasted and come to nought For much euill commeth through idlenesse it is an euill teacher he that doth nothing is ill occupied The mind of man is euer stirring and doing somewhat if it be not doing well it is doing ill As water though it be neuer so cleare and faire fresh and comfortable yet if it stand still in a pit or hole or be kept long in a vessell whence it hath no issue it will putrifie and corrupt rot and smell and he vnwholsome Euen so fareth it with children yea and with all the sonnes of Adam if they haue nothing to do no way to bestow their wits they will rot proue vnwholesome and deuise mischiefe all the day long For as labour and exercise of body of one man industrie and diligence of mind in another man are sure forts and strong bulwarkes of countreys euen so idlenesse and negligence are the cause of all euill for an idle mans braine becometh quickly the shop of the diuell And as in all things naturall there is one thing or other which is the spoile of it as the Canker to the rose the Worme to the apple and the Caterpillar to the leafe so the common spoile to all youth is the contrary to paines labour which is idlenesse Therefore is idlenesse worthily called the mother of all euils and step dame of all vertues The Prophet Ezechiel in his sixteenth Chapter verse forty nine teacheth that idlenesse was one of the principall sins of Sodome which pulled downe fire and brimstone from heauen vpon their heads This idlenesse is the diuels confederate for euen as the traiterous seruant while his maister is a sleepe and all thing at rest setteth open the doore for the thiefe to enter in vpon him and spoile him at his pleasure euen so idlenesse while we are not aware lying soft vpon the pillowes of securitie openeth the doore for the diuell to enter into vs with full swing to the destruction both of body and soule Saint Mathew saith Chapter thirteene verse twenty fiue that while men slept the enemie came and sowed 〈◊〉 among the wheate So the fittest time that the diuell can find to worke vppon vs is when we are idle for that is the sleepe of the soule In the eleuenth Chapter of the second of Samuel we reade that while Dauid tarried idle at home in the beginning of the yeare when kings vsed to go forth to battell he was soone ouertaken with two fowle sinnes of adultery and manflaughter Oh that men saw to how many vices and euils they shut the doore when they ceasse to be idle and giue themselues to honest labours and 〈◊〉 lawfull calling So long as Sampson Iudg. 19. warred with the Philistines he could neuer be taken or ouercome but after that he gaue himselfe to idlenesse and pleasure he not onely committed fornication with the strumpet Dalilah but also was taken of his enemies and had his eyes miserably put out If those two which were such excellent men endued of God with singular gifts the one of prophesie and the other of strength and such as no labour or trouble could ouercome were notwithstanding ouerthrowne fell into grieuous sinnes by yeelding for a short time to ease then what crimes what mischiefes and inconueniences are to be feared of them who all their life long giue themselues to idlenesse and loytering But such hath alwayes bene the peruerse incredulitie of mens hearts that they will not beleeue that other men haue perished vntil they themselues perish also If we be vtterly voyde of vnderstanding let vs go to the bruite creatures which want those helps of reason and gouernment that man hath and learne of them Go to the Pismire ô sluggard saith Salamon Prou. 6. 6. behold her wayes and be wise For she hauing no guide nor ruler prepareth her meate in sommer and gathereth her foode in the haruest What is it that filleth the prisons and bringeth so many to the gallowes causeth so many parents to lament and bewaile the vntimely death of their children but idlenesse When the poore condemned wretches haue receiued their iudgements and come to the place of execution and stand on the ladder what counsell giue they to young men and to children but to beware of idlenesse What is the cause of such and so many diseases in the body Aske the Physitians and they will tell you idlenesse Whereof rise rebellions in kingdomes against Princes Whereof rise mutinies and mutterings in Cities against Magistrates You can giue no greater cause thereof then idlenesse Christ our Redeemer saith Of euery idle word that is vaine and vnprofitable trifles which the most part of people spend their liues in that men shall speake they shall giue account thereof at the day of iudgement If we shall make an account for idle words what shall we do for idle hands for idle feete for idle body for idle soule What account for all idlenesse especially for wicked deeds shall we make at the day of iudgment Seeing then that idlenesse is so noysome and hurtfull let all Christian parents therefore labour and endeuour to auoyd it both in themselues and their children as a plague or contagious disease Therefore it is most requisite and necessary that parents do bring vp their children either in learning or in some occupation and handycraft whereby they may get their liuing another day and so liue the better But some vnaduisedly and foolishly do reason saying what need is it for noble and rich mens children to haue learning they shall haue enough We answer the greater the ship is and the more

vnnecescary blazing of other mens 〈◊〉 by lying slandering 〈◊〉 taunting if any shew himselfe care lesse to 〈◊〉 the motions and enticements vnto sinne and the lust of the same and he wil vse the meanes following to redresse them The manner of correcting must like wise be looked vnto for to faile in that maketh correction hurtfull oftentimes but alwayes 〈◊〉 For this point then we must know that correction must be Ministred in Wisedome and Patience Wisedome is that by which we obserue comelinesse in euery action that is to say by which we obserue what we do how in what place at what time before whom that all things may be done in a conuenient place time and manner Wisedome will 1. Find out the right party that cōmitted the fault that he that is innocent be not vniustly burthened 2. Consider of what sort and nature the fault is 3. Weigh circumstances of ages discretion occasions that moued the party and whether it be customary or a slip by ouersight 4. Looke to the mind of the doer whether negligence frowardnesse or simplicity want of wisdom brought him to it And according to these things wisdome will teach a man to measure out correction or to be sparing in it Besides wisedome will not correct before the fault be euident or before she be able to winde the offender out of all shifting holes For when the offender is not throughly conuinced he shifteth off the shame of the fault and of the correction which is a part of the purgation to cure his disease and besides he will be bold to open his mouth against his ruler and seeke to bring him into hatred or contēpt with the rest of the inferiours for correcting vniustly Wisedome therefore will winke at a fault a while and make as though she saw it not that she may haue a fitter opportunitie to correct yea towards some of a good nature wisedome will shew that she seeth a fault but yet for loue of the partie and desire to haue him amend of his owne accord she will passe ouer the euill Moreouer wisedome will neuer reproch the offender by reuiling or taunting him with the fault but minister correction in loue and desire to haue his sore cured and his credit salued For the casting of faults in their teeth and disgracing them especially before others which is common in the world maketh them lay off shame of offending by little and little whereas if they saw thee carefull of their credite they would haue much more regard to it themselues Lastly wisedome will auoid partialitie and deale with all in the same case after the same manner Patience is also needfull that through anger or hastines a man do not fight nor chide before he hath made the fault manifest to the offender that if it may be his conscience may be touched for it Againe by patience one must heare what the offender can say in his defence and not disdaine to heare him modestly alledging for himselfe and when his defence is made by equitie to allow or disallow the same So did Iob Iob. 31. 13. And Balaam had no reason to disdaine the defence of his beast Num. 20. 30. c. This patience will also keepe a man from bitternesse which might sooner make the party angrie then draw him to amendment which thing the Apostle would haue auoided in superiours towards those that be vnder them For want of this many are but a word and a blow many first correct and then tell the fault many lay on loade or raile and reuile brawle and scold without measure Lastly this patience will keepe thee from immoderate anger a thing dangerous in a corrector For he that cometh to reforme with too much anger shall hardly keepe a measure in rebuking or chastising Now for the seuerall kinds of correction the first is rebuking which is a sharpe reproofe for a fault committed measured according to the nature of the fault Example whereof we haue in Iacob Gen. 30. 2. Ioh. 2. 10. Our Sauiour Christ to Peter Mat. 16. 23. and to Iames and Iohn Luk. 9. 55. So Eli 1. Sam. 2. 23. c. rebuked his sonnes but not according to the quality of their fault which turned to his and their ruine This reproofe may haue some threatning of chastisement ioyned with it if need be to the end to make it sinke the deeper Prou. 19. 19. Be thou verie angrie when thou pardonest a fault saying that thou for sparing him now wilt punish him the soarer if he transgresse againe But threatenings must not be vaine words without effect but alwayes if amendment follow not thou must performe what was threatned lest thou become light and vaine in the offenders eyes Chastisement is when with a sharpe rebuke punishment is also laid vpon the offender according to discretion If any man thinke fighting vnmeete for Christians or be loth to foile their hands lest they should get themselues an ill name let them know that Gods ordinance is not a matter of an ill report but onely among fooles that know not what is good and meete Now that houshold-chastisement is agreeable to Gods will is euident out of the Prouerbs where the wisedome of God doth very often commend it to vs as Chap. 13. 24. He that spareth the rod hateth his sonne but he that loueth him chasteneth him betimes Where he requireth that it be not deferred till it be too late that is till the offender be hardened in ill but giuen in time before he be past recouery Secondly he saith that it is a fruit of true and pure loue to correct in due time and very loue in parents and care of their children must draw them to it Thirdly he saith that such parents know not what true loue of children meaneth but embrace fondnesse and foolish pittie in stead of it who do spare to correct when correction is deserued Fourthly that this fondnesse and foolish affection is indeed hatred and not loue The reason why it is to be counted hatred is set downe Prou. 19. 18. Chastise thy sonne while there is hope and let not thy soule spare him to his destruction Where he plainely saith that fond pittying and sparing of children is to worke the destruction of them And is it not a token of great hatred to be a meanes of anothers destruction Elsewhere he sheweth the necessitie of correction and the good which it doth Prou. 22. 25. Foolishnesse is bound in the heart of a child but the rod of correction shall remoue it farre from him As if he should say much folly and 〈◊〉 is couched in a childs heart which if it be not purged will burst forth into foule enormities and therefore a purgation is but needfull and what may that be but the rod of correction The same is commanded Prou. 29. 17. Correct thy sonne where also he sheweth what benefit commeth thereby to the parents He shall giue thee rest yea he will giue pleasures to thy soule

that is thou shalt be free from sorrow heauinesse and many troubles which many parents haue with vngracious children and on the other side thou shalt haue much comfort and delight by him Great benefit also commeth thereby to the children as he sheweth in the 15. verse The rod and correction giue wisedome aud Chap. 23. 13. 14. Whereas the neglect of it bringeth hurt to the child and to the parents as followeth A child set at libertie maketh his mother ashamed And for seruants the Wiseman doth closely shew how they must be dealt withall where he saith Prou. 29. 21. He which bringeth vp his seruant delicately from his youth at length will be depriued of his children And a little before verse 19. he saith A seruant will not be chastised with words though he vnderstand yet he will not answer or regard These Scriptures shew that God hath put the rod of correction in the hands of the Gouernours of the family by punishment to saue them from destruction which if the bridle were let loose vnto them they would run vnto Where men and women are content to go contrary to their owne nature and to vndergo ill reports to obey the ordinance of God there God will giue a blessing that is a well ordered familie wherein all shall be of good hope These be the duties that the chiefe of the familie oweth to them of his familie within doores as touching godlinesse The wife also which is a fellow-helper hath some things belonging to her to further godlinesse in her familie As for example in her selfe to giue example to her houshold of all readie submission to all good and Christian orders to order her houshold affaires so carefully that no exercise of religion be hindred or put out of place at such time as they should be done in her husbands absence to see good orders obserued as he hath appointed to watch ouer the manners and behauiour of such as be in her house and to helpe her husband in spying out euils that are breeding that by his wisedome they may be preuented or cured Salomon saith of the vertuous woman that she ouerseeth the wayes of her houshold And a little before she openeth her mouth with wisedome and the law of grace is in her tongue And Saint Paul requireth that wiues specially the elder be teachers of good things and that they instruct the yonger They may also do much good in framing the tender yeares of their children vnto good while they be vnder their hands For euen as a child cockered and made a wanton by the mother will be more vntractable when the father will seeke to bend him to good so on the other side a child wisely trained vp by the mother in the yong yeares will be the easilier brought to goodnesse by the fathers godly care We reade that Timothy was made acquainted with the Scripture from a little child by meanes of his godly mother and grandmother a good patterne for Christians And marke the proofe God recompenced their godly care exceedingly for Timothie proued a rare yong man of excellent graces to the great ioy and comfort of his parents Mothers may also powre good liquor into their childrens tender vessels the sauour whereof shall sticke in them a long while after I meane they may sow in their mindes the seede of religion and godlinesse These and such like duties if the wife performe constantly she shall bring no small helpe to her husband for the godly and religious ordering of his house And thus much of that part of Houshold gouernment which concerneth godlinesse Now we come to the other part which pertaines to the things of this life wherein is to be considered what is the duty of the husband and of the wife namely to Take order for Prouision and Health They must take order for prouision for necessaries to the maintenance of themselues and all their charge These necessaries are food and rayment Also care must be had of the health of such as be in their families both to preserue it by rest and recreation if need be and to restore it if it be hindred by good looking to such as are fallen into sicknesse That the gouernours of the familie must make honest prouision for themselues and their charge and not liue vpon the Church-almes or by begging purloyning borrowing or cousining It is most euident by that saying of Saint Paul to Timothie He that prouideth not for his owne and especially for them of his house hath denyed the Faith and is worse then an infidell And Salomon saith The iust man regardeth the life of his beast much more of his seruants and children And as the Spirit of God chargeth vs with this dutie so he setteth vs about such things whereby this may be compassed and forewarneth vs of those things whereby it might be hindered The things that he teacheth vs for the making of this prouision are first That euery one should haue some honest and good calling and should walke diligently in it that it may bring in honest gaine whereby necessaries for the family may be prepared That euery man must applie himselfe to some studie and calling is so knowne that it needeth no proofe In the sweate of thy browes thou shalt eate thy bread c. Which condemneth all such as liue of the labours of other men and themselues take no paines or trauaile do no good in the world benefite not humane societie any way but deuoure the good creatures of the earth which indeed belong to them that take all the paines In this ranke do a number of Gentiles in the world march deuising gay toyes which might well be spared who are but vnprofitable burthens of the earth that fill vp number like Ciphers who glory in their shame that is in their ease pleasures and brauerie whereof if they knew whereto a man was borne they would be ashamed These be they for whose maintenance in their iollitie a number are faine to toyle very hardly fare meanely and spend their strength to the very skinne and bones and yet can get but a slender recompence through their vnmercifull exactions But enough of them to returne The good gouernour of a house must be none of these but he must haue a calling that is good honest and lawfull not onely gainfull to himselfe but also holy and profitable to the societie of mankind For thus much doth Saint Paul comprehend within the compasse of his words Ephes. 4. 28. But let him labour the thing that is good It is not enough to haue a calling though it be neuer so good but it must be followed so as it may bring in maintenance for thee and thine such as is meete for thy estate But how must it be followed First with diligence for as Salomon saith Prou. 8. 9. He that caryeth himselfe slothfully or loosely in his businesse is the brother of a great waster that is