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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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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
sometimes Men do hear And makes them by a dismal Fate appear 3. What e'er thy Neighbour feels his very Sorrow Will eccho out thy Guilt e'en to Morrow 4. But if in Anger thou with Blows him treat Or bitter Slandering Words him worser greet If Hatred in thy Heart thou dost conceive Against him thy Duties then to grieve And make amends for what thou 'st done amiss Or else be sure God will thee never Bliss 5. See that Adultery thou ne'er commit Nor with untamed Lust to burn for it Will Body unto ruin bring and Mind The most part here or else be sure to find Them both reserv'd for a more dismal place Eternally to Burn in a sad case 6. Spoil not nor Covet Goods of any Man For such Extortion and Oppression can And will thee to that dismal Hell-pit damn 7. Much less may'st thou apply thy Hand to Steal Or keep back Servants Wages they 'll appeal To God for Justice do not then with-hold Anothers Right but pay th' Indebted Gold 8. Thou must not take by Violence nor Rob Thy Neighbour tho' some think it 's a good job It is Injustice what 's not thine to take Or Stolen Goods to buy or profit make Of such you know use no Deceit or Sleight In any Trust in Measure or in Weight 9. Sell not thy Bad for Good nor over-rate Thy Goods to Ignorants but rather bate Such silly Souls which know not how to buy Often deceived are by gainful Lye Of Necessity don't advantage make For what you get by that will make you quake At last for always such unlawful ways Will make you then for ever Curse the days 10. But if tho' art Guilty be sure to restore What Goods thou took unjustly heretofore Or else such unfair Deeds will prove much more Intollerable being put upon thy Score Granting the Person that you have wrong'd be dead What then the Justice is not with him fled You are alive and must the Wrong repair By making Restitution to his Heir But if t' a Multitude you 've done wrong And can't Recompence in such a throng Or Restitution to that Man so render Because you can't justly it remember Who you 've wrong'd this or that man therefore In such a case as that you must restore What was unjustly got unto the Poor To the full value of what e'er you took Or else for Pardon you in vain may look But if with Dives you your Conscience sell There will be no Repentance but in Hell Then all in vain th' abundance and the Pence Can not so much as ease for one poor Sense Procure for his loud Cries were all in vain For to procure Relief or end of Pain 'T is true the Man that 's wronged may if he please Forgive yea and discharge you with much ease CHAP. IX 1. Not to Defame 2. Not to bear False Witness 3. Nor despise 4. Nor Censure 5. Nor bear Ill-will 6. Nor Envy 7. How to make Reparation of those Offences 8. Nor Lye 9. What Behaviour 10. Respect to Betters 11. Duties to such as are in Want 12. Thankfulness to others 1. YOu must not lessen any Man's good Name By False Reports tho' h'may deserve the same Do not too hastily Credit give nor blame And be not over-forward of the Fame Tho' ill of him thou may'st for certain know Yet he as much of thee may hear Be slow Therefore to think him Guilty or yet tell His Failings tho' thou know'st them ne'er so well 2. Do not Backbite Rail or False Witness bear Tho' thou of him may Truth with Falshood hear 3. Despise not any tho' he 's very Poor Deformed or Foolish Begging at thy Door Nor yet because he is perhaps Prophane That 's not the way him then for to reclaim 4. Do no Man judge for if you do there 's still A Judgment just on you at last pass will 5. Wish not thy Brother evil in Estate Or Person neither in thy Heart him Hate But if some Evil to them both befal Express no Satisfaction in 't at all But if to him any such Harm do hap Then with Moses stand in and stop the Gap 6. Nor thou by spightful Wishes oughtest more To pine and envy't his abounding store 7. But if you Guilty be of some or all By causing his Credit thereby to fall By Slander Railing or by ill report Unto the Injur'd Party then resort Begging his Pardon if you can restore To him the same Good Name he had before 8. The Truth profess be sure to tell no Lye Tho' thou sure wer 't to get the World thereby Use gentle Courtesie to all and then Thou shalt be sure to have the Praise of Men. 9. Rail not at Railers nor seem Proud to be It 's odious both for God and Man to see Such Quarrelers with Brawling to begin Nor in thy Heart curse or revile thy King For Christ and his Apostles taught us all That we should for all Mankind mercy call So having taught and likewise practised thus Let Precept or Example work on us That we with them may always happy be In Joys so good to all Eternity 10. Your Betters reverence of great Renown For Piety whether in Cloak or Gown Or Eminence being of Sense or Fame Of Learning Wealth do not spoil their good Name To all that want afford a kind Supply According to thy best Ability If they want Knowledge give them what thou hast Thou mayst Communicate and yet not waste Thy Stock If Comfort give them what Relief Thou canst of hope t' asswage their present Grief If they want Reputation try to clear Their Credit and to make the best appear If 't is Money they ask what thou can'st spare Bestow they 'l pay thee back again in Pray'r 12. To all that doth thee good thou thankful must Be by putting up Prayers to God the just For them which thee admonished has of Sin Which thou perhaps had Headlong fallen in Or which thee kind Advice so often gave Thy self to God and Man as to behave Upon thy dreadful Journey to the Grave Be thankful then and ready to advise Another who is than thy Self less wise CHAP. X. 1. To the King 2. To Ministers 3. To Natural Parents 4. Parents Duty to their Children 5. Concerning Marriage c. 1. HOnour the King obeying His Commands And Tribute due pay thou with thine own Hands But if he doth command a Sinful Thing See God that thou obey and not the King 2. Have for Good Ministers a due respect Namely those which the Church and State protect Contribute to their Maintenance what 's fit Even all that 's due spare not to give one bit Pray for them that they no False Doctrine may Deliver but God's just Commands obey Such as they teach you follow in thy way Don't as they do but do still as they say 3. Honour thy Parents with such tender Love Being Submissive when they thee Reprove With Reverence and Thanks take their Advice For by