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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	father_n	1,231	5	5.3636	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02588	Salomons diuine arts, of 1. Ethickes, 2. Politickes, 3. Oeconomicks that is; the gouernment of 1. Behauiour, 2. Common-vvealth, 3. Familie. Drawne into method, out of his Prouerbs & Ecclesiastes. With an open and plaine paraphrase, vpon the Song of songs. By Ioseph Hall.	Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.	1609 (1609)	STC 12712; ESTC S122080	69,867	286

§. 4. The good hous-wife Pro. 31. set foorth by her Actions In her owne persō Labours Bargaines Liberall prouision for Her selfe The poore Her family husband seruants In the ouersight of her family Speeches Disposition 3. SHe is moreouer prudent and discreet A wise woman buildeth her house but the foolish destroyeth it with her owne hands and As a ring of gold in a swines snowt so is a faire woman which lacketh discretion 4. Lastly shee is carefull and hous-wifelike so as She will doe her husband good and not euill all the dayes of her life For as for her actions in her owne person whether you looke to her labours Shee seeketh wooll and flaxe and laboureth cheerefully with her hands She riseth while it is yet night She girdeth her loynes with strength and strengtheneth her armes Shee putteth her hands to the wheele and her hands handle the spindle or whether to her bargaines She considereth a field and getteth it and with the fruit of her handes she planteth a vineyard Shee is like the shippe of merchants shee bringeth her food from farre shee feeleth that her merchandise is good her candle is not put out by night shee maketh sheets selleth them and giueth girdles vnto the merchants or whether to her liberall prouision For her husband who is knowen in the gates by her neate furnishing when hee sits with the Elders of the land 2. For her selfe Shee maketh her selfe carpets fine linnen purple is her garment 3. For her seruants Shee feareth not the snow for her family for all her familie is clothed with scarlet 4. For the poore Shee stretcheth out her hands to the poore and putteth foorth her hands to the needy For her ouersight of her familie she giueth the portion to her household and the ordinary or stint of work to her maids she ouerseeth the wayes of her household and eateth not the bread of idlenesse For her speeches she openeth her mouth with wisedome and the lawe of grace is in her tongue Lastly Strength and honour is her clothing and in the latter day shee shall reioyce So worthie shee is in all these that her owne children cannot containe but rise vp and call her blessed and her husband shall prayse her and say Many daughters haue done vertuously but thou surmountest them all Fauour is deceitfull and beautie is vanitie but a woman that feareth the Lord shee shall be praised Since therefore shee is so well deseruing Giue her of the fruit of her owne hands and let her owne workes prayse her PARENTS §. 5. Who owe to their children Prouision Instruction Correction PArents and Children are the next payre which doe giue much ioy to each other Childrens children are the Crowne of the elders and the glory of the children are their fathers To which purpose the Parent oweth to the Childe 1. Prouision A good man shall giue inheritance to his childrens children All the labour wherein hee hath trauelled he shall leaue to the man that shall be after him And who knoweth whether hee shall be wise or foolish yet shal he rule ouer all his labour wherein hee hath laboured and shewed himselfe wise vnder the sunne Here are therefore two grosse vanities which I haue seene the one There is one alone there is not a second which hath neither sonne nor brother yet is there none end of his trauell neither can his eye be satisfied with riches neither doth he thinke for whom do I trauell and defraud my soule of pleasure The other contrary riches reserued to the owners thereof for their euill And these riches perish in his euill business and he begetteth a sonne and in his hand is nothing 2. Instructiō and good education for He that begetteth a foole whether naturally or by ill breeding begetteth himselfe sorrow and the father of a foole can haue no ioy And therefore Teach a child in the trade of his way and when he is olde hee shall not depart from it 3. Correction He that spareth his rodde hateth his sonne but he that loueth him chasteneth betime for foolishnesse is bound in the heart of a child the rodde of correction shall driue it from him yea there is yet great benefit of due chasticement for The rodde and correction giue life but a child set at libertie makes his mother who is commonly faulty this way ashamed yea more them shame death and hell follow to the child vpon indulgence onely If thou smite him with the rod hee shall not die if thou smite him with the rod thou shalt deliuer his soule from hell Tho thy sonne therefore be tender and deare in thy sight Correct him and hee will giue thee rest and will giue pleasures to thy soule wherefore Chasten him while there is hope and let not thy soule spare to his destruction The sonne that is of a great stomach shall indure punishment and tho thou deliuer him yet thou shalt take him in hand againe CHILDREN §. 6. Their duties obedience to instructions cōmandements submission to correction care of their Parents estate of their owne carriage A Wise Sonne reioyceth the Father and The Father of the righteous shall greatlie reioyce vvhereas The foolish is the calamitie of his Parents Contrarilie if thou bee a wise sonne or louest wisdome thy father thy mother shall be glad and she that bare thee shall reioice Such a one is first Obedient for A wise son will heare and obey the instruction of his father and not forsake his mothers teaching yea in euery command he will obey him that begot him and not despise his mother when she is olde not vpon any occasion cursing his parents as there is a generation that doth for He that curseth his father or mother his light shall be put out in obscure darkness not mocking scorning them for The eye that mocketh his father and despiseth the instruction of his mother the rauens of the vally shall picke it out and the young Eagles eate it and not obedient to counsell only but to stripes Hee that hateth correction is a foole and he that regardeth it is prudent For those corrections that are for instruction are the waie of life therfore hee that hateth them shall die Secondly Carefull both 1 of their estate He that robbeth his father mother and saith it is no transgression is a cōpanion of a man that destroieth and 2 of his owne carriage for a lewde and shamefull childe destroyeth his father and chaseth away his mother Let therefore euen the childe showe himselfe to bee knowen by his dooings whether his worke be pure and right so his fathers reynes shall reioice when he speaketh doth