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master_n even_o towards_o such_o as_o be_v rigorous_a for_o if_o we_o ought_v to_o love_v all_o the_o child_n of_o adam_n even_o those_o who_o we_o know_v not_o or_o our_o enemy_n and_o persecutor_n how_o much_o rather_o our_o parent_n albeit_o they_o shall_v entreat_v we_o rough_o and_o with_o rigour_n either_o in_o word_n or_o deed_n and_o very_o the_o principal_a cause_n still_o abide_v namely_o that_o they_o be_v our_o father_n and_o mother_n this_o ought_v child_n well_o to_o note_v to_o the_o end_n that_o patient_o bear_v their_o reprehension_n reproof_n and_o in_o general_a whatsoever_o their_o troublesome_a and_o sharp_a affection_n they_o may_v still_o continue_v and_o declare_v their_o childlike_a affection_n and_o love_n and_o to_o that_o purpose_n child_n must_v remember_v the_o labour_n grief_n anguish_n weep_v sorrow_n and_o other_o troublesome_a care_n that_o their_o parent_n do_v abide_v and_o endure_v for_o they_o this_o love_n must_v be_v accompany_v with_o 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his_o mother_n but_o when_o the_o son_n do_v execute_v his_o magistracy_n or_o public_a office_n he_o be_v great_a than_o his_o father_n and_o must_v bear_v himself_o as_o a_o magistrate_n not_o as_o a_o son_n but_o when_o he_o be_v out_o of_o place_n or_o execution_n of_o office_n he_o must_v how_o high_o soever_o he_o be_v advance_v have_v a_o respect_n and_o yield_v reverence_n to_o his_o parent_n but_o many_o time_n it_o fall_v out_o otherwise_o for_o many_o child_n when_o they_o come_v to_o honour_v or_o wealth_n do_v despise_v their_o parent_n if_o they_o be_v of_o mean_a calling_n than_o themselves_o that_o hardly_o they_o will_v acknowledge_v or_o call_v they_o father_n as_o if_o they_o be_v ashamed_a of_o they_o so_o that_o that_o man_n put_v off_o the_o affection_n of_o a_o child_n to_o his_o father_n who_o by_o the_o eminency_n of_o a_o office_n over_o he_o quench_v the_o name_n of_o a_o son_n but_o solomon_n forget_v not_o himself_o in_o this_o kind_n of_o duty_n for_o he_o 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a_o most_o severe_a and_o sharp_a punishment_n against_o disobedient_a child_n where_o he_o say_v if_o any_o man_n have_v a_o son_n 21.18.19.20.21_o deut._n 21.18.19.20.21_o that_o be_v stubborn_a and_o disobedient_a which_o will_v not_o hearken_v unto_o the_o voice_n of_o his_o father_n &_o the_o voice_n of_o his_o mother_n &_o they_o have_v chastened_a he_o and_o he_o will_v not_o obey_v they_o then_o shall_v his_o father_n and_o his_o mother_n take_v he_o &_o bring_v he_o out_o unto_o the_o elder_n of_o his_o city_n and_o unto_o the_o gate_n of_o the_o place_n where_o he_o dwell_v and_o shall_v say_v unto_o the_o elder_n of_o his_o city_n this_o our_o son_n be_v stubborn_a and_o disobedient_a and_o he_o will_v not_o obey_v our_o admonition_n he_o be_v a_o riot_n our_o and_o a_o drunkard_n then_o all_o the_o man_n of_o his_o city_n shall_v stone_n he_o with_o stone_n unto_o death_n so_o thou_o shall_v take_v away_o evil_a from_o among_o you_o that_o all_o israel_n may_v hear_v it_o 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