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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	faith_n	grace_n	word_n	9,264	5	4.2777	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01782	A glasse for housholders wherin thei maye se, bothe howe to rule theim selfes [and] ordre their housholde verye godly and fruytfull.		1542 (1542)	STC 11917; ESTC S109863	29,173	120

nurse and the chylde This loue then whiche is wonte to be engen dered by norishing the chylde is loste of the naturall mother towardes the chylde and is added to the noryshe wherfore the mother hath lost halfe her loue towardes the childe and the norse hath and shall fynde it Likewise wyll the childe deuide his loue into ii partes The one parte to his mother bearing hym y● other to his nurse or halfe mother feadyng and bringing him forth And besides this yf the mother that bare the chyld had noryshed it also the loue of the father wold had bene much more to the chylde because of the noryshing of it in his presence And of this springeth the litle loue or vnnaturall loue that menne haue to theyr chyldren speciallye in this realme Afterwardes when the child is a. xii monethes or two yeres of age it is brought home from norishing and is brought vp in the house vntyll it be xii or xiii yeres olde with litell difference as concerning his profyte betwene hym and the seruaunt And being of that age rude and vnlearned because they theim selues wolde not take paines to induce hym to vertue learninge or crafte they thruste hym out of dores againe to maysters to serue withoute any grete consideracyon whether the persones be of good and honest disposicyon whiche shall receyue hym yea or whyther they wyll profyte greately the chylde to vertue and honestye oute of dores they caste hym as before at norishyng If his fortune be to meete with a good mayster to whome he might reste more bound then to his father or mother happy is he by his good mayster he learneth to helpe hym selfe whiche he dyd not of his father and mother many fathers mothers ar not studiouse to helpe theyr chyldren to vertue or learnynge because they loue money more then theyr chyldren And bycause they so dooe they departe nothing of it to their children in theyr lyfe But yf hys chaūce be not to meete with a good maister he is tangled and corrupted with suche vyces whiche in youth commonly haue domynyon and rule gooe not forwarde to vertue and honestye where as a good father shulde then receiue his chylde and by fayre meanes and fatherly councell amend him and comforte hym in goodnesse and geue hym some of his gooddes to socoure him But the vse is cleane contrary for then he denyeth him y● entering into his house then he wyll not name hym nor knowe hym for his sonne or child denyeth him all fauoure to cause hym dispaire and caste away the whole purpose to lyue honestlie trewely And so desperate and abiecte absenteth hym selfe from his father and mother and coupleth hym selfe with light wanton vycious and naughtye companye is made one of theim where the vyces whiche in the begynnynge myght easely haue be amēded are encreased growen vncorrygyble and that because the father mother dooe not gracyously loue theyr child If they dyd loue their chyldren to God wardes that is to saye to brynge theim forthe in the lawes of God and wold that they shulde loue and drede God Thē would they beyng of power thereto put theim to lernynge in theyr tendre age cōsyderyng this commen prouerbe He that in youth no vertue wyll vse In age all honoure shall hym refuse ▪ Also the saiynge of Salomon Looke what waye a younge man or woman taketh in hys tendre age from that he wyl not departe whē he is old Also experiēce shew eth that youth wyl lightly folowe y● instrucciōs of theyr elders The younge cocke croweth like as he heareth the olde And loke howe a young twygge of an orcheyarde is bowed so he groweth forthe yf he be stayed to growe vp ryghte so it groweth and is bothe profytable and pleasaunte If it growe otherwyse I cannot tell whereto it is profytable but to the fyre Like wyse maye be sayd of young children but the faulte is not in the chyldren but in the elders or fathers and mothers The chylde Iesus dyd growe and was comforted in spiryte ful of wysdome the grace of God was wyth hym that is to saye he was a notable good chylde and so frō a younge man he grewe to an exceadynge wyse verteous man It is mete that suche as be Christen chyldrē should be brought vp after thexample of Christe He did growe ● was comforted by the spyrite and in the spirite Many menne suffre theyr chyldren to vse ryot be lost in fleshely pleasures nor do cause theim to be induced to fayth honeste lyuyng by the word of God Christ dyd growe and encrease in wysedome many suffre their children to encrease in folishnes And the grace of God was in Christe but thoroughe the faulte of theyr fathers mothers it taryeth not with some children called christen chyldren yet nothyng folowyng Christ or smell of hym because that Christ dyd growe in the sighte of men and dyd appeare whole perfyghte and wonderfull by and by preachyng signes and myracles It is conuenient or syttynge that lyke manner of wyse oure chyldren bee induced and instructed to deuocion to vertue good lyuynge A man wyll not thynke lyghtlye howe much good lyeth in y● bryngyng vp of chyldren And if there wer not greate vertue and goodnes in it who myght thynke that God would so straytly cōmaunde the Iewes that their chyldrē should be induced instructed broughte vp in the feare of God verelye he doeth knowe beste of al that that thyng wyll not lyghtely be lefte in ryper or ferther age whyche chyldrē haue accustomed in their tendre age The whiche thyng th● Latyne Poete expresseth sayth So greate a thynge it is to accustome a thynge from tendre age Wherfore God in Deuteronomy the .vi. chapiter sayth Thou shalt rolle in thy mynde with thy selfe such thynges as I geue the charge vpon this daye and thou shalte whette theim vpon thy chyldren speakyng therof to theim when y● taryeste at home in thy house or walkest on thy iourneye when y● goest to bedde and rysest their frō If thou leaue these thynges in theyr youthe thou shalte haue muche ado to make theim obeye and folowe when they be of a full age and olde But nowe ye wyll say I am no preacher Therunto with saynt Augustyne I answere the Looke what a preacher is in the pulpet suche euery housholder is in his house at home And likewyse as it belongeth for the curate to make rekenyng accoūpt for his whole flocke So the housholder in the general daye of iudgemente shal reken and make accoumpte for his wife for his children and for his housholde Geue ye therfore diligent hede that in this be halfe ye bee not founde negligent loue your children after this maner And when they be of some discreciō let them perceyue your loue in worde and worke And be not so vnkynde as some fathers whiche for the loue of this worldlye ryches and folyshe pleasure whylest they lyue can not fynde in theyr