REFLECTION.
EXpect not but that yours should com∣mit crimes great enough, for you to cor∣rect, or reprove. Malice increases with age,
The councils of wisdom: or, A collection of the maxims of Solomon. Most necessary for a man wisely to behave himself. : with reflections on those maxims. / Rendred into English by T.D..
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- The councils of wisdom: or, A collection of the maxims of Solomon. Most necessary for a man wisely to behave himself. : with reflections on those maxims. / Rendred into English by T.D..
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- Boutauld, Michel, 1604-1689.
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- Amsterdam :: Printed for Stephen Swart, at the Bible and Crown near the Exchange,,
- 1683..
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"The councils of wisdom: or, A collection of the maxims of Solomon. Most necessary for a man wisely to behave himself. : with reflections on those maxims. / Rendred into English by T.D.." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B18025.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024.
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and in the end arrives to a pitch, and to an excess, where chastisement is not only very unprofitable, but very dangerous.
Do not expect but that his little indevo∣tions will become sacriledges, and that his little angers will change themselves into fu∣ries, and they may meditate designs of trea∣chery and parricidie. Punish them whilst you can draw honour, and profit out of your severities, and have a great care, that others have not occasion to punish him, when the punishment shall be the death of your Son, the loss of your Honour, the ruin of your House, and the reproach of your posterity.