Ethiopic Didascalia

Ethiopic Didascalia — Platt English translation page 130

correcteth not his son, is a fool. Beat thy son, and scourge his sides, while he is yoixng ; lest he become hardened, and go astray from thee. He that correct- eth not his son, hateth him. Teach then your children the word of the Lord; and correct them from their youth with sharp correction, that they may become humble, and obedient to every one. Teach them to write, and to read the Holy Scriptures ; and leave them not to live' in idleness, lest they neglect and trans- gress your commandments. Neither suffer them to enter the house of the seller of strong drink ; lest they be polluted, and corrupted with fornication. For if the fathers neglect to teach them, they will become partakers in sin with their chil- dren. And when they come to the maturity of youth, let each take unto him a wife in a pure union, lest the desires of youth and of fornication assault them, and they fall into transgression ; for the Lord will for this require the sin at the hand of their fathers, in the day of recompence. XXn. That it is required of' Servants that they he sulked unto their Masters in all purity, whether they bejaitliful or unbelievers. What then say ye concerning servants ? Let them be of good understanding, and serve their masters in the fear of the Lord. For although the servant be a 130