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> [Reprehension is a kind of middle thing betwixt admonition and correction: it is sharpe admonition, but a milde correction. It is rather to be used because it may be a meanes to prevent strokes and blowes, especially in ingenuous and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gouge/reprehension-is-a-kind-of-middle-thing-betwixt-admonition-and/)

[William Gouge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gouge/)

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## More by William Gouge

> [Reprehension is a kind of middle thing betwixt admonition and correction: it is sharpe admonition, but a milde correction. It is rather to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gouge/reprehension-is-a-kind-of-middle-thing-betwixt-admonition-and/)

[William Gouge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gouge/)

> [“Corporations have neither bodies to be kicked, nor souls to be damned”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gouge/corporations-have-neither-bodies-to-be-kicked-nor-souls-to-be-damned/)

[William Gouge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gouge/)

> [“Extremes on either side are dangerous and pernicious to parent and child. For remissness will make children careless of all duty to God and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gouge/extremes-on-either-side-are-dangerous-and-pernicious-to-parent-and/)

[William Gouge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gouge/)

> [They who on meare curiositie (where no urgent necessitie requireth) try whether their children may not as birds be nourished without sucking, offend contrary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gouge/they-who-on-meare-curiositie-where-no-urgent-necessitie-requireth-try/)

[William Gouge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gouge/)

> [The more purely God's word is preached, the more deeply it pierces and the more kindly it works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gouge/the-more-purely-god-s-word-is-preached-the-more-deeply-it-pierces-and/)

[William Gouge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gouge/)

> [“In that the person of Christ, God-Man, was given up, I gather that the price of our redemption is of infinite value. Neither Christ,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gouge/in-that-the-person-of-christ-god-man-was-given-up-i-gather-that-the/)

[William Gouge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gouge/)

> [“A true fear of God makes us respect more what God requires and commands than what our corrupt heart desires and suggests. It subdues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gouge/a-true-fear-of-god-makes-us-respect-more-what-god-requires-and/)

[William Gouge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gouge/)

> [Happy is that family where both the husband and wife are mutual members of Christ's body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gouge/happy-is-that-family-where-both-the-husband-and-wife-are-mutual/)

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