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A good wife Gods gift and, a wife indeed. Two marriage sermons. By Thomas…A good vvife Gods gift and, a vvife indeed. Tvvo mariage sermons. By Thomas…
A good wife Gods gift and, a wife indeed. Two marriage sermons. By Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith.A good vvife Gods gift and, a vvife indeed. Tvvo mariage sermons. By Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith.
London: printed by John Haviland for Fulke Clifton, 1623London: printed by Iohn Hauiland for Fulke Clifton, 1623
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Secondly, Is a Wife such a Benefit, where she is such as she should be? This may serve to put us in mind of the great corruption of Mans Nature, what a miserable depravation Sin hath brought upon Mankind, even to the inverting and corrupting of the greatest Blessings of God both on us and in us.
Secondly, Is a Wife such a Benefit, where shee is such as shee should be? This may serue to put vs in minde of the great corruption of Mans Nature, what a miserable deprauation Sinne hath brought vpon Mankinde, euen to the inuerting and corrupting of the greatest Blessings of God both on vs and in vs.
For awhat greater curse, or heavier cross befalleth a Man oft than a Wife? Or what one thing produceth more mischiefs and miseries than Marriage doth, where the parties are mismatched? Many a one *never knew what misery meant, till he came to know what a Wife was.
For awhat greater curse, or heauier crosse befalleth a Man oft than a Wife? Or what one thing produceth more mischiefes and miseries than Marriage doth, where the parties are mismatched? Many a one *neuer knew what miserie meant, till he came to know what a Wife was.
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