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…

Thirdly, Is a Wife such a Benefit, where she is a Wife indeed? No marvel then if we find ^eso much evil, where it is otherwise. ^fThe best things become worst, when they are once corrupted. The strongest Wine maketh the sharpest Vinegar. No Creature more lovely than Man, while he liveth: and none again more ghastly to look on when life is once gone. Yea ^gno Creature more cruel or savage than Man, when he degenerateth ⟨p. 51⟩from his kind: no Beast more beastly than Man, when he turneth ^hBeast. No marvel therefore if a Wife, ⁱas she is one of the greatest goods while she so continueth, proveth on the other side one of the grievousest evils, when she ceaseth to be such.

Thirdly, Is a Wife such a Benefit, where shee is a Wife indeed? No maruell then if we finde ^eso much euill, where it is otherwise. ^fThe best things become worst, when they are once corrupted. The strongest Wine maketh the sharpest Vineger. No Creature more louely than Man, while he liueth: and none againe more gastly to looke on when life is once gone. Yea ^gno Crature more cruell or sauage than Man, when he degenerateth ⟨p. 51⟩from his kinde: no Beast more beastly than Man, when he turneth ^hBeast. No maruell therefore if a Wife, ⁱ