The third duty of Love is *mutual Concord and agreement, and to this purpose a condescending to the wife in things equal and fit. The Husband must not think that, because h the wife is to submit her will to his will; therefore he is not to regard her pleasure ⟨p. 42⟩and contentment: he may say,2 That that liketh me, must content her: and there is an end. For thy wife is not with thee as a servant or a slave, but as ia companion, as a kyoke-fellow, standing on even ground with thee, though drawing on the least side. A master may well make his business be done after his own mind, not regarding his servants pleasure, because it is his own business, not his seruant•. But it is not so with thy wife: thou art to regard her pleasure as well as thine own will: because the business is as well hers as thine. And surely as lLove seeketh the things of others, as well as a m•ns own: yea oft before a mans own; mit seeketh an other mans gain with a mans own loss: so nit will make a man regard the will, and pleasure & contentment of another as well as his own, yea oprefer it sometime even before his own. And undoubtedly if thou lovest thy wife & accountest her one flesh with thee, the same with thy self; her pleasure w•ll be thy pleasure, her contentment will be thy contentment; thou wilt to account it: there will be no true contentment to thee, while thou perceivest discontentment in her: and therefore wilt not needlessly cross her, to cause discontentment to her.
The third dutie of Loue is *mutuall Concord and agreement, and to this purpose a condescending to the wife in things equall and fit. The Husband must not think that, because h the wife is to submit her will to his will; therefore he is not to regard her pleasure ⟨p. 42⟩and contentment: he may say,2 That that liketh me, must content her: and there is an end. For thy wife is not with thee as a seruant or a slaue, but as ia companion, as a kyoake-fellow, standing on euen ground with thee, though drawing on the least side. A master may well make his businesse be done after his owne minde, not regarding his seruants pleasure, because it is his owne busines, not his seruant•. But it is not so with thy wife: thou art to regard her pleasure as well as thine owne will: because the businesse is as wel hers as thine. And surely as lLoue seeketh the things of others, as well as a m•ns owne: yea oft before a mans own; mit seeketh an other mans gaine with a mans owne losse: so nit will make a man regard the will, and pleasure & contentment of another as wel as his owne, yea opreferre it sometime euen before his owne. And vndoubtedly if thou louest thy wife & accountest her one flesh with thee, the same with thy selfe; her pleasure w•ll be thy pleasure, her contentment will be thy contentment; thou wilt to account it: there will be no true contentment to thee, while thou perceiuest discontentment in her: and therefore wilt not needlesly crosse her, to cause discontentment to her.
- *[…] 2•.•.〈…〉 2•.•.
- 2[…] 3.1•.〈…〉 3.1•.
- iMa•ac. 2.14.
- kPhilip. 4.3.
- l1. Cor. 13.5. Philip •2.•.
- m1 Cor. 10 33.
- n1 Cor. 10.33.
- oRom. 15.1, 2, 3.
