Marriage duties briefly couched together out of Colossians, 3. 18, 19. By Thomas Gataker…Marriage duties briefely couched togither out of Colossians, 3. 18, 19. By Thomas Gataker…

And generally all that misspend that though earned with their own hands, or left them by friends, that should maintain house & wife with. Such must know that they rob wife and children and themselves of what they wast in that sort, and so are no better then such as rob by the high way side. For it is no less sin to rob them, then to rob a mere stranger whom a man is more nearly tied unto then he is to any stranger. And therefore as ^lhe that robbeth his father and mother, so he that robs wife & children, and saith it is no sin, is companion to a destroyer, or ^*next neighbour to ⟨p. 47⟩a murderer, as m the word used there may well signify

And generally all that mispend that though earned with their owne hands, or left them by friends, that should maintaine house & wife with. Such must know that they robbe wife and children and themselues of what they wast in that sort, and so are no better then such as rob by the high way side. For it is no lesse sin to rob them, then to rob a meere stranger whom a man is more neerely tied vnto then he is to any stranger. And therefore as ^lhe that robbeth his father and mother, so he that robs wife & children, and saith it is no sin, is companion to a destroyer, or ^*next neighbour to ⟨p. 47⟩a murtherer, as m the word vsed there may wel signifie

1. lProv 28.24.
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