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…

Yea the place, whence she was taken, may teach as much. ¹She was taken from the side; she was framed of the rib. In regard whereof it is said of Lamech, ^swho first brought in Polygamy, that ^*he divided one rib into twain: and of the devil ^ttempting Job by his wife, that he sought to make passage through the Rib to the Heart. ^*As it were therefore a thing prodigious and monstrous in nature for the rib in the body to stand either equal with or above ⟨p. 10⟩the head: so we may well say here, that a ^*mankind woman or a masterly wi•e is even a monster in nature.

Yea the place, whence shee was taken, may teach as much. ¹Shee was taken from the side; she was framed of the ribbe. In regard whereof it is said of Lamech, ^swho first brought in Polygamie, that ^*he diuided one rib into twaine: and of the deuill ^ttempting Iob by his wife, that he sought to make passage through the Rib to the Heart. ^*As it were therefore a thing prodigious and monstrous in nature for the rib in the body to stand either equall with or aboue ⟨p. 10⟩