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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…
Marriage duties briefly couched together out of Colossians, 3. 18, 19. By Thomas Gataker Bachelor of Divinity and pastor of Rotherhith.Marriage duties briefely couched togither out of Colossians, 3. 18, 19. By Thomas Gataker Bachelar of Diuinitie and pastor of Rotherhith.
London: printed by William Jones for William Bladen, 1620London: printed by William Iones for William Bladen, 1620
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Which may serve therefore, for Admonition, to admonish every Christian woman in holy wisdom and godly discretion to *learn to know her place and her part; and to fashion her mind and her will, her disposition and her practise accordingly ⟨p. 11⟩thereunto: yea though she be her self of a greater spirit, and in some respect of better parts, though she bring much with her, though the main estate come by her, yet to acknowledge her husband, as God hath appointed him, to be her superior as he is her husband and her head: (which acknowledgement is the ground of the duty here urged; as the contrary conceit cutteth of all conscionable carriage in this kind) that she be willing ato wear the yoke and bear the burden that God in his ordinance hath imposed on her: and not only avoid and forbear, but even hate and abhor the contrary, as a course abominable in Gods sight, odious in mans eyes, and prejudicial to them both.
Which may serue therefore, for Admonition, to admonish euery Christian woman in holy wisedome and godly discretion to *learne to know her place and her part; and to fashion her minde and her will, her disposition and her practise accordingly ⟨p. 11⟩thereunto: yea though she be her selfe of a greater spirit, and in some respect of better parts, though she bring much with her, though the maine estate come by her, yet to acknowledge her husband, as God hath appointed him, to be her superiour as he is her husband and her head: (which acknowledgement is the ground of the dutie here vrged; as the contrarie conceite cutteth of all conscionable carriage in this kinde) that she be willing ato weare the yoake and beare the burden that God in his ordinance hath imposed on her: and not onely auoide and forbeare, but euen hate and abhorre the contrary, as a course abominable in Gods sight, odious in mans eyes, and preiudiciall to them both.