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…

First Honour, the ^cgeneral duty of all inferiors required in the fifth precept; (wherein as all inferiors are comprised under one kind, so all their duty under this one term) more specially applied to this particular, in ^dthat edict of Assuerus, that all women, high or low, do give honour to their husbands: and it consisteth in a reverent and respectful carriage towards them: (commended ^ein Sarah her behaviour towards Abraham, that thought reverently of him as her head, ^fspake reverently of him as her Lord,) that neither when they are kind and familiar together, they grow into gross terms; nor if any jar or offence fall out, they rush into tart and sour words; but take heed of all unreverent and unsavoury language of them, of all unseemly and uncomely carriage toward them; like that of Jezebel to Ahab, ^gDoest thou judge Israel? or of ^hMical to David telling him, that he plaid the fool in dancing before Gods Ark: which speech of hers as ⁱit argued a contempt of him in her heart; so it was ^kjustly plagued in her by God with barrenness as a breach of his ordinance, she had no child for it to her dying day.

First Honour, the ^cgenerall dutie of all inferiours required in the fift precept; (wherein as all inferiours are comprised vnder one kinde, so all their dutie vnder this one tearme) more specially applied to this particular, in ^dthat edict of Assuerus, that all women, high or low, doe giue honou to their husbands: and it consisteth in a reuerent and respectfull carriage towards them: (commended