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…

Fourthly, a constant and painful endeavour of doing something, as ability, leisure and opportunity shall give leave, toward the supporting and ⟨p. 21⟩upholding, or the raising and advancing of their estate, and the further enlarging of their means. For ^fa wise woman, saith Solomon, helpeth to build up the house: and the good house-wife, as his mother describeth her to him, ^griseth before day, and sitteth up late at night: As ⁱshe suffereth none to be idle in the house, so ^kshe is not idle her self: She thinketh not scorn to soil her hands; but girdeth up her loins, and setteth her self to some profitable work: ^mgetteth her wool and flax about her, and putteth her hand to the wheel, and her fingers to the spindle, ⁿmaketh such things as may serve for the apparelling of her husband her self and her household, or may be of use otherwise about the house: or if no need of it in the house, ^pto sell and make merchandise of; and that no discredit or discommendation at all to her neither: or if neither of both be needful, ^qto help to relieve, as good ^rDorcas did, the poor servants of God with.

Fourthly, a constant and painefull endeauour of doing something, as abilitie, leisure and opportunitie shall giue leaue, toward the supporting and ⟨p. 21⟩