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…

Where cometh to be condemned, first the fondness of such parents as join their daughters to heads before they are able thus to be helpers, yea oft match them to an head, ere they are able to dress their own head, much less to afford any good help to their married head.

Where commeth to bee condemned, first the sondnesse of such parents as ioyne their daughters to heads before they are able thus to bee helpers, yea ost match them to an head, ere they are able to dresse their owne head, much lesse to affoord any good helpe to their married head.

As also of those that bring them up so in idleness and dissoluteness, that they are good for nothing when they are married, but to sit in the shop as a babe on a stall, to see and be seen, or as an image in the house, that hath limbs without use; being altogether ⟨p. 20⟩unfit to do ought about the house, or to manage any thing that appertaineth thereunto.

As also of those that bring them vp so in idlenes and dissolutenesse, that they are good for nothing when they are married, but to sit in the shop as a babe on a stall, to see and be seene, or as an image in the house, that hath lims without vse; being altogether ⟨p. 20⟩vnfit to doe ought about the house, or to manage any thing that appertaineth thereunto.

Again, here cometh to be condemned the practise of such wives as are gadders abroad; least acquainted with, or delighting in ought at their own home: rather in that regard the daughters of ^f