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…

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 ^fDinah then ^sSarah; whom we know ^twhat befell upon her wandering abroad. And surely as the Apostle joineth ^uchastity and home keeping together, as the one a means of preserving the other: so ^xthe wise man maketh such gadding abroad a note of a light and a lewd housewife.

Againe, here commeth to bee condemned the practise of such wiues as are gadders abroad; least acquainted with, or delighting in ought at their owne home: rather in that regard the daughters of