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…

Or such as though they keep within, yet sit idle at home: must have ^ytheir gossips come and sit with them to tell tales and news, that they may not be idle without company: little weighing with themselves, that time the mean while runneth on, and work about the house goeth but untowardly forward, while there is none to oversee, or look after it.

Or such as though they keepe within, yet sit idle at home: must haue ^ytheir gossips come and sit with them to tell tales and newes, that they may not be idle without company: little weighing with themselues, that time the meane while runneth on, and worke about the house goeth but vntowardly forward, while there is none to ouersee, or looke after it.

1. y1 Tim. 5.13.

As also the practise of such as are wasters, spenders and spoilers of their husbands wealth, and of that they bring in; ^*that therein indeed like the Tortoise, carry their whole house on their back, which though they feel not the weight of, yet maketh the husbands back ache, yea and crack too, breaketh the back of their estate: (as ^*in that sex commonly there is no ho, when a wasteful humour is once in:) so far are they from helping to further or advance their estate. Such should remember the saying of Solomon, that ^zas the wise woman ⟨p. 21⟩helpeth to build up the house: so she is a fool that thus pulleth the house down with her own hands.