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An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on…An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on…
An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reverend divine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his own hand ...An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reuerend diuine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his owne hand ...
London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for John Bartlett, 1630London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for Iohn Bartlett, 1630
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
This protection also must extend it self, according to the danger: as
This protection also must extend it selfe, according to the danger: as
1 Spiritual: of the soul; that he keep from the house Idolatrous persons, as Jesuits, &c. and profane and vain persons.
1 Spirituall: of the soule; that he keepe from the house Idolatrous persons, as Iesuites, &c. and prophane and vaine persons.
2 Corporal: to preserve her from violence and hurt.
2 Corporall: to preserue her from violence and hurt.
3 For her good name: to maintain her credit against slanderous persons, being as well dead as alive: wherefore he must also be ready to hear her complaint. He must be further careful to maintain her honour and authority in the family against children and servants, yea, though they be the children of a former wife; unless that the cause be just: for there are many cruel and rigorous stpdames, and in this case he must use all gentle means to pacify his wife: or if this will not serve, then to remove the cause of this hatred, and to place the children somewhere else: for the man and woman may by no means depart asunder. The reason is, because the latter wife is as true a wife as the former, and therefore the same duties belong unto her which did unto the former: for many times it falleth out, hat the second wife is not respected like the first; but surely if the husband think he cannot so love another woman as he did his former, the best way for him is to remain a widower.