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The sermons of Master Henry Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his…The sermons of Maister Henrie Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his…
The sermons of Master Henry Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his corrected copies in his life time.The sermons of Maister Henrie Smith gathered into one volume. Printed according to his corrected copies in his life time.
London: printed by Richard Field for Thomas Man, 1593
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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 meetness God showeth again, in the 22. verse,1 where Moses saith, That of the rib which was taken out of man, God built the woman: signifying, that as one part of the building doth meet and fit with another: so the wife should meet and fit with the husband; that as they are called couples, so they may be called pairs, that is, as a pair of gloves, or a pair of hose are like: so man and wife should be like, because they are a pair of friends.
This meetnesse God sheweth againe, in the 22. verse,1 where Moses sayth, That of the rib which was taken out of man, God built the womā: signifying, that as one part of the building dooth meet and fit with another: so the wife should meet and fit with the husband; that as they are called couples, so they may be called paires, that is, as a paire of gloues, or a paire of hose are like: so man and wife should be like, because they are a paire of friends.
If thou be learned, choose one that loveth knowledge; if thou be martial, choose one that loveth prows; if thou must live by thy labour, choose one that loveth husbandry: for unless her mind stand with thy vocation, thou shalt ⟨p. 22⟩neither enjoy thy wife nor thy calling.
If thou bee learned, chuse one that loueth knowledge; if thou be martial, chuse one that loueth prowes; if thou must liue by thy labor, chuse one that loueth husbandrie: for vnlesse her mind stand with thy vocation, thou shalt ⟨p. 22⟩