A14136:125
The Obedience of a Christian Man
The obedie[n]ce of a Christen man and how Christ[n] rulers ought to govern, where in also (if thou mark diligently) thou shalt find eyes to perceive the crafty conveyance of all jugglers.The obedie[n]ce of a Christen man and how Christe[n] rulers ought to governe, where in also (if thou marke diligently) thou shalt fynde eyes to perceave the crafty conveyance of all iugglers.
At Marlborow in the lande of Hesse i.e. Antwerp : the second day of October. Anno. M.CCCCC.xxviii, by me Hans luft i.e. J. Hoochstraten, 1528At Marlborow in the lande of Hesse i.e. Antwerp : the seconde daye of October. Anno. M.CCCCC.xxviii, by me Hans luft i.e. J. Hoochstraten, 1528
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¶The office of an husband and how he ought to rule.
¶The office of an husbāde and how he ought to rule.
Husbands love your wives / as Christ loved the congregation / & gave him self for it / to sanctify it and cleanse it. Men ought to love their wives as their own bodies. For this cause shall a man leave father & mother and shall continue with his wife and shall be made both one flesh. See that every one of you love his wife even as his own body: All this saith Paul. Ephe. v. & Collo. iij. he saith husbands love your wives and be not bitter unto them / & Peter in the thread Chapter of his ⟨p. l⟩first pis•le saith / 1men dwell with your wives according to knowledge (that is according to the doctrine of Christ) giving reverence unto the wife / as unto the weaker vessel (that is / help her to bear her infirmities) & as unto them that are heirs also of the grace of life / that your prayers be not let. 2In many things God hath made the men stronger than the women / not to rage upon them & to be tyrants unto them but to help them to bear their weakness. Be courteous therefore unto them and win them unto Christ & overcome them with kindness / that of love they may obey the ordinance that God hath made between man & wife.
HVsbādes love youre wives / as Christ loved the cōgregaciō / & gave hī selfe for it / to sāctifie it and clēse it. Men ought to love their wives as their awne bodies. For this cause shall a mā leave father & mother and shall cōtynue with his wife and shalbe made both one flesh. Se that every one of you love his wife evē as his awne bodie: All this sayth Paul.