A14150:96
A path way i[n]to the holy scripture
London: printed by Thomas Godfray, 1536
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.
Husbands / love your wives / even as Christ loveth the congregation / & gave him self for it to sanctify it / & cleansed it in the fountain of water through the word / to make it unto himself a glorious congregation without spot or wrinkle or any such thing.
Husbandes / loue youre wyues / euen as Christ loueth the congregatyon / & gaue him selfe for it to sāctifye it / & clensed it in the fountayne of water thorowe the worde / to make it vnto hīselfe a gloriouse cōgregatyon withoute spotte or wryncle or any suche thynge.
So ought men to love their wives / as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife / loveth him self. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh but nourished it. &c.
So ought men to loue their wyues / as their owne bodyes. He that loueth his wyfe / loueth him selfe. For no man euer yet hated his own flesshe but nourisshed it. &c.