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A bride-bush, or A wedding sermon compendiously describing the duties of married personsA bride-bush, or A vvedding sermon compendiously describing the duties of married persons
A bride-bush, or A wedding sermon compendiously describing the duties of married persons: by performing whereof, marriage shall be to them a great help, which now find it a little hell.A bride-bush, or A vvedding sermon compendiously describing the duties of married persons: by performing whereof, marriage shall be to them a great helpe, which now finde it a little hell.
London: printed by William Jaggard for Nicholas Bourne, 1617London: printed by William Iaggard for Nicholas Bourne, 1617
A BRIDE-BUSH: OR A Wedding Sermon.A BRIDE-BVSH: OR A Wedding Sermon.
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.
The Husband is the Wives head.
The Husband is the Wiues head.
The comparison which the holy Ghost here useth, affords this general point, That there is a mutual bond of duty standing betwixt man and wife. They are indebted each to other in a reciprocal debt. The parcels and specials of which debt, I am at this time to declare unto you for the direction of all such as either are or shall be entered into this estate.
THe comparison which the holy Ghost heere vseth, affords this generall point, That there is a mutuall bond of duty standing betwixt man and wife. They are indebted each to other in a reciprocall debt. The parcels and specials of which debt, I am at this time to declare vnto you for the direction of all such as either are or shall be entred into this estate.
2 Now that we may proceed in some order for the help of our own and your memories, these duties are all of two kinds. Some be principal, some less principal. Principal I term those, by the breach whereof this knot is dissolved and quite undone: and which being observed (other smaller infirmities notwithstanding) the bond remains entire on both sides.
2 Now that we may proceed in some order for the help of our owne and your memories, these duties are all of two kinds. Some be principall, some lesse principall. Principall I terme those, by the breach whereof this knot is dissolued and quite vndone: and which being obserued (other smaller infirmities notwithstanding) the bond remaines entire on both sides.