2. By an hearty and cheerful submission: 1. To all his lawful and honest dictates and directions: For her personal behaviour and carriage; that it may be fashioned and adderest, with an ingenuous and loving accommodation of her self to do him all the honour, and give him all the contentment she can possibly with good conscience: for educating, ordering and disposing her children, servants, and other domesticall affairs (wherein notwithstanding there are some passages, more proper and native to her sex, in which, except she be witless, graceless, and strangely weak, it will be very unmanly, dishonourable and unworthy for him to be too meddling, prying and pragmatical:) But above all, for guiding her aright in the sweet and glorious path of Christianity, that after their nearest, and dearest comfort, and communion in the best things and spiritual blessings, which only can allay the smart of all cross accidents, & sweeten the bitterness of a few & evil days in this vale of tears, they may for ever be crowned together in heaven. 2. To all his reasonable, and Religious restraints: not only from wicked haunts, and customs, sinful fashions, and passions• but in case of inconvenience, dishonour or just displeasure, for the abridging, or abandoning of her ease, will, desires, delights, this or that company, conformity to the times in her attire, &c. For the Spouse, for Christs sake, sovereignty and love, doth deny her self, her own reason, and wisdom, her natural wit, and wilfulness, her passions, pleasures, and profits, her ease and liberty, &c. And the wife is charged by blessed Paul, to be subject to her husband, as the Church is to Christ, Eph. 5. 24. 3. To all his motions, ⟨p. 252⟩admonitions, counsels, comforts, reproofs, commands, countermands, even in every thing, only in the Lord. So we see the1 body to rest upon the heads motion, either for rest, or motion. In a word, she ought like a true looking glass, faithfully to represent & return to her husbands heart, with a sweet, and pleasing pliableness, the exact lineaments and proportions of all his honest desires, and demands; and that without discontent, thwarting, or sourness. For her subjection2 in this kind should be as to Christ, sincere, hearty and free.
2. By an hearty and cheerefull submission: 1. To all his lawfull and honest dictates and directions: For her personall behauiour and carriage; that it may be fashioned and addrest, with an ingenuous and louing accōmodation of her selfe to doe him all the honour, and giue him all the contentment she can possibly with good conscience: for educating, ordering and disposing her children, seruants, and other domesticall affaires (wherein notwithstanding there are some passages, more proper and natiue to her sexe, in which, except she be witlesse, gracelesse, and strangely weake, it will be very vnmanly, dishonourable and vnworthy for him to be too medling, prying and pragmaticall:) But aboue all, for guiding her aright in the sweete and glorious path of Christianity, that after their neerest, and dearest comfort, and communion in the best things and spirituall blessings, which onely can allay the smart of al crosse accidents, & sweeten the bitternesse of a few & euill daies in this vale of teares, they may for euer be crowned together in heauen. 2. To all his reasonable, and Religious restraints: not onely from wicked haunts, and customes, sinfull fashions, and passions• but in case of inconuenience, dishonour or iust displeasure, for the abridging, or abandoning of her ease, wil, desires, delights, this or that company, conformity to the times in her attyre, &c. For the Spouse, for Christs sake, soueraignty and loue, doth deny her selfe, her owne reason, and wisedome, her naturall wit, and wilfulnesse, her passions, pleasures, and profits, her ease and liberty, &c. And the wife is charged by blessed Paul, to bee subiect to her husband, as the Church is to Christ, Eph. 5. 24. 3. To all his motions, ⟨p. 252⟩admonitions, counsels, comforts, reproofs, commands, countermands, euen in euery thing, only in the Lord. So we see the1 body to rest vpon the heads motion, eyther for rest, or motion. In a word, she ought like a true looking glasse, faithfully to represent & returne to her husbands heart, with a sweete, and pleasing pliablenesse, the exact lineaments and proportions of all his honest desires, and demands; and that without discontent, thwarting, or sowrenesse. For her subiection2 in this kind should be as to Christ, sincere, hearty and free.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] ▪ Ephe. 5. 24.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 ▪ Ephe. 5. 24.
- 2[Greek or Hebrew]. Eph. 5. 22.〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Eph. 5. 22.
