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Yet is not this as much too say, as that God meant too break that yoke, and too give children leave too be stubborn against their fathers and mothers, when they be once married. God changeth not any whit of the things that he hath ordained. Therefore he that hath a father or mother alive, ought too be still subject too them, without ceasing of from doing his duty, according as the scripture showeth, and as nature also teacheth every man too do. For we have it engraven in us, and we cannot wipe it out. Thus ye see that married folks cease not too be always subject too their fathers and mothers. But here the case standeth upon the comparing of the one with the other: as if he should say, If a young man should forsake his father, & have him in any contempt or disdain, or be stubborn against him, or yield him no reverence: would not the world say, he were a monster? Now if God have commanded in his law, that stubborn and disobedient children should be stoned,¹ and that men should root such villainy out of the world: what a thing is it, when a man shall forsake his wife, or the wife her husband? Surely it is an outrageous crime. Then if it be intolerable that the child should rise up against his father: (No doubt but) the bond of wedlock is yi• much holier, and more expressly commended too us of God. Seeing it is so: it standeth every man on hand, too look that he discharge his duty. For if a woman have a froward head of her own, so as she must be brawling every minute of an hour, and will not be subject to her husband: also if the husband be churlish & cruel, so as he disdaineth his wife: it is not a doing of wrong to a humane creature, but to God, who is the author of marriage, & hath ordained it with such condition, as we hear of here. And so ye see what we have to remember upon the first part of this text.

Yit is not this as much too say, as that God ment too breake that yoke, and too giue children leaue too bee stubborne ageinst their fathers and moothers, when they bee once maryed. God chaungeth not any whit of the things that he hath ordeyned. Therfore he that hath a father or moother alyue, ought too bee still subiect too them, without ceassing of from dooing his dewtie, according as the scripture sheweth, and as nature also teacheth euery man too doo. For wee haue it ingrauen in vs, and wee cannot wype it out. Thus yee see that maryed folks ceasse not too bee alwayes subiect too their fathers and moothers. But heere the cace standeth vppon the comparing of the one with the other: as if he should say, If a yong man should forsake his father, & haue him in any contempt or diseine, or be stubborne ageinst him, or yeeld him no reuerence: would not the world say, hee were a monster? Now if God haue commaunded in his lawe, that stubborne and disobedient children should bee stoned,