A68107:1111
Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out…
Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out of which domesticall duties are raised. ... VIII. Duties of masters. By William Gouge.
London: printed by John Haviland for William Bladen, 1622London: printed by Iohn Haviland for William Bladen, 1622
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.
He is her head, therefore she must be subject to him.
He is her head, therefore she must be subiect to him.
She is his body, therefore he must love her.
She is his bodie, therefore he must loue her.
This example of a mans self is both a reason, the more to move husbands to love their wives, and also a rule to teach them how to love them.
This example of a mans selfe is both a reason, the more to moue husbands to loue their wiues, and also a rule to teach them how to loue them.
The reason is implied under that near union that is betwixt 1a man and his wife: she is as near to him as his own body: therefore she ought to be as deer to him. The body never dissenteth from it self, nor the soul against it self. So neither should man and wife.