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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.
By this clause two things are implied.
1. That a wife is not only as a mans body, namely, his outward flesh, but as his person, his body and soul. She is as his body, because she was taken out of his body: and because 1she is set under him, as his body under his head. She is as himself, by reason of the bond of marriage, which maketh one of two. In which respect a wife is commonly called a mans 2second self.
1. That a wife is not only as a mans bodie, namely, his outward flesh, but as his person, his bodie and soule. She is as his bodie, because she was taken out of his bodie: and because 1she is set vnder him, as his bodie vnder his head. She is as himselfe, by reason of the bond of mariage, which maketh one of two. In which respect a wife is commonly called a mans