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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
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§. 79. Of the ancient Law of marriage.
§. 79. Of the ancient Law of mariage.
EPHES. 5. 31. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife: and they two shall be one flesh.
EPHES. 5. 31. For this cause shall a man leaue his father and mother, and shall be ioyned vnto his wife: and they two shall be one flesh.
The same points which were before laid down, concerning the near union of man and wife, and of Christ and the Church, are here further confirmed by the ancient law of marriage: which the Apostle doth the rather mention, because it followeth upon that text, whereunto he alluded in the former verse. For when Moses had alleged these words of Adam concerning Eve, This is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh, he 1addeth this law, Therefore shall a man leave his father, &c. In this place these words have both a literal and a mystical sense. A literal of man and wife. A mystical of Christ and the Church. The main thing which the Apostle aimeth at, is to