Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out…

The first clause (for this cause) implieth a necessary connection ¹with that which went before. The near union of man and wife, as well as of Christ and his Church, was before noted. A wife was said to be as the ^bbody of a man, yea as ^bhimself. Adam called her his flesh and bones. Hereupon both Moses and Paul infer, Therefore, or, For this cause shall a man leave father. Because man and wife are so near by Gods ⟨p. 111⟩institution, they must also be most dear each to other in their mutual affection.

The first clause (for this cause) implieth a necessarie connexion ¹with that which went before. The neere vnion of man and wife, as well as of Christ and his Church, was before noted. A wife was said to be as the ^bbodie of a man, yea as ^bhimselfe. Adam called her his flesh and bones. Hereupon both Moses and Paul inferre, Therefore, or, For this cause shall a man leaue father. Because man and wife are so neere by Gods ⟨p. 111⟩institution, they must also be most deare each to other in their mutuall affection.

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2. bVers. 28. Gen. 2. 23.
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