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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
Treatise 1 › Section 80: §. 80. Of preferring husband or wife before parents.
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.
A wife, or an husband must be preferred before parents. The 1examples of bLeah and Rachel, yea and of cMicol, are commendable in this respect.
- 1Doct.
- bGen. 31. 14.
- c1 Sam. 19. 11
1. The bond of marriage is more ancient, more firm, more 1near. There was husband and wife before there was parent and child: and there is a time when parents & children may depart one from another, and that while both live: but no time, wherein man and wife may part asunder till death part them. And children though they come from the flesh of their parents, yet are made two (so as of one are two) but husbands and wives though they were two before, yet are made one (so as of two is one.)
1. The bond of mariage is more ancient, more firme, more 1neere. There was husband and wife before there was parent and child: and there is a time when parents & children may depart one from another, and that while both liue: but no time, wherein man and wife may part asunder till death part them. And children though they come from the flesh of their parents, yet are made two (so as of one are two) but husbands and wiues though they were two before, yet are made one (so as of two is one.)