A68107:1371

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

Name: Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out…
Author: William Gouge

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.

William Gouge 1578–1653London: printed by John Haviland for William Bladen, 1622London: printed by Iohn Haviland for William Bladen, 1622

[24], 191, 196-693, [3] p. · 266k words · STC 12119 · ESTC S103290

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Treatise 1 › Section 80: §. 80. Of preferring husband or wife before parents.

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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.)

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What wrong then do such parents unto their children, as ¹keep them, even after they are married, so strait under subjection, ²as they cannot freely perform such duty as they ought to their husband, or their wife? This is more then a parents authority reacheth unto. Yet many think that their children owe as much service to them after they are married as before: which is directly against this law.

What wrong then doe such parents vnto their children, as

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Title as printed

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.

Author

William Gouge 1578–1653

Place

London

Printer

John HavilandIohn Haviland

Bookseller

William Bladen

Year

1622

Size

[24], 191, 196-693, [3] p.

Words

266,042

Catalogue

STC 12119 · ESTC S103290

Text

EEBO-TCP A68107

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5,099

Sections

859

Title page

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

§. 81. Of the firmness of the matrimonial bond.

§. 81. Of the firmnesse of the matrimoniall bond.

§. 82. Of two only to be joined together in marriage.

§. 82. Of two only to be ioyned together in mariage.

Object. This particle (two) is not in the law as Moses recordeth ¹it.

Obiect. This particle (two) is not in the law as Moses recordeth ¹it.

Quest. Why did God at first make but one man, and one woman?

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