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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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§. 42. Of husbands and wives mutual help in hospitality.
§. 42. Of husbands and wiues mutuall helpe in hospitality.
The next common duty of husband and wife respecteth ⟨p. 262⟩such as come to their house, but are no particular members thereof, whether they be kindred, alliance, acquaintance, or strangers, especially if they be Saints, to whom ahospitality, that is, a kind and courteous entertainment, is due. Herein therefore must husbands and wives be helpful one to another: for as it is required of bhusbands, so also of cwives to be harborous, namely while they are married, together with their husbands, and when they are widows, of themselves. dAbraham and Sarah were herein an help one to another, when the three Angels in shapes of men came to their house: so were ethe Shunemite and her husband when Elisha the Prophet came to their house.
The next common duty of husband and wife respecteth ⟨p. 262⟩such as come to their house, but are no particular members thereof, whether they be kindred, alliance, acquaintance, or strangers, especially if they be Saints, to whom ahospitality, that is, a kinde and courteous entertainment, is due. Herein therefore must husbands and wiues be helpfull one to another: for as it is required of