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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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§. 4. Of a fond conceit, that husband and wife are equal.
§. 4. Of a fond conceit, that husband and wife are equall.
Contrary to the forenamed subjection is the opinion of many wives, who think themselves every way as good as their husbands, and no way inferior to them.
Contrary to the forenamed subiection is the opinion of many wiues, who thinke themselues euery way as good as their husbands, and no way inferiour to them.
The reason whereof seemeth to be that small inequality 1which is betwixt the husband and the wife: for of all degrees wherein there is any difference betwixt person and person, there is the least disparity betwixt man and wife. Though the man be as the head, yet is the woman as the heart, which is the most excellent part of the body next the head, far more excellent then any other member under the head, and almost equal to the head in many respects, and as necessary as the head. As an evidence, that a wife is to man as the heart to the head, she was at her bfirst creation taken out of the side of man where his heart lieth; and though the woman was at first