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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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For the first, that a reverend gesture & carriage of her self to 1her husband, and in her husbands presence, beseemeth a wife, was of old implied by the veil which the woman used to put on, when she was brought unto her husband, as is noted in the aexample of Rebekah: whereunto the Apostle alludeth in these words, bthe woman ought to have power on her head. That cover on the woman's head, as in general it implied subjection, so in particular this kind of subjection, viz. a reverend carriage and gesture. But most expressly is this duty set down by cSaint Peter who exhorteth wives to order their conversation before their husbands, so as it be pure, with reverence.
For the first, that a reuerend gesture & carriage of her selfe to 1her husband, and in her husbands presence, beseemeth a wife, was of old implied by the vaile which the woman vsed to put on, when she was brought vnto her husband, as is noted in the aexample of Rebekah: whereunto the Apostle alludeth in these words, bthe woman ought to haue power on her head. That couer on the womans head, as in generall it implied subiection, so in particular this kinde of subiection, viz. a reuerend carriage and gesture. But most expresly is this dutie set downe by cSaint Peter who exhorteth wiues to order their conuersation before their husbands, so as it be pure, with reuerence.
- 1A wives reverence in her gesture.A wiues reuerence in her gesture.