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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 3 › Section 15: §. 15. Of wives meekness in their speeches.Treatise 3 › Section 15: §. 15. Of wiues meeknesse in their speeches.

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§. 15. Of wives ^*meekness in their speeches.

§. 15. Of wiues ^*meeknesse in their speeches.

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Meekness in a wives manner of framing her speech to her husband, doth also commend her reverend respect of him. This is an especial effect of that meek and quiet spirit which S. Peter requireth of wives; which duty he doth strongly enforce by this weighty argument, ^awhich is before God a thing much set by. Is a wives meekness much set by before God, and shall not wives hold it both a bounden duty, and comely ornament, and grace unto them? As the form of words which a wife useth in asking or answering questions, or any other kind of discourse which she holdeth with her husband, so her moderation in persisting, arguing and pressing matters, yea and the mild composition of her countenance in speaking, declare her meekness. If she be desirous to obtain any thing of him, fairly she must entreat it, as the ^bShunemite: If she would move him to perform a bounden duty, mildly she must persuade him. If she would restrain and keep him from doing that which is evil, even that also she must do with some meekness, as ^cPilats wife: If she have occasion to tell him of a fault, therein she ought to manifest humility and reverence, by observing a fit season, and doing it after a gentle manner as ^dAbigail: who as she wisely behaved her self in this respect with her husband in observing a fit season, so also with David by intimating his fault unto him, rather then plainly reproving him, when she said, It shall be no grief nor offence unto my Lord, that he hath not shed blood causeless. This

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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

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EEBO-TCP A68107

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5,099

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859

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

§. 15. Of wives ^*meekness in their speeches.

§. 15. Of wiues ^*meeknesse in their speeches.

§. 16. Of a wives speech of her husband ^*in his absence.

§. 16. Of a wiues speech of her husband ^*in his absence.

§. 17. Of a wives obedience in general.

§. 17. Of a wiues obedience in generall.

§. 18. Of the cases wherein a wife hath power to order things of the house without her husbands consent.

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

§. 15. Of wives *meekness in their speeches.

§. 15. Of wiues *meeknesse in their speeches.

§. 16. Of a wives speech of her husband *in his absence.

§. 16. Of a wiues speech of her husband *in his absence.

§. 17. Of a wives obedience in general.

§. 17. Of a wiues obedience in generall.

§. 18. Of the cases wherein a wife hath power to order things of the house without her husbands consent.

§. 15. Of wives ^*meekness in their speeches.

§. 15. Of wiues ^*meeknesse in their speeches.

§. 16. Of a wives speech of her husband ^*in his absence.

§. 16. Of a wiues speech of her husband ^*in his absence.