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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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§. 19. Of divers kinds of consent.
§. 19. Of diuers kindes of consent.
II. A consent may be general or particular. A general 1consent is given, when without distinct respect to this or that particular, liberty is granted to a wife by her husband to do all things as seemeth good in her own eyes. aThat excellent good wife, and notable good house-wife that is set forth by the Wise-man, had such a consent. For first, it is said, bThe heart of her husband trusteth in her; and then it is inferred, that ⟨p. 289⟩she ordereth all the things of the house, whereof many particulars are there specified. Whence I gather, that her husband observing her to be a godly, wise, faithful, and industrious woman, gave her power and liberty to do in the house-hold affairs, what she thought good, (he being a public magistrate, for che was known in the gates, sitting among the Elders of the land) and accordingly she used her liberty.
II. A consent may be generall or particular. A generall 1consent is giuen, when without distinct respect to this or that particular, libertie is granted to a wife by her husband to doe all things as seemeth good in her owne eyes.