A68107:2494
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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Object. The wives of Jacob do term the goods which their husbands had theirs, saying, the riches which God hath taken from our Father is OURS, Gen. 31. 16.
Obiect. The wiues of Iaakob doe terme the goods which their husbands had theirs, saying, the riches which God hath taken from our Father is OVRS, Gen. 31. 16.
Answ. They use the word Ours in opposition to their fathers house, and in relation not to their persons, but to their 1husbands family, and therefore they add and our children's: So as by that place no greater right can be proved for wives, then for children. When the holy Ghost speaketh of the same goods, he saith not in relation to husband and wives both, their flocks, their substance, but only in relation to the husband, his flocks, his substance. For as in mixture of wine and water, though the greater quantity be water, yet we call the whole, wine: so in the common goods of the family, though the wife should bring the greater part, we call all the husbands.
Answ. They vse the word Ours in opposition to their fathers house, and in relation not to their persons, but to their 1husbands family, and therefore they adde and our childrens: So as by that place no greater right can be proued for wiues, then for children. When the holy Ghost speaketh of the same goods, he saith not in relation to husband and wiues both, their flockes, their substance, but only in relation to the husband, his flockes, his substance. For as in mixture of wine and water, though the greater quantitie be water, yet we call the whole, wine: so in the common goods of the family, though the wife should bring the greater part, we call all the husbands.