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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 30 › Question 1: 1. Object. Marriage giving a wife right of her husbands body, doth much more of his goods.Treatise 3 › Section 30 › Question 1: 1. Obiect. Mariage giuing a wife right of her husbands body, doth much more of his goods.

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1. Object. Marriage giving a wife right of her husbands body, ¹doth much more of his goods.

1. Obiect. Mariage giuing a wife right of her husbands body, ¹doth much more of his goods.

1Cor. 7. 4.

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Answ. I deny the consequence. For the use of the body is a proper act of the matrimonial bond, wherein the difference betwixt superiority and subjection appeareth not: the wife hath as great a power over the husbands body as the husband over the wives: which is not so in the goods: no one thing can be named, wherein the power and authority of the husband more consisteth, then in the goods.

Answ. I denie the consequence. For the vse of the body is a proper act of the matrimoniall bond, wherein the difference betwixt superioritie and subiection appeareth not: the wife hath as great a power ouer the husbands body as the husband ouer the wiues: which is not so in the goods: no one thing can be named, wherein the power and authoritie of the husband more consisteth, then in the goods.

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2. Object. In the form of marriage the man saith to his wife, with all my worldly goods I thee endow.

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Title as printed

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…

1. Object. Marriage giving a wife right of her husbands body, ¹doth much more of his goods.

1. Obiect. Mariage giuing a wife right of her husbands body, ¹doth much more of his goods.

2. Object. In the form of marriage the man saith to his wife, with all my worldly goods I thee endow.

2. Obiect. In the forme of mariage the man saith to his wife, with all my worldly goods I thee indow.

§. 31. Of the privileges of wives above Children and servants in and about the goods of the family.

§. 31. Of the priuiledges of wiues aboue Children and seruants in and about the goods of the familie.

Quest. Where then is the preferment of the wife above servants and children, if she have not a property?

Quest. Where then is the preferment of the wife aboue seruants and children, if she haue not a property?

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

1. Object. Marriage giving a wife right of her husbands body, 1doth much more of his goods.

1. Obiect. Mariage giuing a wife right of her husbands body, 1doth much more of his goods.

2. Object. In the form of marriage the man saith to his wife, with all my worldly goods I thee endow.

2. Obiect. In the forme of mariage the man saith to his wife, with all my worldly goods I thee indow.

§. 31. Of the privileges of wives above Children and servants in and about the goods of the family.

§. 31. Of the priuiledges of wiues aboue Children and seruants in and about the goods of the familie.

Quest. Where then is the preferment of the wife above servants and children, if she have not a property?

Quest. Where then is the preferment of the wife aboue seruants and children, if she haue not a property?

1. Object. Marriage giving a wife right of her husbands body, ¹doth much more of his goods.

1. Obiect. Mariage giuing a wife right of her husbands body, ¹doth much more of his goods.