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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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3. It is alleged that wives have as great a care in getting 1goods, or in preserving them for the good of the family: therefore it is just and equal, that they should have a like power in disposing them.
3. It is alleadged that wiues haue as great a care in getting 1goods, or in preseruing them for the good of the familie: therefore it is iust and equall, that they should haue a like power in disposing them.
- 13. Reason. Wives have a like care in getting goods.3. Reason. Wiues haue a like care in getting goods.
Answ. Though question may be made of the former part, at least for the greater sort and number of wives, yet for answer to this reason I need not question it; for the consequence doth not follow, though that be granted. The right of disposing goods doth not simply rise from the care and pains of getting and preserving them: but from that order that the Lord hath been pleased to set down. A wise and industrious child may be a means to raise and increase his fathers estate, when his father taketh little care and pains about it: yea a faithful and wise steward or other servant (as Jacob and Joseph were) may do much more by his pains and care in getting and preserving the goods of the family, then his master: yet will it not thereupon follow, that such a child, or such a servant hath as great a right and power to dispose such goods as his father or his master.