A68107:723
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
§. 12. Of wives subjection.
§. 12. Of wiues subiection.
EPHES. 5. 22. Wives submit your selves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
EPHES. 5. 22. Wiues submit your selues vnto your owne husbands, as vnto the Lord.
The pword by which the Apostle hath noted out the duties of wives, is of the middle voice, and may be translated passively as qmany have done, or ractively as our English doth (submit your selves) and that most fitly: for there is a double subjection.
THe pword by which the Apostle hath noted out the duties of wiues, is of the middle voice, and may be translated passiuely as q