A69075:543
Christian religion
Christian religion: substantially, methodically[e,] [pla]inlie, and profitably treatisedChristian religion: substantially, methodicalli[e,] [pla]inlie, and profitablie treatised
London: printed by Felix Kingston for Thomas Man, 1611
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
What was his sin?
What was his sinne?
One, that he obeyed his wife, whom he should have commanded: then, that he disobeyed God; whom he ought to have obeyed; the first being proper to him, the other common to his wife with him.
One, that hee obeyed his wife, whom he should haue commanded: then, that hee disobeyed God; whom he ought to haue obeyed; the first being proper to him, the other common to his wife with him.
What was the punishment?
VVhat was the punishment?
A punishment, which although it be more heavy upon Adam, yet it is also common to the woman: namely, the curse of the earth for his sake, from whence came barrenness by thistles and thorns, &c. Whereof first the effect should be sorrow and grief of mind. Secondly, labour to the sweat of his brows, to draw necessary food from it, and that as long as he lived. ⟨p. 49⟩