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             Marriage duties briefely couched togither out of Colossians, 3. 18, 19. By Thomas Gataker Bachelar of Diuinitie and pastor of Rotherhith.
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           MARRIAGE
           DVTIES
           BRIEFELY
           COVCHED
           TOGITHER
           ;
           OVT
           OF
           COLOSSIANS
           ,
           3.18
           ,
           19.
           
           BY
           THOMAS
           GATAKER
           Bachelar
           of
           Diuinitie
           and
           Pastor
           of
           Rotherhith
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           WILLIAM
           IONES
           ,
           for
           WILLIAM
           BLADEN
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           shop
           at
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           Bible
           in
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           .
           1620.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           HOPEFVLL
           YOVNG
           COVPLE
           ,
           THE
           RIGHT
           WORSHIPFVLL
           Mr.
           ROBERT
           COOKE
           Esquire
           ,
           and
           the
           vertuous
           Gentlewoman
           ,
           Mistres
           DOROTHIE
           COOKE
           his
           wife
           ;
           many
           comfortable
           daies
           in
           Gods
           ●ea●e
           and
           ●auour
           to
           their
           mutuall
           and
           eternall
           good
           .
        
         
           RIght
           louely
           and
           beloued
           in
           Christ
           ;
           
           giue
           me
           leaue
           to
           include
           you
           both
           in
           one
           Dedication
           ,
           whome
           heartie
           loue
           and
           affection
           hath
           conioyned
           togither
           ,
           and
           whome
           Gods
           ●●ne
           ordinance
           hath
           made
           one
           .
           At
           the
           time
           of
           〈◊〉
           ●●l●mne
           knitting
           of
           you
           togither
           ,
           there
           was
           〈◊〉
           important
           considerations
           a
           dutie
           〈…〉
           absolutely
           necessarie
           ,
           yet
           at
           
           such
           times
           not
           vnseasonable
           .
           To
           supply
           that
           defect
           ,
           I
           make
           bold
           now
           to
           present
           you
           with
           some
           passages
           of
           such
           a
           subiect
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           like
           ,
           had
           then
           beene
           handled
           ,
           if
           opportunitie
           had
           serued
           .
           They
           are
           raw
           notes
           of
           a
           Sermon
           long
           since
           made
           on
           the
           like
           occasion
           :
           Which
           finding
           by
           mee
           ,
           and
           willing
           to
           imbrace
           any
           opportunitie
           of
           expressing
           my
           loue
           there
           in
           any
           degree
           ,
           where
           I
           iustly
           owe
           so
           great
           a
           measure
           ,
           I
           suddainly
           reuised
           and
           prepared
           them
           for
           the
           pres●e
           .
           And
           albeit
           ,
           in
           the
           reuising
           of
           them
           I
           obserued
           some
           defects
           ,
           and
           could
           well
           haue
           beene
           content
           to
           haue
           taken
           further
           time
           and
           paines
           for
           the
           better
           polishing
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           orderly
           digesting
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           also
           for
           the
           speciall
           applying
           of
           them
           to
           your selues
           ,
           to
           whome
           now
           they
           are
           addressed
           :
           yet
           I
           supposed
           it
           would
           bee
           much
           more
           conuenient
           and
           behoouefull
           ,
           without
           further
           delay
           ,
           while
           the
           occasion
           is
           yet
           fresh
           ,
           to
           present
           you
           with
           them
           as
           they
           are
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           salute
           a
           New-married
           Couple
           at
           the
           entring
           in
           of
           the
           New-yeere
           .
           An
           exact
           treatise
           ,
           or
           large
           discourse
           of
           
             Marriage
             Duties
          
           
           (
           though
           the
           Title
           be
           such
           )
           I
           hope
           they
           will
           not
           expect
           ,
           that
           shall
           vnderstand
           that
           they
           haue
           here
           but
           the
           Substance
           of
           one
           Sermon
           ,
           deliuered
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           ,
           within
           the
           compasse
           of
           little
           more
           then
           an
           houre
           ,
           and
           vpon
           the
           recollecting
           of
           my
           Meditations
           afterward
           ,
           at
           the
           request
           of
           some
           ,
           not
           much
           enlarged
           .
           And
           though
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           you
           may
           meete
           with
           many
           profitable
           Treatises
           of
           the
           like
           Argument
           ,
           yet
           I
           was
           desirous
           you
           should
           haue
           somewhat
           thereof
           from
           my selfe
           .
           The
           truth
           of
           God
           ,
           I
           wot
           well
           ,
           is
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           deserueth
           all
           due
           regard
           ,
           by
           whomsoeuer
           it
           is
           deliuered
           .
           But
           yet
           there
           is
           some
           efficacie
           added
           to
           it
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           brought
           vs
           by
           those
           whome
           we
           specially
           affect
           ,
           and
           of
           whome
           we
           are
           perswaded
           that
           they
           doe
           likewise
           in
           speciall
           manner
           affect
           vs.
           Of
           this
           mutuall
           affection
           betweene
           you
           both
           and
           my selfe
           ,
           as
           there
           is
           in
           diuers
           respects
           very
           great
           and
           iust
           ground
           ,
           so
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           doubt
           at
           all
           made
           on
           either
           side
           of
           it
           .
           The
           assurance
           whereof
           if
           it
           may
           helpe
           to
           supply
           some
           defects
           that
           may
           be
           found
           in
           this
           vntimely
           birth
           ,
           some
           good
           fruite
           ,
           I
           
           hope
           ,
           by
           the
           reading
           of
           it
           may
           redound
           to
           you
           both
           .
           Much
           I
           heartily
           desire
           may
           daily
           ,
           both
           by
           this
           and
           by
           all
           other
           good
           meanes
           ,
           to
           all
           your
           friends
           ioy
           ,
           your
           owne
           mutuall
           comfort
           here
           ,
           and
           your
           eternall
           happinesse
           hereafter
           .
           With
           which
           vnfained
           desire
           I
           end
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           and
           rest
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             poore
             kinsman
             and
             heartie
             well-wisher
             ,
             THO.
             GATAKER
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           MARRIAGE
           DVTIES
           .
        
         
           
             
               Coloss.
               3.18
               ,
               19.
               
            
             
               Wiues
               ,
               submit
               your selues
               vnto
               your
               Husbands
               ;
               as
               it
               is
               c●mely
               in
               the
               Lord.
            
             
               Husbands
               ,
               loue
               your
               Wiues
               ;
               and
               bee
               not
               bitter
               to
               them
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             WIthout
             Faith
          
           ,
           a
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           
             Paul
             ,
             it
             is
             impossible
             to
             please
             God.
          
           And
           ,
           (b)
           Faith
           ,
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           
             Iames
             ,
             Is
             but
             dead
             without
             workes
             .
          
           There
           bee
           two
           things
           therefore
           necessarily
           required
           of
           euery
           Christian
           ,
           *
           
             true
             Faith
          
           and
           
             good
             Life
          
           .
           A
           man
           cannot
           liue
           but
           by
           a
           liuely
           Faith
           ;
           and
           
             Faith
             is
          
           not
           liuely
           without
           ho●y
           Life
           .
        
         
           The
           Apostle
           therefore
           accordingly
           spendeth
           this
           ,
           as
           he
           doth
           (c)
           other
           of
           his
           Epistles
           ,
           (d)
           partly
           in
           deliuering
           the
           grounds
           and
           doctrine
           of
           Faith
           ,
           (e)
           and
           
           partly
           in
           directing
           the
           faithfull
           for
           the
           manner
           of
           their
           Life
           .
        
         
           Now
           because
           euery
           man
           ordinarily
           hath
           (f)
           two
           seuerall
           
             Callings
             ,
             a
             Generall
          
           and
           
             a
             Speciall
          
           :
           the
           
             Generall
             calling
          
           of
           a
           Christian
           ;
           and
           some
           
             Speciall
             calling
          
           in
           that
           particular
           estate
           that
           God
           hath
           assigned
           each
           one
           vnto
           :
           the
           Apostle
           giueth
           Rules
           here
           ,
           as
           (g)
           else-where
           ,
           for
           our
           behauiour
           in
           either
           (h)
           some
           generally
           concerning
           all
           men
           generally
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           Christians
           ,
           in
           the
           former
           part
           of
           this
           Chapiter
           :
           (i)
           some
           speciall
           concerning
           seuerall
           persons
           in
           their
           seuerall
           estates
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           inferiours
           or
           superiours
           ,
           tyed
           by
           naturall
           or
           ciuill
           bands
           either
           to
           other
           ;
           in
           the
           words
           of
           my
           text
           ,
           and
           so
           forward
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           this
           part
           the
           Apostle
           deliuereth
           the
           Duties
           .
        
         
           
             (k)
             1.
             
             Of
             Husband
             and
             Wife
             .
          
           
             (l)
             2.
             
             Of
             Parents
             and
             Children
             .
          
           
             (m)
             3.
             
             Of
             (n)
             Masters
             and
             (o)
             Seruants
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Duties
           of
           Husband
           and
           Wife
           are
           in
           the
           words
           of
           my
           Text.
           (p)
           the
           Wiues
           dutie
           in
           the
           former
           verse
           ,
           (q)
           the
           Husbands
           in
           the
           latter
           .
        
         
           In
           handling
           whereof
           we
           will
           ,
           obserue
           ,
           first
           the
           Order
           ,
           then
           the
           Matter
           ,
        
         
           *
           For
           the
           Order
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           is
           here
           ,
           as
           euer
           vsually
           ,
           exact
           .
        
         
           *
           Before
           ,
           he
           began
           (r)
           first
           with
           Faith
           ,
           and
           (s)
           then
           came
           to
           Life
           :
           because
           Faith
           is
           the
           Roote
           and
           
             good
             Life
          
           the
           Fruit
           :
           and
           without
           the
           Roote
           there
           can
           be
           no
           Fruit
           :
           in
           reg●rd
           whereof
           it
           is
           well
           said
           ,
           that
           
             The
             whole
             life
             of
             the
             Faithlesse
             is
             nothing
             but
             sinne
             ,
             and
             
             there
             can
             nothing
             be
             good
             without
             the
             chiefe
             good
             .
          
           For
           it
           is
           no
           lesse
           true
           of
           speciall
           Faith
           ,
           which
           is
           spoken
           by
           the
           Apostle
           of
           the
           generall
           Faith
           ,
           that
           (t)
           
             whatsoeuer
             is
             not
             of
             Faith
             ,
             is
             sinne
             .
          
        
         
           He
           began
           (u)
           first
           with
           rules
           of
           Life
           generall
           ,
           and
           (x)
           then
           came
           to
           Rules
           speciall
           :
           because
           howsoeuer
           *
           the
           Heathen
           man
           thought
           that
           
             A
             man
          
           might
           be
           
             a
             good
             Man
          
           and
           yet
           not
           a
           
             good
             citizen
          
           ,
           or
           he
           might
           be
           
             a
             good
             Magistrate
             ,
             or
             a
             good
             Master
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           not
           
             a
             good
             Man
          
           :
           yet
           indeed
           a
           man
           can
           not
           be
           
             a
             good
             Husband
             ,
             or
             Parent
             ,
             or
             Master
             ,
          
           vnlesse
           he
           first
           be
           
             a
             good
             Christian
          
           :
           at
           least
           not
           so
           good
           as
           to
           reape
           comfort
           or
           benefit
           thereby
           himselfe
           ,
           or
           to
           performe
           offices
           to
           others
           in
           that
           manner
           as
           he
           ought
           .
        
         
           Here
           likewise
           (y)
           he
           beginneth
           first
           with
           the
           duties
           
             of
             married
             persons
          
           ;
           and
           of
           them
           (z)
           first
           with
           the
           wiues
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           at
           the
           duties
           of
           married
           persons
           
             of
             man
             and
             wife
          
           the
           Apostle
           beginneth
           here
           ,
           as
           (a)
           else-where
           ;
           and
           so
           proceedeth
           to
           the
           duties
           (b)
           of
           
             Children
             and
             Parents
          
           in
           the
           second
           place
           ,
           and
           *
           of
           
             Seruants
             and
             Masters
          
           in
           the
           third
           place
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           (c)
           because
           this
           societie
           it
           is
           the
           first
           that
           euer
           was
           in
           the
           world
           :
           and
           therefore
           as
           it
           was
           *
           the
           first
           in
           nature
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           the
           first
           here
           in
           order
           :
           the
           Apostle
           beginneth
           first
           with
           that
           which
           in
           course
           of
           nature
           is
           first
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           because
           this
           is
           (d)
           the
           fountaine
           from
           whence
           the
           rest
           flow
           :
           and
           the
           streames
           can
           not
           flow
           pure
           and
           cleare
           vnlesse
           the
           fountaine
           be
           first
           clensed
           and
           kept
           cleane
           .
           The
           Apostle
           therefore
           
           wisely
           beginneth
           at
           the
           Head-spring
           ,
           that
           a
           good
           course
           being
           setled
           in
           this
           principall
           societie
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           the
           better
           kept
           and
           continued
           in
           others
           that
           issue
           and
           flow
           from
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           point
           thus
           obserued
           may
           first
           serue
           to
           shew
           what
           is
           one
           maine
           cause
           of
           much
           neglect
           of
           dutie
           in
           many
           families
           ,
           in
           children
           towards
           parents
           ,
           in
           seruants
           toward
           Master
           and
           Mistres
           ;
           because
           the
           gouernours
           are
           not
           carefull
           of
           mutuall
           duties
           betwixt
           themselues
           ,
           of
           concord
           and
           agreement
           the
           one
           with
           the
           other
           ,
           of
           loue
           and
           fidelitie
           the
           one
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           of
           respectfull
           and
           regardfull
           carriage
           the
           one
           towards
           the
           other
           .
           And
           so
           neglect
           of
           dutie
           and
           difference
           betweene
           them
           is
           a
           meanes
           to
           breed
           a
           contempt
           of
           one
           or
           both
           in
           those
           that
           should
           be
           guided
           by
           them
           :
           making
           seruants
           and
           children
           to
           take
           occasion
           of
           libertie
           and
           faile
           in
           their
           duty
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           they
           faile
           in
           dutie
           either
           to
           other
           .
           Yea
           it
           is
           a
           iust
           iudgement
           oft
           with
           God
           to
           punish
           the
           one
           by
           the
           other
           :
           as
           *
           
             rebellion
             against
             the
             Creator
             by
             rebellion
             in
             the
             creature
          
           ;
           so
           neglect
           in
           rulers
           of
           duties
           enioyn●d
           them
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           neglect
           of
           dutie
           toward
           them
           in
           those
           that
           should
           be
           ruled
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           it
           may
           admonish
           married
           folke
           ,
           that
           are
           heads
           of
           houses
           ,
           if
           they
           desire
           to
           haue
           things
           go
           wel
           '
           in
           the
           family
           that
           they
           haue
           a
           speciall
           care
           of
           those
           duties
           that
           God
           hath
           enioyned
           them
           in
           regard
           either
           of
           other
           .
           That
           will
           be
           a
           meanes
           to
           make
           duties
           passe
           more
           orderly
           both
           from
           them
           to
           others
           ,
           and
           from
           others
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           contrarie
           prooueth
           ordinarily
           a
           great
           hindrance
           to
           either
           .
           
           For
           as
           in
           a
           clocke
           or
           a
           watch
           ,
           if
           the
           spring
           be
           faultie
           ,
           the
           wheeles
           can
           not
           goe
           ,
           or
           if
           they
           mooue
           not
           either
           other
           ,
           the
           hammer
           can
           not
           strike
           :
           so
           here
           ,
           where
           dutie
           faileth
           betweene
           man
           and
           w●fe
           it
           causeth
           a
           neglect
           of
           all
           other
           good
           duties
           in
           the
           family
           that
           dependeth
           vpon
           them
           ,
           yea
           (e)
           of
           dutie
           oft
           euen
           to
           God
           himselfe
           in
           them
           .
           And
           therefore
           married
           persons
           ,
           if
           they
           desire
           to
           haue
           duties
           performed
           to
           them
           by
           others
           ,
           they
           must
           first
           performe
           what
           is
           fit
           and
           conuenient
           either
           to
           other
           :
           remembring
           that
           the
           due
           performance
           of
           mutuall
           duties
           to
           either
           ,
           shall
           both
           make
           them
           fitter
           for
           the
           performance
           of
           good
           offices
           to
           others
           ,
           and
           others
           readier
           in
           performance
           of
           theirs
           vnto
           them
           .
        
         
           Now
           in
           the
           next
           place
           as
           the
           Apostle
           beginneth
           with
           
             Married
             persons
             ,
             Man
             and
             wise
          
           ;
           so
           of
           the
           twaine
           here
           he
           placeth
           (f)
           
             the
             wiues
             dutie
          
           in
           the
           first
           place
           .
           A
           course
           constantly
           obserued
           both
           by
           (g)
           Peter
           and
           (h)
           Paul
           ,
           as
           here
           lo
           else-where
           ,
           that
           they
           begin
           first
           with
           
             the
             wiues
          
           dutie
           and
           so
           (i)
           passe
           on
           
             to
             the
             husbands
          
           ;
           and
           that
           for
           two
           causes
           .
        
         
           First
           to
           shew
           the
           inferioritie
           of
           the
           wife
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           husband
           ;
           for
           we
           may
           obserue
           that
           the
           Apostle
           beginneth
           euer
           with
           the
           dutie
           of
           the
           inferiour
           :
           (k)
           first
           
             the
             childrens
          
           ,
           (l)
           then
           
             the
             Parents
          
           :
           first
           (m)
           
             the
             Seruants
          
           ,
           (n)
           then
           
             the
             Masters
          
           :
           and
           so
           first
           
             the
             wiues
          
           then
           
             the
             Husbands
             :
             the
             womans
          
           first
           ,
           then
           
             the
             Mans.
          
           
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           to
           shew
           where
           dutie
           is
           to
           begin
           ,
           on
           the
           wiues
           part
           ;
           it
           is
           to
           begin
           at
           the
           inferiour
           and
           so
           to
           ascend
           to
           the
           superiour
           .
           For
           *
           
             Loue
             goeth
             downeward
             :
             dutie
             commeth
             vpward
             .
          
           It
           beginneth
           with
           the
           
           inferiour
           and
           so
           goeth
           vp
           to
           the
           superiour
           .
           The
           wiues
           dutie
           is
           as
           the
           base
           or
           ground
           that
           the
           husband
           dutie
           is
           built
           vpon
           .
           It
           is
           that
           that
           must
           draw
           dutie
           and
           respect
           from
           the
           husband
           .
           (a)
           Likewise
           ,
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           
             Peter
             ,
             Let
             the
             men
             liue
             with
             their
             wiues
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Hauing
           spoken
           of
           the
           wiues
           behauiour
           toward
           her
           husband
           before
           .
           Not
           that
           it
           is
           lawfull
           for
           the
           superiour
           to
           omit
           his
           dutie
           ,
           if
           the
           inferiour
           be
           slacke
           or
           faultie
           in
           the
           performance
           of
           hers
           ,
           but
           to
           shew
           in
           course
           of
           nature
           whither
           should
           begin
           to
           shew
           dutie
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           first
           serueth
           to
           admonish
           the
           wife
           to
           be
           forward
           in
           performance
           of
           such
           good
           duties
           as
           God
           requireth
           on
           her
           part
           ;
           and
           not
           to
           straine
           courtesie
           and
           stand
           vpon
           tearmes
           ,
           as
           to
           say
           ,
           
             Let
             him
             doe
             what
             he
             should
             doe
             ,
             and
             then
             I
             will
             doe
             what
             is
             befitting
             me
             .
          
           Wouldest
           thou
           haue
           him
           to
           doe
           that
           that
           is
           his
           dutie
           ?
           there
           is
           no
           way
           more
           agreeable
           to
           the
           word
           and
           will
           of
           God
           ,
           more
           consonant
           to
           the
           course
           and
           order
           of
           nature
           ,
           more
           likely
           to
           prooue
           successefull
           and
           effectuall
           to
           that
           purpose
           and
           to
           haue
           a
           blessing
           of
           God
           goe
           with
           it
           ,
           then
           the
           carefull
           performance
           of
           thy
           dutie
           to
           him
           ,
           then
           which
           nothing
           is
           more
           forcible
           to
           draw
           dutie
           from
           him
           .
           In
           a
           word
           the
           wiues
           maine
           dutie
           here
           is
           subiection
           ,
           the
           mans
           principally
           Loue
           ;
           *
           and
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           auaileable
           with
           a
           good
           nature
           ,
           to
           extract
           from
           it
           loue
           and
           all
           duties
           of
           loue
           ,
           then
           a
           willing
           subiection
           and
           yeelding
           issuing
           from
           loue
           in
           the
           partie
           to
           bee
           loued
           .
        
         
           Againe
           this
           sheweth
           ,
           if
           any
           breach
           or
           occasion
           of
           
           offence
           shall
           arise
           betweene
           man
           and
           wife
           ,
           whither
           is
           to
           seeke
           to
           other
           :
           Howsoeuer
           the
           husband
           in
           discretion
           ;
           (
           being
           that
           he
           is
           or
           ought
           to
           be
           the
           wiser
           ,
           and
           the
           woman
           held
           to
           be
           the
           weaker
           ;
           as
           (b)
           Abraham
           sought
           to
           Lot
           ,
           though
           beeing
           euery
           way
           (c)
           the
           better
           :
           )
           yet
           the
           wife
           is
           in
           duty
           rather
           to
           seeke
           reconcilement
           :
           (
           as
           the
           Apostle
           impl●eth
           when
           hee
           saith
           ,
           (d)
           
             Let
             her
             be
             reconciled
             to
             her
             husband
             ,
          
           and
           as
           we
           see
           it
           held
           in
           all
           estates
           ,
           that
           the
           inferiour
           doth
           euer
           seeke
           and
           sue
           to
           the
           superiour
           )
           and
           so
           to
           breake
           of
           first
           on
           her
           side
           that
           vacancie
           and
           intermission
           of
           duties
           that
           thereupon
           hath
           ensued
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           much
           for
           the
           Order
           :
           we
           come
           now
           to
           the
           Matter
           .
           Wherein
           concerning
           the
           wiues
           dutie
           first
           propounded
           obserue
           we
           two
           things
           :
           the
           
             maine
             dutie
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             manner
             of
             it
          
           .
        
         
           The
           
             maine
             dutie
          
           ,
           on
           the
           wiues
           part
           is
           Submission
           ;
           or
           Subiection
           .
           That
           the
           Apost●es
           of
           Christ
           both
           (e)
           Paul
           and
           (f)
           Peter
           exact
           euer
           ,
           on
           her
           part
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           reason
           whereof
           in
           generall
           no
           other
           need
           be
           rendred
           ,
           then
           that
           which
           the
           Apostle
           Paul
           propoundeth
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           matter
           of
           Comelinesse
           and
           Decency
           .
        
         
           (g)
           
             God
             is
             the
             God
             as
             of
             order
             and
             peace
             ,
          
           so
           
             of
             Comelinesse
             and
             Decencie
          
           :
           and
           therefore
           will
           haue
           (h)
           
             All
             things
             done
             in
             decencie
             and
             in
             order
          
           :
           but
           that
           the
           wife
           should
           submit
           and
           subiect
           her selfe
           to
           her
           husband
           ,
           
             it
             is
             a
             thing
             comely
          
           ,
           and
           the
           contrary
           vncomely
           .
        
         
           Which
           point
           shall
           further
           the
           more
           plainely
           appeere
           ,
           if
           we
           shall
           consider
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Husband
             is
             the
             superiour
          
           ,
           and
           
             the
             wife
             the
             inferiour
          
           ;
           that
           
             the
             Husband
             
             is
             as
             the
             head
             ,
             the
             wife
             as
             the
             body
             or
             the
             rib
             .
          
        
         
           For
           the
           first
           ,
           there
           can
           bee
           no
           ordinary
           entercourse
           and
           commerce
           or
           conuersing
           betweene
           person
           and
           person
           ,
           but
           there
           must
           be
           a
           precedencie
           on
           the
           one
           part
           ,
           and
           a
           yeelding
           of
           it
           on
           the
           other
           .
           Now
           where
           they
           be
           equals
           ,
           there
           may
           be
           some
           question
           ,
           some
           difficultie
           ,
           whither
           shall
           haue
           the
           prioritie
           ,
           and
           they
           take
           it
           commonly
           ,
           as
           it
           falleth
           out
           ,
           or
           by
           turnes
           .
           But
           where
           there
           is
           an
           apparent
           inequalitie
           ,
           there
           it
           is
           without
           question
           that
           the
           inferiour
           is
           to
           yeeld
           to
           the
           superiour
           .
        
         
           Now
           here
           
             the
             Husband
             is
             the
             Superiour
             ,
             and
             the
             wife
             the
             Inferiour
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Apostle
           else-where
           prooueth
           ,
           both
           
             from
             the
             Creation
          
           ,
           and
           
             since
             the
             transgression
          
           .
        
         
           From
           the
           Creation
           ,
           as
           appeareth
           by
           the
           
             
               Order
               .
            
             
               Maner
               ,
            
             
               End
               ,
            
          
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           order
           of
           it
           ;
           in
           that
           (a)
           
             The
             man
             was
             first
             created
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             woman
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           the
           man
           hath
           the
           *
           Birth-right
           ,
           as
           the
           first
           borne
           in
           the
           family
           ;
           in
           regard
           whereof
           God
           speaketh
           (b)
           of
           Eue
           to
           Adam
           ,
           as
           (c)
           of
           Abel
           to
           
             Cain
             ,
             Thy
             desire
             shall
             be
             subiect
             to
             his
             ;
             and
             he
             shall
             rule
             ouer
             thee
             .
          
           By
           the
           manner
           of
           it
           ;
           in
           that
           (d)
           
             The
             woman
             was
             made
             of
             the
             man
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             man
             of
             the
             woman
             :
          
           *
           she
           had
           her
           being
           at
           first
           (e)
           from
           him
           ,
           as
           their
           children
           now
           haue
           from
           them
           :
           and
           in
           that
           regard
           (f)
           is
           
             the
             woman
          
           said
           to
           be
           
             the
             image
             and
             glory
             of
             the
             man
             ,
             as
             man
             is
             the
             image
             and
             glory
             of
             God
             :
          
           By
           the
           end
           of
           it
           ;
           in
           that
           (g)
           
             The
             woman
             was
             made
             for
             the
             man
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             man
             for
             the
             woman
             :
          
           (h)
           Shee
           was
           
           made
           to
           be
           as
           
             an
             helpe
          
           vnto
           him
           :
           and
           it
           is
           a
           rule
           generall
           ,
           that
           *
           
             The
             end
             is
             more
             excellent
             then
             that
             which
             tendeth
             thereunto
             .
          
        
         
           Neither
           was
           this
           Order
           reuersed
           but
           i
           confirmed
           by
           the
           Fall
           :
           in
           regard
           that
           the
           woman
           was
           as
           k
           
             the
             latter
             in
             creation
          
           ,
           so
           l
           
             the
             former
             intransgression
          
           ;
           as
           the
           Apostles
           words
           are
           to
           be
           expounded
           where
           hee
           speaketh
           of
           that
           point
           ;
           and
           so
           m
           was
           an
           instrument
           to
           draw
           the
           man
           on
           vnto
           euill
           .
        
         
           Againe
           ,
           the
           Man
           is
           as
           the
           Head
           ,
           and
           the
           woman
           as
           the
           
             body
             .
             The
          
           n
           
             Man
             is
             the
             womans
             head
             ;
             and
             Christ
             the
             mans
             head
             ;
             and
             God
             Christs
             head
             .
          
           As
           o
           Christ
           therefore
           is
           
             subiect
             to
             God
          
           ,
           and
           the
           man
           vnto
           Christ
           ,
           so
           the
           woman
           to
           the
           man.
           p
           
             The
             Man
             is
             the
             womans
             head
             ,
             as
             Christ
             is
             the
             Churches
             head
             .
          
           And
           q
           therefore
           
             the
             wife
             is
             to
             be
             subiect
             to
             her
             husband
             ,
             as
             the
             Church
             is
             to
             Christ
          
           :
           And
           the
           husband
           to
           rule
           the
           wife
           as
           the
           head
           or
           soule
           doth
           the
           body
           .
           And
           as
           it
           is
           against
           the
           order
           of
           nature
           that
           the
           body
           should
           rule
           the
           head
           :
           so
           is
           it
           no
           lesse
           against
           the
           course
           of
           all
           good
           order
           ,
           that
           r
           
             the
             woman
          
           should
           
             vsurpe
             authoritie
          
           to
           her selfe
           ouer
           her
           husband
           ,
           her
           head
           .
        
         
           Yea
           the
           place
           ,
           whence
           shee
           was
           taken
           ,
           may
           teach
           as
           much
           .
           
           Shee
           was
           taken
           from
           the
           side
           ;
           she
           was
           framed
           of
           
             the
             ribbe
          
           .
           In
           regard
           whereof
           it
           is
           said
           of
           Lamech
           ,
           s
           who
           first
           brought
           in
           Polygamie
           ,
           that
           *
           
             he
             diuided
             one
             rib
             into
             twaine
          
           :
           and
           of
           the
           deuill
           t
           tempting
           Iob
           by
           his
           wife
           ,
           that
           he
           sought
           to
           make
           passage
           
             through
             the
             Rib
             to
             the
             Heart
             .
          
           *
           As
           it
           were
           therefore
           a
           thing
           prodigious
           and
           monstrous
           in
           nature
           for
           the
           rib
           in
           the
           body
           to
           stand
           either
           equall
           with
           or
           aboue
           
           the
           head
           :
           so
           wee
           may
           well
           say
           here
           ,
           that
           a
           *
           mankinde
           woman
           or
           a
           masterly
           wi●e
           is
           euen
           a
           monster
           in
           nature
           .
        
         
           The
           vse
           of
           this
           point
           may
           bee
           partly
           for
           Reprehension
           ,
           and
           partly
           for
           Admonition
           .
        
         
           For
           reprehension
           ,
           to
           reprooue
           and
           taxe
           those
           women
           that
           affect
           mastership
           ;
           seeke
           to
           rule
           and
           ouerrule
           those
           ,
           whom
           God
           hath
           not
           committed
           onely
           ,
           but
           submitted
           and
           subiected
           them
           vnto
           ;
           and
           so
           violate
           that
           order
           ,
           which
           God
           himselfe
           hath
           established
           in
           nature
           :
           a
           course
           that
           bringeth
           commonly
           ,
           through
           the
           iust
           iudgement
           of
           God
           ,
           disgrace
           and
           contempt
           vpon
           both
           parties
           ,
           yea
           vtter
           ruine
           o●t
           of
           the
           family
           and
           of
           their
           whole
           estate
           .
           For
           howsoeuer
           women
           may
           thinke
           it
           an
           honour
           to
           them
           ,
           yet
           *
           it
           is
           indeede
           rather
           a
           dishonour
           .
           A
           masterly
           wife
           is
           as
           much
           despised
           and
           derided
           for
           taking
           rule
           ouer
           her
           husband
           ,
           as
           he
           for
           yeelding
           it
           to
           her
           ;
           and
           that
           not
           onely
           among
           those
           that
           be
           godly
           and
           religious
           ,
           but
           euen
           among
           those
           that
           be
           but
           meere
           naturall
           men
           and
           women
           .
           Yea
           it
           is
           the
           next
           way
           to
           bring
           all
           to
           wrack
           .
           For
           *
           where
           the
           wi●e
           maketh
           head
           against
           the
           husband
           ;
           there
           is
           nothing
           but
           doing
           and
           vndoing
           ,
           and
           so
           all
           things
           goe
           backward
           ,
           and
           th
           e
           whole
           house
           runneth
           to
           ruine
           ,
           as
           by
           lamentable
           experience
           too
           often
           appeareth
           .
        
         
           Which
           may
           serue
           therefore
           ,
           for
           Admonition
           ,
           to
           admonish
           euery
           Christian
           woman
           in
           holy
           wisedome
           and
           godly
           discretion
           to
           *
           learne
           to
           know
           her
           place
           and
           her
           part
           ;
           and
           to
           fashion
           her
           minde
           and
           her
           will
           ,
           her
           disposition
           and
           her
           practise
           accordingly
           
           thereunto
           :
           yea
           though
           she
           be
           her selfe
           of
           a
           greater
           spirit
           ,
           and
           in
           some
           respect
           of
           better
           parts
           ,
           though
           she
           bring
           much
           with
           her
           ,
           though
           the
           maine
           estate
           come
           by
           her
           ,
           yet
           to
           acknowledge
           her
           husband
           ,
           as
           God
           hath
           appointed
           him
           ,
           to
           be
           her
           superiour
           as
           he
           is
           her
           husband
           and
           her
           head
           :
           (
           which
           acknowledgement
           is
           the
           ground
           of
           the
           dutie
           here
           vrged
           ;
           as
           the
           contrarie
           conceite
           cutteth
           of
           all
           conscionable
           carriage
           in
           this
           kinde
           )
           that
           she
           be
           willing
           a
           to
           weare
           the
           yoake
           and
           beare
           the
           burden
           that
           God
           in
           his
           ordinance
           hath
           imposed
           on
           her
           :
           and
           not
           onely
           auoide
           and
           forbeare
           ,
           but
           euen
           hate
           and
           abhorre
           the
           contrary
           ,
           as
           a
           course
           abominable
           in
           Gods
           sight
           ,
           odious
           in
           mans
           eyes
           ,
           and
           preiudiciall
           to
           them
           both
           .
        
         
           Now
           that
           this
           may
           be
           the
           better
           performed
           :
           it
           shall
           not
           bee
           amisse
           more
           distinctly
           to
           entreate
           of
           such
           particular
           duties
           as
           spring
           from
           the
           Subiection
           or
           Submission
           vrged
           by
           the
           Apostle
           on
           this
           part
           .
        
         
           We
           must
           not
           therefore
           conceiue
           it
           ,
           that
           this
           Submission
           consisteth
           in
           a
           complementall
           crowching
           and
           courtesing
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           ,
           as
           b
           hypocrites
           place
           religion
           onely
           in
           ceremoniall
           obseruances
           :
           but
           rather
           in
           a
           faithfull
           and
           carefull
           ,
           in
           a
           constant
           and
           conscionable
           performance
           of
           such
           duties
           as
           issue
           and
           flow
           from
           the
           inward
           acknowledgement
           of
           that
           superioritie
           of
           power
           and
           place
           ,
           that
           God
           hath
           giuen
           to
           the
           husband
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           wife
           .
        
         
           And
           these
           duties
           may
           bee
           referred
           ,
           or
           reduced
           to
           three
           heads
           
             
               Reuerence
               ,
            
             
               Obedience
               ,
            
             
               Assistance
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           The
           first
           dutie
           is
           Reuerence
           ;
           which
           comprehendeth
           two
           things
           ,
           
             
               Honour
               ,
            
             
               Fea●e
               .
            
          
        
         
           First
           Honour
           ,
           the
           c
           generall
           dutie
           of
           all
           inferiours
           required
           in
           the
           fift
           precept
           ;
           (
           wherein
           as
           all
           inferiours
           are
           comprised
           vnder
           one
           kinde
           ,
           so
           all
           their
           dutie
           vnder
           this
           one
           tearme
           )
           more
           specially
           applied
           to
           this
           particular
           ,
           in
           d
           that
           edict
           of
           Assuerus
           ,
           that
           
             all
             women
             ,
             high
             or
             low
             ,
             doe
             giue
             honou●
             to
             their
             husbands
          
           :
           and
           it
           consisteth
           in
           a
           reuerent
           and
           respectfull
           carriage
           towards
           them
           :
           (
           commended
           e
           in
           Sara
           her
           behauiour
           towards
           Abraham
           ,
           that
           thought
           reuerently
           of
           him
           as
           her
           head
           ,
           f
           spake
           reuerently
           of
           him
           as
           her
           Lord
           ,
           )
           that
           neither
           when
           they
           are
           kinde
           and
           familiar
           together
           ,
           they
           grow
           into
           grosse
           tearms
           ;
           nor
           if
           any
           iarre
           or
           offence
           fall
           out
           ,
           they
           rush
           into
           tart
           and
           soure
           words
           ;
           but
           take
           heede
           of
           all
           vnreuerent
           and
           vnsauoury
           language
           of
           them
           ,
           of
           all
           vnseemely
           and
           vncomely
           carriage
           toward
           them
           ;
           like
           that
           of
           Iesabel
           to
           Ahab
           ,
           g
           
             Doest
             thou
             iudge
             Israel
          
           ?
           or
           of
           h
           Mical
           to
           Dauid
           telling
           him
           ,
           that
           
             he
             plaid
             the
             foole
          
           in
           dauncing
           before
           Gods
           Arke
           :
           which
           speech
           of
           hers
           as
           i
           it
           argued
           
             a
             contempt
          
           of
           him
           
             in
             her
             heart
          
           ;
           so
           it
           was
           k
           iustly
           plagued
           in
           her
           by
           God
           with
           barrennesse
           as
           a
           breach
           of
           his
           ordinance
           ,
           
             she
             had
             no
             childe
             for
             it
             to
             her
             dying
             day
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           a
           Feare
           ,
           not
           a
           seruile
           or
           slauish
           dread
           ,
           but
           a
           liberall
           ,
           free
           and
           ingenuous
           feare
           ;
           (
           like
           that
           feare
           that
           the
           godly
           beare
           vnto
           God
           :
           )
           as
           the
           Apostle
           Peter
           implieth
           when
           excluding
           the
           one
           ,
           he
           yet
           b
           exacteth
           the
           other
           :
           c
           a
           feare
           springing
           from
           loue
           ,
           and
           ioyned
           with
           loue
           ;
           consisting
           in
           a
           desire
           
           to
           doe
           euery
           thing
           so
           as
           may
           please
           their
           husband
           and
           giue
           him
           contentment
           ,
           and
           a
           care
           to
           shun
           and
           auoid
           whatsoeuer
           may
           d●splease
           him
           ,
           or
           minister
           discontentment
           vnto
           him
           .
        
         
           Where
           those
           w●ues
           come
           to
           be
           taxed
           and
           not
           vniustly
           condemned
           ,
           that
           regard
           not
           at
           all
           their
           husbands
           pleasure
           ,
           but
           their
           owne
           selfe
           will
           onely
           :
           If
           he
           will
           be
           pleased
           ,
           let
           him
           :
           if
           he
           will
           not
           ,
           choose
           him
           ;
           it
           is
           a
           ●
           o●e
           to
           them
           ,
           he
           hath
           his
           mends
           in
           his
           hands
           .
           This
           is
           *
           not
           to
           cut
           out
           the
           worke
           by
           the
           role
           ,
           but
           the
           rule
           by
           the
           worke
           :
           to
           make
           the
           wiues
           will
           the
           rule
           of
           the
           husbands
           will
           :
           whereas
           d
           God
           hath
           appointed
           the
           husbands
           will
           to
           be
           the
           rule
           &
           square
           of
           the
           wiues
           will
           ,
           not
           the
           wiues
           of
           his
           .
           And
           as
           e
           Peter
           saith
           of
           seruants
           that
           they
           are
           to
           apply
           themselues
           euen
           to
           their
           
             crooked
             masters
          
           :
           so
           here
           though
           the
           hu●band●
           will
           shall
           be
           crooked
           ,
           so
           it
           be
           not
           wicked
           ,
           the
           wiues
           will
           is
           not
           straight
           in
           Gods
           sight
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           not
           pliable
           to
           his
           .
        
         
           What
           shall
           we
           say
           of
           them
           that
           loue
           to
           swim
           ,
           as
           we
           say
           ,
           with
           the
           trout
           ,
           against
           the
           streame
           ,
           that
           will
           doe
           things
           of
           purpose
           to
           crosse
           their
           husbands
           ;
           what
           they
           know
           that
           they
           can
           not
           ,
           or
           will
           not
           like
           of
           ?
           This
           is
           not
           to
           cut
           out
           the
           worke
           according
           to
           the
           rule
           ,
           but
           to
           cut
           out
           the
           worke
           directly
           against
           the
           rule
           .
           Nothing
           more
           likely
           to
           breede
           heart-burning
           betweene
           them
           ;
           and
           to
           make
           a
           man
           carry
           a
           stiffer
           &
           streighter
           hand
           ouer
           them
           :
           as
           we
           see
           that
           *
           a
           man
           letteth
           his
           garments
           hang
           loose
           about
           him
           in
           a
           calme
           ,
           which
           he
           girdeth
           closer
           to
           him
           when
           the
           winde
           is
           boistrous
           and
           high
           .
           Such
           women
           
           should
           remember
           that
           
             f
             a
             meeke
             and
             a
             quiet
             spirit
          
           is
           a
           thing
           
             pretious
             in
             Gods
             sight
          
           :
           and
           on
           the
           otherside
           a
           froward
           and
           vnquiet
           spirit
           in
           a
           wife
           is
           a
           thing
           odious
           and
           detestable
           both
           with
           God
           and
           man.
           
        
         
           The
           second
           dutie
           is
           Obedience
           ;
           g
           propounded
           by
           Peter
           in
           the
           example
           of
           
             Sara
             ;
             as
             S●ra
             obeied
             Abr●ham
             :
          
           and
           it
           hath
           reference
           to
           two
           things
           
             
               Admonition
               ,
            
             
               Aduice
               .
            
          
           and
           so
           consequently
           consisteth
           in
           being
           content
           to
           be
           admonished
           of
           him
           ,
           to
           be
           aduised
           by
           him
           .
        
         
           First
           for
           Admonition
           ,
           in
           being
           content
           to
           be
           admonished
           by
           him
           :
           and
           taking
           his
           admonitions
           in
           good
           parts
           ;
           and
           being
           willing
           to
           reforme
           and
           amend
           what
           he
           admonisheth
           her
           of
           as
           amisse
           .
           Not
           ready
           to
           returne
           a
           snappish
           answer
           againe
           ,
           and
           to
           giue
           one
           angry
           word
           againe
           for
           another
           ;
           nor
           to
           be
           pouting
           and
           lowring
           vpon
           it
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           manner
           is
           of
           many
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           told
           of
           ought
           ,
           )
           for
           a
           long
           time
           togither
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           would
           make
           him
           weary
           of
           admonishing
           ought
           any
           more
           ;
           but
           hearing
           it
           with
           mildnesse
           ,
           and
           hearkening
           to
           it
           with
           meekenesse
           :
           remembring
           that
           when
           the
           husband
           admonisheth
           ,
           God
           admonisheth
           in
           him
           ;
           and
           hearkning
           to
           him
           ,
           she
           hearkeneth
           to
           God
           in
           him
           :
           as
           h
           on
           the
           other
           side
           contemning
           him
           ,
           shee
           contemneth
           God
           and
           Gods
           ordinance
           in
           him
           .
           Yea
           though
           the
           husband
           should
           chance
           to
           blame
           and
           finde
           fault
           without
           cause
           ,
           (
           as
           euen
           the
           best
           and
           the
           wisest
           sometime
           may
           doe
           ,
           )
           it
           shall
           be
           a
           wise
           and
           discreete
           womans
           part
           i
           rather
           to
           take
           it
           quietly
           and
           patiently
           ,
           as
           if
           there
           were
           iust
           cause
           of
           it
           ,
           thē
           to
           giue
           any
           vnkind
           or
           
           vncomely
           language
           againe
           :
           remembring
           that
           *
           
             It
             is
          
           ,
           as
           one
           saith
           we●l
           ,
           
             the
             propertie
             of
             an
             ingenuous
             disposition
             ;
             to
             acknowledge
             a
             fault
             sometime
             ,
             euen
             where
             there
             is
             none
             :
             not
          
           *
           
             by
             lying
             or
             dissemb●ing
             ,
             (
             for
             that
             is
             altogether
             vnlawfull
          
           :
           )
           but
           by
           patient
           bearing
           and
           forbearing
           ,
           being
           as
           ready
           to
           alter
           what
           is
           done
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           had
           beene
           done
           otherwise
           then
           it
           ought
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           For
           Adut●e
           ,
           in
           suffering
           her selfe
           to
           be
           aduised
           of
           him
           ;
           in
           taking
           aduice
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           following
           aduice
           giuen
           by
           him
           :
           in
           being
           willing
           k
           to
           be
           directed
           and
           aduised
           by
           him
           for
           her selfe
           ,
           her
           attire
           ,
           her
           behauiour
           ,
           her
           carriage
           ,
           her
           company
           ,
           the
           marshalling
           and
           managing
           of
           domesticall
           affaires
           .
           As
           l
           Sara
           would
           not
           put
           away
           her
           maide
           Hagar
           without
           Abrahams
           consent
           ;
           nor
           m
           Rebekkah
           send
           away
           her
           sonne
           Iacob
           without
           Isaaks
           aduice
           .
           In
           regard
           whereof
           the
           husband
           is
           called
           the
           wiues
           n
           guide
           :
           as
           the
           person
           by
           whom
           she
           is
           mainely
           to
           be
           directed
           and
           guided
           .
        
         
           Which
           yet
           we
           are
           not
           so
           to
           vnderstand
           as
           if
           the
           wife
           might
           not
           either
           admonish
           the
           husband
           on
           some
           occasions
           ,
           or
           adu●se
           him
           in
           some
           cases
           .
           For
           what
           a
           a
           seruant
           may
           sometime
           doe
           ;
           a
           wife
           may
           much
           more
           .
        
         
           But
           there
           must
           be
           an
           holy
           wisedome
           and
           discretion
           vsed
           herein
           .
           That
           admonition
           be
           giuen
           seasonably
           ,
           (
           not
           as
           physicke
           in
           a
           fit
           ,
           )
           as
           b
           by
           Abigail
           to
           Nabal
           ;
           and
           with
           due
           respect
           and
           regard
           of
           the
           husbands
           person
           and
           place
           .
           That
           in
           aduice
           giuing
           the
           wife
           ,
           euer
           remember
           what
           is
           properly
           her
           part
           ;
           and
           therefore
           mooue
           the
           matter
           rather
           by
           way
           of
           
           question
           ,
           or
           as
           cre●●●●●uice
           ,
           as
           c
           Rebekka
           seemeth
           to
           mooue
           the
           master
           a
           farre
           of
           vnto
           Isaak
           ,
           submit
           her
           adu●ce
           and
           op●nion
           to
           his
           iudgement
           and
           discr●tion
           ,
           as
           d
           ●ster
           to
           Assuerus
           his
           .
           Shew
           her selfe
           willing
           to
           obey
           ,
           if
           he
           shall
           thinke
           good
           otherwise
           :
           and
           withall
           so
           carry
           the
           matter
           that
           euen
           in
           those
           things
           that
           are
           done
           by
           her
           aduice
           to
           good
           purpose
           ,
           her
           husband
           be
           honoured
           and
           not
           contemned
           either
           by
           others
           or
           her
           :
           that
           whatsoeuer
           is
           done
           by
           their
           mutuall
           consent
           ,
           may
           seeme
           rather
           to
           come
           from
           him
           ;
           as
           e
           Iesabel
           sealed
           all
           with
           Ahabs
           seale
           ,
           and
           f
           Ester
           wrote
           all
           in
           Assuerus
           his
           name
           .
           For
           that
           as
           the
           *
           trumpeters
           owne
           voice
           is
           nothing
           so
           loud
           or
           so
           strong
           ,
           as
           the
           sound
           that
           it
           yeeldeth
           when
           it
           passeth
           through
           the
           trumpet
           :
           so
           euery
           action
           in
           the
           family
           shall
           gaine
           it selfe
           more
           weight
           and
           procure
           more
           them
           both
           more
           credit
           ,
           and
           carry
           more
           authoritie
           with
           it
           ,
           when
           it
           passeth
           through
           the
           husbands
           hands
           and
           is
           ratified
           and
           sealed
           as
           it
           were
           with
           his
           seale
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           commeth
           to
           bee
           condemned
           the
           custome
           of
           those
           women
           that
           will
           do
           all
           of
           their
           owne
           head
           ,
           that
           will
           haue
           things
           as
           they
           list
           themselues
           ,
           and
           after
           their
           owne
           minde
           :
           that
           refuse
           and
           thinke
           scorne
           either
           to
           aske
           of
           their
           husbands
           aduice
           what
           to
           doe
           ,
           or
           to
           follow
           it
           in
           such
           things
           as
           they
           are
           aduised
           vnto
           .
           And
           so
           disobedience
           breedeth
           a
           contempt
           of
           the
           husband
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           contempt
           in
           them
           causeth
           wrath
           in
           him
           ,
           which
           openeth
           a
           gap
           to
           many
           grieuous
           euils
           .
           Such
           must
           know
           that
           in
           disobeying
           them
           they
           disobey
           God
           in
           them
           and
           
           prouoke
           him
           against
           themselues
           :
           besides
           that
           they
           procure
           nothing
           vnto
           themselues
           but
           an
           euill
           report
           abroad
           ,
           and
           an
           vnquiet
           life
           at
           home
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           a
           wise
           and
           discreete
           woman
           ought
           to
           choose
           rather
           ;
           when
           the
           thing
           enioyned
           or
           aduised
           shall
           import
           some
           difficultie
           ,
           or
           carry
           with
           it
           some
           inconueniencie
           ;
           howsoeuer
           she
           may
           in
           good
           tearmes
           propound
           it
           by
           way
           of
           excuse
           ,
           yet
           if
           the
           husband
           shall
           persist
           in
           his
           minde
           that
           he
           will
           haue
           it
           so
           ;
           she
           ought
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           to
           choose
           rather
           ,
           and
           account
           it
           better
           (
           so
           long
           as
           it
           import
           no
           euill
           )
           to
           buy
           her
           owne
           peace
           and
           the
           peace
           of
           a
           good
           conscience
           ,
           to
           purchase
           peace
           with
           God
           and
           man
           by
           meeke
           and
           quiet
           obseruance
           ,
           then
           to
           breake
           or
           hazard
           the
           breach
           of
           either
           by
           her
           peeuish
           resistance
           .
        
         
           But
           of
           all
           others
           the
           course
           of
           those
           is
           most
           vaine
           that
           will
           take
           to
           themselues
           the
           whole
           commendation
           of
           things
           done
           by
           mutuall
           consent
           and
           aduice
           :
           and
           so
           seeke
           to
           honour
           themselues
           by
           discrediting
           their
           husbands
           whom
           God
           hath
           commanded
           them
           to
           honour
           ,
           and
           whose
           honour
           they
           should
           account
           as
           their
           owne
           .
           For
           when
           God
           saith
           ,
           that
           g
           
             The
             woman
             is
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             man
          
           :
           and
           that
           h
           
             A
             vertuous
             or
             industrious
             wife
             is
             the
             crowne
             of
             h●r
             husband
          
           ;
           he
           implieth
           that
           the
           wife
           should
           vse
           all
           the
           gifts
           and
           graces
           of
           God
           bestowed
           on
           her
           for
           the
           honour
           of
           him
           .
           And
           on
           the
           coutrary
           she
           is
           the
           contempt
           and
           dishonour
           of
           him
           ,
           when
           shee
           striueth
           and
           contendeth
           to
           seeme
           wiser
           then
           he
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           by
           the
           way
           let
           the
           Husband
           learne
           his
           dutie
           in
           part
           ,
           ere
           we
           come
           directly
           vnto
           it
           .
           For
           if
           
           the
           wife
           be
           to
           submit
           and
           to
           subiect
           her selfe
           vnto
           him
           ;
           it
           to
           be
           admonished
           by
           him
           and
           to
           take
           aduice
           of
           him
           :
           then
           is
           he
           to
           gouerne
           and
           admonish
           ,
           to
           giue
           counsell
           and
           aduice
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           considering
           that
           he
           is
           called
           to
           be
           
             a
             guide
          
           to
           his
           wife
           )
           he
           must
           labour
           for
           holy
           wisedome
           and
           spirituall
           discretion
           ,
           that
           hee
           may
           be
           fit
           and
           able
           to
           guide
           and
           gouerne
           in
           good
           manner
           and
           to
           good
           purpose
           .
           And
           hee
           had
           neede
           be
           wise
           and
           discreete
           himselfe
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           be
           guide
           to
           another
           .
           Otherwise
           as
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           e
           How
           is
           he
           fit
           to
           gouerne
           Gods
           house
           that
           can
           not
           gouerne
           well
           his
           owne
           house
           ,
           so
           how
           shal
           he
           be
           fit
           to
           guide
           another
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           able
           to
           guide
           himselfe
           ?
        
         
           In
           regard
           whereof
           parents
           also
           ,
           as
           they
           must
           not
           be
           ouerhasty
           to
           ioyne
           their
           children
           in
           that
           estate
           ,
           ere
           they
           be
           come
           to
           some
           staiednesse
           :
           So
           they
           must
           be
           carefull
           ,
           (
           especially
           where
           they
           perceiue
           some
           want
           that
           way
           ,
           )
           to
           further
           them
           with
           all
           conuenient
           helps
           in
           that
           kinde
           :
           that
           so
           by
           their
           diligent
           care
           and
           furtherance
           that
           may
           be
           supplyed
           that
           is
           defectiue
           on
           their
           parts
           .
        
         
           Now
           this
           then
           condemneth
           the
           preposterous
           practise
           of
           some
           men
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           kinde
           either
           of
           foolish
           statelinesse
           or
           fond
           remissenesse
           will
           seeme
           to
           referre
           all
           to
           the
           wife
           a
           
             the
             weaker
          
           ,
           without
           informing
           or
           acquainting
           them
           with
           their
           minde
           ,
           in
           what
           manner
           they
           wish
           or
           thinke
           fit
           to
           haue
           things
           ordered
           in
           the
           family
           ;
           and
           yet
           will
           storme
           and
           take
           on
           ,
           or
           grow
           pettish
           and
           impatient
           ,
           if
           euerything
           bee
           not
           done
           to
           their
           owne
           minde
           .
           Which
           as
           it
           
           breedeth
           much
           disquiet
           &
           distraction
           in
           the
           wiues
           minde
           ,
           when
           shee
           knoweth
           not
           what
           wil●
           please
           ,
           but
           must
           goe
           all
           by
           guesse
           so
           it
           taketh
           away
           that
           alacritie
           and
           cheere●uln●sse
           that
           should
           be
           in
           performance
           of
           such
           duties
           ,
           and
           maketh
           her
           to
           goe
           about
           her
           businesse
           with
           hanging
           of
           the
           wings
           ;
           since
           it
           is
           vncertaine
           ,
           when
           shee
           hath
           taken
           all
           possible
           paines
           ,
           and
           done
           her
           best
           endeauour
           ,
           how
           in
           the
           end
           it
           will
           be
           accepted
           .
        
         
           As
           also
           it
           condemneth
           such
           peeuish
           and
           froward
           persons
           ,
           as
           if
           anything
           be
           demanded
           of
           them
           ,
           or
           their
           aduice
           asked
           in
           ought
           ,
           are
           ready
           by
           and
           by
           to
           grow
           into
           heate
           and
           rage
           ,
           to
           complaine
           of
           and
           cry
           out
           on
           the
           folly
           and
           vnwisenesse
           of
           their
           wiues
           ,
           that
           know
           not
           how
           such
           and
           such
           things
           should
           be
           ordered
           .
           For
           to
           what
           end
           hath
           God
           giuen
           her
           thee
           for
           a
           b
           Guide
           ,
           but
           because
           the
           woman
           ordinarily
           needs
           the
           mans
           aduice
           ?
           As
           therefore
           c
           
             the
             priests
             lips
             should
             preserue
             knowledge
          
           for
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           to
           
             aske
             the
             law
          
           of
           him
           :
           so
           the
           husbands
           head
           should
           preserue
           wisedome
           and
           counsell
           for
           his
           wife
           ,
           and
           d
           she
           is
           to
           take
           aduice
           of
           him
           .
           Besides
           ,
           that
           things
           in
           the
           family
           many
           times
           are
           to
           bee
           done
           ,
           not
           for
           the
           best
           or
           the
           wisest
           simply
           ,
           but
           after
           the
           husbands
           best
           liking
           and
           to
           his
           best
           contentment
           .
           And
           therefore
           a
           wise
           and
           discreete
           husband
           should
           rather
           reioyce
           that
           his
           wife
           is
           so
           carefull
           to
           know
           his
           minde
           ,
           and
           to
           doe
           euery
           thing
           to
           his
           minde
           ,
           then
           contemne
           her
           or
           miscall
           her
           for
           her
           carefulnesse
           in
           that
           kinde
           .
        
         
           The
           third
           and
           last
           dutie
           on
           the
           wines
           part
           is
           Assistance
           .
           
           For
           she
           was
           made
           to
           be
           c
           
             an
             Helper
          
           or
           an
           assistant
           to
           her
           husband
           :
           and
           that
           especially
           in
           two
           kinds
           ,
           in
           his
           Trauels
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           Troubles
           .
        
         
           First
           in
           his
           labour
           and
           in
           his
           businesse
           ;
           f
           in
           domesticall
           affaires
           ,
           things
           especially
           within
           the
           house
           .
           In
           regard
           whereof
           the
           Apostle
           Paul
           willeth
           that
           women
           be
           house-keepers
           ,
           or
           keepers
           at
           home
           ,
           as
           we
           call
           them
           hous-wiues
           :
           and
           the
           heathen
           for
           that
           one
           respect
           among
           others
           made
           the
           Snaile
           or
           the
           Torteis
           *
           an
           embleme
           of
           womanhood
           .
           And
           the
           Apostle
           Peter
           seemeth
           to
           imply
           no
           lesse
           ,
           when
           he
           willeth
           rather
           ,
           that
           the
           h
           
             husbands
             dwell
             with
             their
             ,
             wines
             ,
          
           then
           their
           wiues
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           Of
           this
           kinde
           of
           affaires
           that
           the
           wife
           is
           to
           bee
           imployed
           in
           are
           :
        
         
           First
           ,
           a
           the
           diligent
           and
           carefull
           education
           of
           such
           children
           as
           it
           may
           please
           God
           to
           blesse
           them
           with
           all
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           vigilant
           and
           watchfull
           b
           ouersight
           of
           the
           whole
           family
           c
           instructing
           and
           admonishing
           them
           ,
           as
           occasion
           requireth
           ;
           assigning
           them
           their
           worke
           and
           allotting
           them
           their
           allowance
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           the
           prouident
           and
           faithfull
           keeping
           and
           preseruing
           of
           prouisions
           made
           and
           brought
           in
           by
           the
           man
           ,
           that
           they
           bee
           not
           imbecilled
           or
           made
           away
           ,
           that
           e
           
             no
             waste
             be
          
           made
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           be
           not
           spoiled
           and
           misspent
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           a
           constant
           and
           painefull
           endeauour
           of
           doing
           something
           ,
           as
           abilitie
           ,
           leisure
           and
           opportunitie
           shall
           giue
           leaue
           ,
           toward
           the
           supporting
           and
           
           vpholding
           ,
           or
           the
           raising
           and
           aduancing
           of
           their
           estate
           ,
           and
           the
           further
           enlarging
           of
           their
           meanes
           .
           For
           f
           
             a
             wise
             woman
          
           ,
           saith
           
             Salomon
             ,
             helpeth
             to
             build
             vp
             the
             house
          
           :
           and
           the
           good
           hous-wife
           ,
           as
           his
           mother
           describeth
           her
           to
           him
           ,
           g
           
             riseth
             before
             day
          
           ,
           and
           
             sitteth
             vp
             late
             at
             night
          
           :
           As
           i
           she
           suffereth
           none
           to
           be
           idle
           in
           the
           house
           ,
           so
           k
           shee
           is
           not
           idle
           her selfe
           :
           Shee
           thinketh
           not
           scorne
           to
           soile
           her
           hands
           ;
           but
           girdeth
           vp
           her
           loines
           ,
           and
           setteth
           her selfe
           to
           some
           profitable
           worke
           :
           m
           getteth
           her
           wooll
           and
           flax
           about
           her
           ,
           and
           putteth
           her
           hand
           to
           the
           wheele
           ,
           and
           her
           fingers
           to
           the
           spindle
           ,
           n
           maketh
           such
           things
           as
           may
           serue
           for
           the
           apparelling
           of
           her
           husband
           her selfe
           and
           her
           houshold
           ,
           or
           may
           be
           of
           vse
           otherwise
           about
           the
           house
           :
           or
           if
           no
           neede
           of
           it
           in
           the
           house
           ,
           p
           to
           sell
           and
           make
           merchandise
           of
           ;
           and
           that
           no
           discredit
           or
           discommendation
           at
           all
           to
           her
           neither
           :
           or
           if
           neither
           of
           both
           bee
           needfull
           ,
           q
           to
           helpe
           to
           releeue
           ,
           as
           good
           r
           Dorcas
           did
           ,
           the
           poore
           seruants
           of
           God
           with
           .
        
         
           Where
           commeth
           to
           bee
           condemned
           ,
           first
           the
           sondnesse
           of
           such
           parents
           as
           ioyne
           their
           daughters
           to
           heads
           before
           they
           are
           able
           thus
           to
           bee
           helpers
           ,
           yea
           ost
           match
           them
           to
           an
           head
           ,
           ere
           they
           are
           able
           to
           dresse
           their
           owne
           head
           ,
           much
           lesse
           to
           affoord
           any
           good
           helpe
           to
           their
           married
           head
           .
        
         
           As
           also
           of
           those
           that
           bring
           them
           vp
           so
           in
           idlenes
           and
           dissolutenesse
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           good
           for
           nothing
           when
           they
           are
           married
           ,
           but
           to
           sit
           in
           the
           shop
           as
           a
           babe
           on
           a
           stall
           ,
           to
           see
           and
           be
           seene
           ,
           or
           as
           an
           image
           in
           the
           house
           ,
           that
           hath
           lims
           without
           vse
           ;
           being
           altogether
           
           vnfit
           to
           doe
           ought
           about
           the
           house
           ,
           or
           to
           manage
           any
           thing
           that
           appertaineth
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           Againe
           ,
           here
           commeth
           to
           bee
           condemned
           the
           practise
           of
           such
           wiues
           as
           are
           gadders
           abroad
           ;
           least
           acquainted
           with
           ,
           or
           delighting
           in
           ought
           at
           their
           owne
           home
           :
           rather
           in
           that
           regard
           the
           daughters
           of
           f
           Dinah
           then
           s
           Sarah
           ;
           whom
           we
           know
           t
           what
           befell
           vpon
           her
           wandring
           abroad
           .
           And
           surely
           as
           the
           Apostle
           ioyneth
           u
           chastitie
           and
           
             home
             keeping
          
           together
           ,
           as
           the
           one
           a
           meanes
           of
           preseruing
           the
           other
           :
           so
           x
           the
           wise
           man
           maketh
           such
           
             gadding
             abroad
          
           a
           note
           of
           a
           light
           and
           a
           lewd
           houswise
           .
        
         
           Or
           such
           as
           though
           they
           keepe
           within
           ,
           yet
           sit
           idle
           at
           home
           :
           must
           haue
           y
           their
           gossips
           come
           and
           sit
           with
           them
           to
           tell
           tales
           and
           newes
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           not
           be
           idle
           without
           company
           :
           little
           weighing
           with
           themselues
           ,
           that
           time
           the
           meane
           while
           runneth
           on
           ,
           and
           worke
           about
           the
           house
           goeth
           but
           vntowardly
           forward
           ,
           while
           there
           is
           none
           to
           ouersee
           ,
           or
           looke
           after
           it
           .
        
         
           As
           also
           the
           practise
           of
           such
           as
           are
           wasters
           ,
           spenders
           and
           spoilers
           of
           their
           husbands
           wealth
           ,
           and
           of
           that
           they
           bring
           in
           ;
           *
           that
           therein
           indeed
           like
           the
           Torteis
           ,
           carrie
           their
           whole
           house
           on
           their
           backe
           ,
           which
           though
           they
           feele
           not
           the
           weight
           of
           ,
           yet
           maketh
           the
           husbands
           backe
           ake
           ,
           yea
           and
           cracke
           too
           ,
           breaketh
           the
           backe
           of
           their
           estate
           :
           (
           as
           *
           in
           that
           sexe
           commonly
           there
           is
           no
           ho
           ,
           when
           a
           wastfull
           humour
           is
           once
           in
           :
           )
           so
           farre
           are
           they
           from
           helping
           to
           further
           or
           aduance
           their
           estate
           .
           Such
           should
           remember
           the
           saying
           of
           Salomon
           ,
           that
           z
           as
           
             the
             wise
             woman
             
             helpeth
          
           to
           
             build
             vp
             the
             house
          
           :
           so
           shee
           is
           a
           foole
           that
           thus
           
             pulleth
             the
             house
             downe
             with
             her
             owne
             hands
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           wife
           is
           to
           be
           an
           assistant
           and
           (a)
           
             a
             yoke
             fellow
          
           to
           her
           husband
           ,
           as
           in
           his
           trauels
           and
           labours
           ,
           so
           in
           troubles
           and
           crosses
           ,
           if
           any
           befall
           〈◊〉
           ;
           (
           as
           no
           mans
           life
           lightly
           is
           free
           from
           them
           :
           *
           
             No
             larke
             without
             an
             he●le
             ,
             nor
             course
             of
             life
             without
             some
             crosse
             or
             other
          
           :
           )
           and
           that
           two
           waies
           .
        
         
           By
           bearing
           part
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           And
           by
           being
           a
           comfort
           vnto
           him
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           by
           bearing
           part
           with
           him
           .
           For
           whereas
           married
           persons
           are
           subiect
           to
           many
           more
           crosses
           and
           casualties
           then
           those
           that
           leade
           a
           single
           life
           ,
           in
           regard
           their
           charge
           is
           the
           greater
           :
           howsoeuer
           the
           women
           themselues
           are
           not
           exposed
           to
           so
           many
           personall
           encumbrances
           as
           men
           ,
           because
           their
           life
           is
           more
           priuate
           :
           Yet
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           of
           the
           faithfull
           Christiās
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           b
           fellow-partners
           with
           him
           
             in
             his
             afflictions
          
           ,
           so
           ought
           the
           wife
           to
           bee
           with
           the
           husband
           in
           those
           afflictions
           that
           befall
           him
           .
           And
           surely
           if
           all
           Christians
           in
           generall
           ,
           much
           more
           married
           folkes
           in
           speciall
           ought
           to
           c
           
             beare
             either
             others
             burdens
          
           ;
           If
           *
           all
           Christians
           must
           haue
           a
           fellow-feeling
           of
           one
           anothers
           suffrings
           ,
           because
           d
           they
           are
           
             all
             members
             of
             one
             bodie
          
           ;
           much
           more
           man
           and
           wife
           that
           are
           both
           but
           e
           one
           flesh
           .
        
         
           Contrary
           whereunto
           is
           the
           practise
           of
           those
           wiues
           that
           leaue
           and
           forsake
           their
           husbands
           when
           they
           are
           fallen
           into
           troubles
           :
           are
           like
           swallowes
           and
           other
           sommer-birds
           ,
           content
           to
           reape
           and
           enioy
           with
           them
           ,
           the
           pleasant
           fruits
           of
           prosperitie
           ,
           but
           
           vnwilling
           to
           beare
           and
           endure
           with
           them
           the
           bitter
           brunt
           and
           blasts
           of
           aduersitie
           ;
           care
           not
           ,
           nor
           regard
           what
           their
           husbands
           do
           ,
           or
           what
           becomes
           of
           them
           ,
           what
           hardnesse
           they
           endure
           ,
           what
           miserie
           they
           abide
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           by
           helpe
           of
           friends
           or
           other
           prouisions
           they
           are
           able
           themselues
           ,
           to
           shift
           for
           themselues
           .
           Very
           vnnaturall
           are
           they
           that
           haue
           no
           fellow-feeling
           of
           what
           their
           owne
           flesh
           suffereth
           :
           vnlike
           f
           our
           Sauiour
           Christ
           ,
           who
           retaineth
           still
           *
           compassion
           ,
           though
           
             free
             from
          
           personall
           passion
           ;
           and
           though
           freed
           now
           
             from
             feeling
          
           ,
           hath
           still
           yet
           a
           fellow-feeling
           g
           of
           those
           euils
           that
           befall
           *
           his
           here
           .
           Yea
           worse
           then
           many
           heathen
           women
           ,
           *
           that
           haue
           shewed
           worthy
           precedents
           on
           this
           part
           and
           in
           this
           kinde
           ;
           and
           shall
           therefore
           h
           rise
           in
           iudgement
           at
           the
           last
           day
           against
           all
           such
           Christian
           women
           as
           be
           faultie
           this
           way
           .
        
         
           The
           like
           is
           to
           be
           said
           of
           the
           practise
           of
           such
           as
           are
           a
           meanes
           themselues
           to
           bring
           their
           husbands
           into
           decay
           and
           distresse
           ,
           and
           so
           procure
           trouble
           to
           them
           ,
           by
           their
           inordinate
           courses
           and
           excessiue
           expences
           ;
           whereby
           they
           cast
           them
           behind
           hand
           ,
           and
           that
           to
           their
           vtter
           ouerthrow
           and
           vndoing
           oft
           times
           :
           and
           so
           in
           stead
           of
           helping
           to
           beare
           his
           burden
           with
           him
           ,
           are
           a
           meanes
           to
           bring
           such
           a
           burden
           vpon
           him
           ,
           as
           neither
           of
           them
           both
           is
           well
           able
           to
           beare
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           by
           being
           a
           cheerer
           and
           a
           comforter
           ;
           a
           meanes
           of
           comfort
           and
           cheerefulnesse
           to
           him
           :
           as
           i
           Iacobs
           children
           were
           to
           Iacob
           ;
           and
           so
           k
           Rebekkah
           to
           Isaak
           .
           And
           surely
           if
           it
           be
           the
           dutie
           of
           children
           to
           comfort
           their
           parents
           in
           their
           heauinesse
           :
           much
           
           more
           the
           wiues
           to
           comfort
           her
           husband
           in
           like
           cases
           .
           If
           l
           
             a
             wise
             childe
             is
             a
             ioy
             to
             his
             father
          
           :
           much
           more
           will
           a
           good
           and
           a
           wise
           wife
           striue
           to
           be
           so
           to
           her
           husband
           :
           to
           be
           to
           him
           as
           m
           
             Dauids
             harpe
          
           was
           to
           Saul
           :
           as
           a
           physitian
           to
           tend
           him
           in
           his
           sicknes
           ,
           as
           a
           a
           musitian
           to
           cheere
           him
           vp
           in
           his
           heauinesse
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           a
           wretched
           and
           lamentab●e
           case
           is
           it
           then
           ,
           when
           shee
           that
           should
           be
           a
           comfort
           ,
           prooueth
           a
           discomfort
           ,
           that
           her
           husband
           may
           say
           of
           her
           as
           n
           Iob
           of
           his
           friends
           ,
           
             A
             miserable
             comforter
             art
             thou
             indeede
             .
          
           As
           in
           Eue
           ,
           that
           shee
           ,
           that
           o
           was
           giuen
           to
           be
           an
           helper
           to
           good
           ,
           p
           should
           prooue
           a
           tempter
           to
           euill
           :
           so
           here
           when
           shee
           that
           should
           bee
           q
           the
           ioy
           and
           the
           delight
           of
           a
           mans
           eyes
           ,
           prooueth
           a
           corrasiue
           to
           his
           heart
           and
           corruption
           in
           his
           bones
           .
           And
           surely
           as
           there
           is
           no
           estate
           more
           comfortable
           where
           things
           are
           wisely
           ordred
           according
           to
           Gods
           will
           and
           word
           :
           so
           none
           more
           discomfortable
           ,
           where
           things
           are
           crossely
           and
           crooked●y
           carried
           .
           *
           
             Inward
             euils
             are
             most
             grieuous
          
           :
           r
           in
           regard
           whereof
           *
           one
           of
           the
           ancients
           compareth
           not
           amisse
           an
           euill
           and
           a
           guilty
           conscience
           to
           an
           vnto
           ward
           yoke
           fellow
           :
           For
           that
           is
           common
           to
           either
           ,
           (
           then
           which
           what
           can
           bee
           more
           grie●ous
           ?
           )
           that
           that
           prooueth
           with
           a
           man
           the
           greatest
           crosse
           ,
           that
           should
           be
           a
           comfort
           to
           him
           against
           other
           crosses
           .
           Such
           women
           forget
           or
           at
           least
           are
           farre
           from
           that
           ,
           which
           Salomon
           saith
           of
           a
           good
           wife
           ,
           s
           
             Shee
             will
             doe
             her
             husband
             good
             ,
             and
             not
             euill
             ,
             all
             the
             daies
             of
             her
             life
          
           :
           that
           which
           euery
           good
           woman
           vndoubtedly
           will
           endeauour
           her selfe
           vnto
           .
        
         
           Hitherto
           we
           haue
           spoken
           of
           the
           
             Maine
             dutie
          
           on
           
           the
           wiues
           part
           ,
           namely
           ,
           Submission
           or
           Subiection
           ,
           togither
           with
           the
           particulars
           or
           at
           least
           the
           pr●ncipall
           of
           those
           that
           thence
           issue
           .
        
         
           We
           come
           now
           to
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           performance
           of
           all
           the
           former
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           saith
           our
           Apostle
           ,
           
             In
             the
             Lord
          
           :
           a
           phrase
           vsed
           by
           the
           Apostle
           a
           in
           the
           like
           case
           else-where
           :
           and
           it
           may
           be
           taken
           two
           waies
           ,
           as
           
             a
             note
             of
             Direction
          
           ,
           or
           as
           
             a
             note
             of
             Limitation
          
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           As
           a
           note
           of
           direction
           ,
           prescribing
           the
           ground
           and
           manner
           of
           this
           submission
           ;
           that
           it
           bee
           done
           in
           obedience
           of
           God
           and
           the
           commandement
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           conscience
           of
           the
           order
           and
           ordinance
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           As
           a
           note
           of
           limitation
           ,
           describing
           the
           bounds
           and
           limits
           of
           this
           submission
           ,
           assistance
           ,
           reuerence
           ,
           and
           obedience
           ;
           that
           it
           extend
           not
           it selfe
           to
           anything
           against
           the
           will
           and
           word
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           In
           the
           former
           sense
           it
           seemeth
           to
           be
           vsed
           by
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           where
           b
           he
           speaketh
           of
           
             childrens
             dutie
          
           ;
           in
           the
           latter
           ,
           c
           where
           he
           applieth
           it
           to
           
             widdowes
             marriage
          
           .
           And
           the
           latter
           followeth
           vpon
           the
           former
           .
           For
           a
           man
           can
           not
           doe
           ought
           against
           Gods
           will
           or
           word
           out
           of
           obedience
           to
           his
           will
           and
           word
           :
           it
           implieth
           a
           manifest
           contradiction
           .
           And
           therefore
           whatsoeuer
           is
           done
           in
           obedience
           to
           Gods
           will
           must
           needs
           so
           farre
           forth
           be
           done
           according
           to
           ,
           and
           not
           against
           his
           word
           or
           will.
           The
           former
           I
           take
           here
           to
           be
           the
           direct
           meaning
           of
           the
           words
           ;
           the
           latter
           by
           way
           of
           consequence
           is
           deduced
           from
           it
           .
           And
           so
           this
           branch
           affordeth
           two
           points
           concerning
           the
           dutie
           here
           enioyned
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           that
           this
           Submission
           for
           the
           ground
           of
           it
           
           must
           be
           
             a
             godly
             ,
             a
             religious
             ,
             a
             conscionable
             submission
          
           ;
           perfor●ed
           not
           for
           wor●dly
           respects
           ,
           or
           for
           d
           
             feare
             of
             wrath
          
           ,
           but
           as
           e
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           of
           good
           subiects
           ,
           
             for
             conscience
             sake
          
           ;
           in
           conscience
           of
           Gods
           ordinance
           ,
           and
           in
           obedience
           to
           Gods
           command
           .
        
         
           For
           first
           ,
           it
           is
           f
           Godlinesse
           alone
           that
           
             hath
             the
             promises
             both
             of
             this
             life
             and
             the
             life
             to
             come
          
           :
           and
           therefore
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           reward
           for
           ought
           that
           proceedeth
           not
           from
           it
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ;
           as
           Luther
           saith
           well
           that
           *
           
             the
             first
             commandement
             in
             the
             Decalogue
             comprehendeth
             the
             whole
          
           :
           because
           therein
           is
           the
           bond
           that
           bindeth
           vs
           to
           the
           obedience
           of
           the
           whole
           :
           so
           it
           is
           no
           lesse
           true
           that
           the
           Apostle
           Iames
           telleth
           vs
           that
           g
           religion
           or
           godlinesse
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           ground
           and
           *
           bond
           of
           all
           obedience
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           exercised
           and
           practised
           through
           the
           whole
           course
           of
           our
           liues
           :
           that
           as
           all
           ciuill
           duties
           are
           to
           h
           proceede
           from
           loue
           vnto
           man
           ,
           so
           they
           are
           likewise
           to
           be
           done
           in
           obedience
           to
           God.
           
        
         
           Which
           point
           serueth
           ,
           First
           to
           shew
           a
           difference
           betweene
           a
           godly
           and
           a
           worldly
           wise
           ,
           a
           Christian
           woman
           &
           an
           heathen
           ,
           a
           faithfull
           and
           an
           infidel
           .
           For
           an
           heathen
           woman
           may
           doe
           all
           outward
           duties
           that
           a
           Christian
           wife
           doth
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           naturall
           or
           carnall
           loue
           to
           her
           husband
           ,
           or
           out
           of
           a
           desire
           of
           her
           owne
           ease
           and
           quiet
           that
           dependeth
           thereupon
           ,
           or
           out
           of
           other
           naturall
           and
           ciuill
           respects
           ,
           as
           feare
           of
           anger
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           of
           euill
           report
           abroad
           :
           But
           the
           Christian
           wife
           doth
           all
           on
           a
           further
           ground
           ;
           (
           though
           these
           and
           the
           like
           considerations
           also
           may
           make
           her
           the
           more
           carefull
           :
           )
           out
           of
           obedience
           to
           God
           and
           
           the
           will
           and
           word
           of
           God
           ;
           out
           of
           a
           desire
           to
           please
           God
           ,
           &
           to
           approue
           her self
           &
           her
           courses
           vnto
           God.
           As
           the
           heathen
           subiect
           serueth
           God
           for
           his
           Prince
           ,
           the
           Christian
           subiect
           serueth
           his
           prince
           for
           God
           :
           so
           the
           heathen
           wife
           obeieth
           God
           but
           for
           man
           ,
           whereas
           the
           Christian
           wise
           obeyeth
           her
           husband
           for
           God.
           
        
         
           Againe
           it
           may
           teach
           women
           how
           to
           behaue
           thēselues
           in
           these
           duties
           that
           they
           may
           therby
           gaine
           as
           well
           fauor
           with
           God
           ,
           as
           loue
           with
           their
           husbands
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           a
           good
           report
           abroad
           :
           if
           they
           shall
           do
           all
           in
           obediēce
           of
           God
           ,
           if
           they
           shall
           do
           all
           a
           
             as
             vnto
             God
          
           :
           as
           a
           Christian
           seruant
           b
           
             serueth
             God
             and
             not
             man
          
           ,
           so
           submitting
           themselues
           to
           God
           ,
           not
           to
           man
           :
           while
           they
           regard
           God
           in
           their
           husbāds
           ,
           as
           c
           he
           doth
           God
           in
           his
           master
           ,
           and
           so
           doe
           all
           d
           as
           vnto
           God
           ,
           because
           they
           do
           e
           all
           for
           God
           ,
           and
           for
           conscience
           of
           God.
           Else
           though
           they
           performe
           all
           outward
           duties
           ,
           they
           go
           no
           further
           then
           heathen
           :
           if
           they
           do
           not
           so
           much
           ,
           they
           come
           short
           of
           them
           :
           and
           f
           if
           they
           expect
           &
           desire
           to
           be
           accepted
           with
           God
           ,
           they
           must
           go
           beyond
           them
           they
           must
           not
           onely
           do
           all
           that
           they
           doe
           ;
           but
           do
           it
           *
           as
           they
           should
           do
           :
           do
           all
           for
           God
           ,
           &
           then
           they
           doe
           it
           to
           God.
           For
           as
           g
           they
           releeue
           Christ
           in
           the
           poore
           ,
           when
           they
           releeue
           them
           for
           Christ
           :
           so
           they
           obey
           Christ
           in
           their
           husbands
           ,
           when
           they
           obey
           them
           for
           Christ.
           Not
           regard
           so
           much
           what
           their
           husbands
           deserue
           from
           them
           ,
           as
           what
           God
           requireth
           of
           them
           :
           and
           as
           Christian
           subiects
           submit
           themselues
           *
           
             to
             good
             gouernours
          
           as
           
             vnto
             God
             ,
             to
             euill
             gouernours
             for
             God
             ,
          
           or
           rather
           vnto
           either
           of
           them
           both
           
             as
             vnto
             God
          
           and
           
             in
             God
          
           :
           so
           submit
           themselues
           to
           their
           husbands
           bee
           they
           good
           or
           badde
           ,
           deserue
           
           they
           well
           or
           euill
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           
             for
             God
          
           ,
           and
           
             in
             God
          
           ,
           and
           
             vnto
             God
          
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           precept
           and
           enioynment
           of
           God.
           h
           So
           doing
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           ,
           i
           
             they
             shall
             be
             s●ued
             by
             child-bearing
             ,
          
           so
           they
           shall
           be
           saued
           by
           Christian
           submission
           and
           obedience
           .
           As
           k
           
             the
             seruant
             that
             serueth
             not
             man
             but
             the
             Lord
             ,
             shall
             from
             the
             Lord
             receiue
             the
             inhe●●tance
             of
             a
             sonne
          
           :
           so
           the
           woman
           that
           submitteth
           her selfe
           to
           her
           husband
           for
           God
           ,
           shall
           for
           such
           her
           submission
           be
           eternally
           rewarded
           of
           God.
           And
           this
           withall
           may
           againe
           serue
           well
           to
           take
           away
           that
           obiection
           of
           faultie
           performance
           on
           the
           other
           part
           :
           
             If
             he
             doe
             not
             his
             dutie
             to
             me
             ,
             why
             should
             I
             doe
             min●
             to
             him
             ?
          
           True
           :
           if
           thou
           oughtest
           it
           to
           him
           onely
           ,
           or
           principal●'y
           to
           him
           .
           But
           it
           is
           
             in
             the
             Lord
          
           ,
           and
           for
           him
           that
           this
           dutie
           is
           required
           of
           thee
           .
           Him
           thou
           owest
           it
           vnto
           ,
           whither
           thy
           husband
           doe
           his
           or
           no
           ;
           w
           hither
           he
           deserue
           it
           ,
           or
           no
           ,
           at
           thine
           hands
           .
           Neither
           shall
           his
           faultinesse
           excuse
           thy
           fault
           ,
           if
           thou
           shalt
           refuse
           to
           performe
           what
           God
           hath
           imposed
           on
           thee
           ,
           and
           so
           shalt
           faile
           in
           thy
           duty
           that
           thou
           owest
           vnto
           God
           ,
           because
           man
           faileth
           in
           his
           ,
           that
           he
           likewise
           oweth
           vnto
           God
           ,
           whither
           thou
           doest
           thine
           ,
           or
           no
           ,
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           this
           Submission
           ,
           for
           the
           extent
           of
           it
           ,
           must
           not
           bee
           
             in
             ought
             against
             God.
          
           And
           therefore
           when
           the
           Apostle
           maketh
           it
           generall
           ,
           l
           
             in
             all
             thing●
          
           ;
           it
           must
           bee
           conceiued
           by
           way
           of
           opposition
           betweene
           her
           owne
           will
           and
           her
           husbands
           will
           ;
           (
           as
           m
           the
           Apostle
           is
           said
           to
           
             please
             all
             men
             in
             all
             things
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           euen
           to
           the
           displeasing
           of
           himselfe
           :
           n
           not
           regarding
           his
           owne
           profite
           ,
           but
           respecting
           their
           
           pleasure
           :
           )
           not
           by
           way
           of
           opposition
           betweene
           Gods
           will
           and
           mans
           will.
           For
           when
           they
           crosse
           ,
           o
           
             God
             is
             rather
             to
             be
             obeyed
             then
             man
          
           :
           his
           will
           is
           rather
           to
           be
           regarded
           then
           mans
           will
        
         
           And
           the
           reason
           is
           apparent
           :
           for
           
             
               1.
               
               This
               submission
               is
               Gods
               ord●nance
               ;
               and
               Gods
               ordinance
               cannot
               be
               against
               God
               ,
               but
               for
               God.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               husbands
               power
               ,
               as
               p
               of
               all
               superiours
               ,
               is
               subordinate
               to
               Gods
               power
               :
               and
               the
               subordinate
               power
               ought
               euer
               to
               yeeld
               to
               the
               supreme
               power
               .
            
          
        
         
           And
           therefore
           first
           let
           men
           looke
           vnto
           it
           and
           take
           heede
           how
           they
           take
           vpon
           them
           to
           aduise
           ,
           perswade
           ,
           induce
           or
           vrge
           their
           wiues
           to
           ought
           against
           God
           and
           godlinesse
           or
           good
           conscience
           .
           For
           by
           so
           doing
           they
           shall
           but
           abuse
           their
           power
           and
           place
           ,
           and
           lessen
           their
           authoritie
           and
           credite
           ,
           as
           euery
           one
           doth
           that
           goeth
           beyond
           the
           bounds
           and
           limits
           of
           his
           office
           .
        
         
           As
           also
           women
           must
           know
           that
           it
           shall
           be
           no
           sufficient
           excuse
           for
           them
           ,
           if
           they
           shall
           suffer
           themselues
           to
           be
           led
           by
           their
           husbands
           vnto
           ought
           that
           is
           euill
           :
           no
           more
           then
           it
           was
           for
           q
           Adam
           to
           be
           seduced
           and
           misled
           by
           Eue
           :
           or
           for
           r
           Ahab
           to
           be
           prouoked
           and
           egged
           on
           by
           Iezabel
           vnto
           euill
           :
           Neither
           will
           it
           serue
           to
           alleadge
           ,
           that
           s
           
             the
             woman
             is
             the
             weaker
          
           .
           But
           they
           must
           consider
           who
           it
           is
           from
           whom
           the
           man
           hath
           his
           right
           ,
           his
           power
           ,
           and
           his
           place
           ,
           euen
           he
           that
           hath
           power
           equally
           ouer
           either
           ,
           and
           will
           vndoubtedly
           punish
           either
           ,
           if
           either
           the
           one
           shall
           perswade
           ,
           or
           the
           other
           vpon
           perswasion
           yeeld
           to
           ought
           against
           his
           will.
           
        
         
         
           Hitherto
           we
           haue
           entreated
           of
           the
           former
           part
           concerning
           
             the
             wiues
             dutie
          
           ,
           wee
           come
           now
           to
           the
           a
           latter
           part
           concerning
           the
           Husbands
           .
        
         
           And
           
             the
             Husbands
             dutie
          
           is
           propounded
           partly
           in
           the
           affirmatiue
           ,
           and
           partly
           in
           the
           negatiue
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             In
             the
             affirmatiue
             ,
             
               Husbands
               loue
               your
               wiues
            
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             In
             the
             negatiue
             ,
             
               And
               be
               not
               bitter
               vnto
               them
               .
            
          
        
         
           The
           maine
           dutie
           required
           on
           the
           mans
           part
           is
           Loue
           :
           that
           which
           the
           Apostle
           b
           euer
           inculcateth
           when
           he
           entreateth
           of
           
             the
             Husbands
             dutie
          
           :
        
         
           The
           equitie
           whereof
           we
           may
           easily
           conceiue
           ,
           if
           wee
           shall
           but
           consider
           the
           precept
           of
           Loue
           and
           in
           what
           tearmes
           it
           runneth
           .
        
         
           c
           Thou
           art
           commanded
           therefore
           by
           God
           to
           
             Loue
             thy
             neighbour
             as
             thy selfe
          
           .
           And
           what
           neerer
           neighbour
           then
           thy
           wife
           ,
           who
           is
           taken
           by
           thee
           into
           the
           societie
           and
           communion
           of
           thy
           whole
           li●e
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           perpetuall
           d
           companion
           with
           thee
           at
           boord
           and
           in
           bed
           ;
           to
           dwell
           and
           abide
           with
           thee
           continually
           ,
           to
           conuerse
           with
           thee
           most
           inwardly
           ;
           yea
           ,
           as
           our
           Sauiour
           himsel●e
           speaketh
           ,
           e
           
             to
             be
             glewed
             vnto
          
           thee
           inseparably
           ,
           and
           that
           f
           by
           Gods
           owne
           appointment
           and
           ordinance
           .
        
         
           Againe
           
             thy
             neighbour
          
           ,
           thou
           art
           commanded
           
             to
             loue
          
           g
           
             as
             thyse●fe
          
           ,
           But
           the
           Apostle
           goeth
           further
           and
           saith
           ,
           h
           
             He
             that
             l●u●th
             his
             wife
             ,
             he
             loueth
             himselfe
             .
          
           So
           that
           
             th●
             wife
             is
             thy selfe
          
           ,
           not
           
             as
             thy selfe
          
           onely
           .
           i
           
             Our
             flesh
          
           ,
           say
           the
           poore
           speaking
           of
           the
           rich
           ,
           
             is
             as
             their
             f●●h
          
           :
           and
           therefore
           k
           a
           man
           should
           n●t
           ,
           saith
           the
           prophet
           ,
           
             turne
             his
             face
             from
             his
             owne
             flesh
             .
          
           But
           here
           man
           and
           wife
           they
           make
           but
           l
           
             one
             flesh
          
           :
           
           this
           
           knot
           being
           once
           knit
           ,
           
             they
             are
             no
             more
             twaine
             ,
             but
             one
             flesh
             ,
          
           And
           m
           
             no
             man
          
           ,
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             euer
             hated
             his
             owne
             flesh
             ;
             but
             loueth
             and
             cheerisheth
             it
             ,
             as
             Christ
             doth
             his
             Church
             .
          
        
         
           n
           What
           more
           naturall
           then
           for
           parents
           to
           loue
           the
           children
           that
           come
           of
           them
           ?
           What
           more
           equall
           then
           for
           children
           to
           loue
           their
           parents
           that
           bred
           and
           bare
           them
           ?
           But
           behold
           a
           neerer
           coniunction
           betweene
           married
           persons
           man
           and
           wife
           ,
           then
           betweene
           children
           and
           parents
           :
           in
           regard
           whereof
           God
           saith
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           shall
           leaue
           the
           one
           ,
           yea
           ,
           if
           he
           cannot
           helpe
           both
           ,
           he
           shall
           neglect
           the
           one
           ,
           to
           adhere
           ,
           and
           cleaue
           to
           the
           other
           .
           o
           
             For
             this
             cause
             shall
             a
             man
             leaue
             father
             and
             mother
             too
             ,
             and
             shall
             cleaue
             to
             his
             wife
             :
             and
             they
             shall
             be
             one
             flesh
             .
          
        
         
           For
           childrē
           indeed
           are
           *
           
             part
             of
             their
             parents
          
           ,
           because
           p
           
             they
             come
             out
             of
             their
             bowels
          
           :
           they
           are
           
             part
             of
             their
             flesh
          
           ,
           but
           seuered
           from
           them
           .
           But
           man
           &
           wife
           ,
           they
           are
           
             one
             flesh
          
           ,
           conioyned
           not
           seuered
           .
           By
           originall
           creation
           ,
           as
           q
           shee
           came
           of
           the
           man
           ,
           r
           shee
           is
           part
           of
           his
           flesh
           ,
           
             flesh
             of
             his
             flesh
             ,
             and
             bone
             of
             his
             bone
             ,
          
           but
           seuered
           as
           it
           were
           now
           from
           him
           :
           but
           *
           by
           nuptiall
           coniunction
           being
           ioyned
           to
           him
           as
           his
           wife
           ,
           shee
           becommeth
           not
           onely
           
             part
             of
             his
             flesh
          
           as
           taken
           from
           him
           ,
           but
           s
           
             one
             flesh
          
           conioyned
           with
           him
           .
           For
           as
           *
           bodie
           and
           head
           ,
           or
           flesh
           and
           soule
           make
           one
           man
           ;
           so
           man
           and
           wife
           make
           one
           flesh
           .
        
         
           Againe
           children
           are
           said
           to
           be
           
             part
             of
             their
             parents
          
           ;
           but
           parents
           cannot
           bee
           said
           properly
           to
           bee
           
             part
             of
             their
             children
          
           .
           But
           here
           reciprocally
           
             the
             wife
             is
             part
             of
             the
             husband
          
           ;
           and
           
             the
             husband
             is
             part
             of
             the
             wife
          
           :
           both
           
           parts
           of
           the
           same
           flesh
           ,
           because
           both
           making
           but
           
             one
             flesh
          
           .
           Parents
           are
           as
           a
           fountaine
           or
           the
           body
           of
           a
           riuer
           ;
           children
           as
           streames
           deriued
           from
           it
           ,
           and
           flowing
           apart
           :
           Man
           and
           wife
           are
           as
           two
           springs
           meeting
           and
           so
           ioyning
           their
           streames
           ,
           that
           they
           make
           but
           one
           current
           ,
           *
           and
           runne
           both
           in
           one
           channell
           ,
           that
           the
           water
           of
           the
           one
           and
           the
           other
           cannot
           be
           seuered
           .
           Parents
           are
           as
           a
           stemme
           or
           a
           stocke
           ;
           children
           as
           grifts
           or
           slips
           taken
           from
           it
           ,
           and
           engraffed
           or
           planted
           else-where
           .
           Man
           and
           wife
           are
           as
           t
           those
           
             two
             branches
          
           in
           the
           Prophets
           hand
           ,
           *
           enclosed
           in
           one
           barke
           ,
           &
           so
           *
           closing
           togither
           that
           they
           make
           but
           one
           peice
           ,
           &
           the
           same
           fruit
           commeth
           of
           either
           .
        
         
           If
           neerenesse
           of
           bond
           therefore
           be
           a
           good
           ground
           of
           loue
           ;
           there
           being
           such
           a
           neerenesse
           betweene
           man
           and
           wife
           ,
           as
           none
           betweene
           man
           and
           man
           can
           goe
           neerer
           :
           it
           must
           needs
           binde
           the
           husband
           not
           onely
           to
           loue
           ,
           but
           to
           loue
           his
           wife
           with
           a
           loue
           aboue
           all
           other
           loue
           .
        
         
           To
           make
           vse
           then
           of
           this
           point
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           if
           a
           man
           be
           thus
           to
           loue
           his
           wife
           ,
           then
           the
           wife
           is
           no
           lesse
           to
           loue
           her
           husband
           .
           For
           *
           Loue
           ,
           we
           say
           ,
           
             is
             Loues
             loade-stone
          
           :
           and
           there
           is
           the
           like
           reason
           for
           either
           .
           There
           is
           no
           action
           or
           affection
           so
           reciprocall
           as
           loue
           ;
           as
           betweene
           God
           and
           man
           ;
           so
           betweene
           man
           and
           man.
           For
           example
           .
           If
           God
           be
           angry
           with
           vs
           ,
           *
           we
           are
           not
           to
           bee
           angry
           with
           him
           againe
           :
           *
           hee
           may
           haue
           iust
           cause
           to
           be
           angry
           with
           vs
           ,
           wee
           can
           haue
           no
           iust
           cause
           to
           bee
           angry
           with
           him
           :
           If
           God
           hate
           vs
           ,
           yet
           wee
           ought
           not
           to
           hate
           him
           :
           he
           may
           iustly
           hate
           vs
           ,
           we
           cannot
           iustly
           
           hate
           him
           :
           if
           he
           shew
           mercy
           on
           vs
           ,
           we
           cannot
           shew
           mercy
           to
           him
           :
           we
           stand
           in
           neede
           of
           his
           mercy
           ,
           he
           hath
           no
           neede
           of
           our
           mercy
           ,
           for
           he
           is
           subiect
           to
           no
           misery
           :
           If
           he
           be
           good
           to
           vs
           ,
           we
           can
           not
           be
           good
           againe
           to
           him
           ;
           for
           all
           a
           
             our
             goodnesse
             is
             nothing
             to
             him
          
           :
           But
           God
           loueth
           vs
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           to
           loue
           him
           againe
           :
           we
           stand
           bound
           to
           loue
           him
           though
           hee
           hate
           vs
           :
           but
           are
           bound
           in
           a
           double
           bond
           to
           loue
           him
           ,
           when
           he
           loueth
           vs
           :
           In
           like
           manner
           here
           :
           if
           the
           husband
           be
           angry
           with
           the
           wife
           ,
           shee
           is
           not
           by
           and
           by
           to
           be
           hastie
           and
           angry
           againe
           with
           him
           :
           if
           hee
           controle
           her
           ,
           shee
           is
           not
           therefore
           to
           controle
           him
           :
           but
           he
           is
           to
           loue
           her
           ,
           and
           shee
           is
           likewise
           to
           loue
           him
           :
           yea
           though
           he
           should
           hate
           her
           ,
           yet
           ought
           she
           to
           loue
           him
           :
           (
           for
           she
           may
           not
           faile
           in
           her
           duty
           ,
           because
           he
           faileth
           in
           his
           ,
           )
           how
           much
           more
           when
           he
           loueth
           her
           is
           shee
           to
           loue
           him
           ?
           For
           c
           
             loue
             requireth
             loue
          
           :
           and
           *
           
             loue
             must
             requite
             l●ue
          
           .
           Yea
           therefore
           is
           shee
           to
           loue
           him
           ,
           b
           the
           rather
           to
           drawe
           loue
           from
           him
           .
           That
           which
           the
           Apostle
           also
           d
           sometime
           expresseth
           ,
           though
           for
           the
           most
           part
           he
           presumeth
           it
           ;
           *
           as
           the
           loue
           of
           parents
           to
           their
           children
           ,
           a
           thing
           grounded
           in
           nature
           ,
           as
           is
           also
           the
           other
           :
           in
           regard
           whereof
           the
           Apostle
           Paul
           hath
           e
           coupled
           them
           together
           .
           Now
           as
           things
           often
           inculcated
           should
           make
           vs
           more
           ca
           refull
           :
           so
           things
           taken
           for
           granted
           should
           make
           vs
           more
           fearefull
           .
           As
           
             the
             husband
          
           therefore
           must
           
             f
             see
          
           to
           it
           
             that
             he
             loue
             his
             wife
          
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           so
           oft
           called
           vpon
           for
           it
           :
           so
           the
           wife
           must
           take
           heede
           how
           she
           bee
           faultie
           and
           defectiue
           that
           way
           ,
           when
           God
           taketh
           it
           as
           graunted
           ;
           and
           therefore
           
           accounteth
           them
           as
           monsters
           in
           nature
           that
           are
           wanting
           in
           it
           ;
           as
           those
           that
           want
           bowels
           of
           loue
           toward
           their
           owne
           birth
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           if
           a
           man
           be
           bound
           to
           loue
           his
           wife
           in
           this
           sort
           ,
           then
           men
           must
           take
           heed
           how
           they
           match
           with
           those
           whom
           they
           cannot
           thus
           loue
           and
           affect
           ;
           whom
           they
           cannot
           thus
           linke
           their
           hearts
           and
           affections
           vnto
           .
           g
           For
           h
           there
           is
           no
           *
           affection
           freer
           then
           loue
           :
           as
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           forcible
           ,
           so
           *
           nothing
           that
           can
           be
           lesse
           forced
           .
           This
           is
           a
           fault
           in
           many
           ,
           who
           to
           satisfie
           friends
           ,
           i
           or
           to
           aduance
           their
           estates
           ,
           or
           for
           some
           other
           worldly
           by-respects
           ,
           match
           in
           that
           manner
           ;
           and
           so
           cast
           themselues
           foolishly
           into
           a
           fearefull
           snare
           ,
           which
           they
           are
           neuer
           able
           after
           to
           wind
           themselues
           out
           of
           againe
           .
           Men
           and
           women
           therefore
           are
           to
           be
           admonished
           here
           that
           they
           
             looke
             ere
             they
             leape
          
           :
           and
           that
           they
           remember
           that
           *
           
             one
             had
             neede
             to
             deliberate
             long
             ,
             and
             aduise
             well
             on
             that
             which
             but
             once
             can
             be
             determined
          
           :
           to
           pause
           throughly
           vpon
           that
           that
           but
           once
           can
           be
           concluded
           ;
           that
           being
           once
           concluded
           concludeth
           them
           ;
           beeing
           once
           done
           cannot
           bee
           vndone
           againe
           .
           And
           those
           that
           haue
           already
           ouershot
           themselues
           in
           this
           kind
           ,
           they
           must
           now
           striue
           euen
           to
           enforce
           their
           affections
           ;
           and
           craue
           grace
           at
           Gods
           hand
           ,
           *
           whereby
           they
           may
           be
           enabled
           to
           bring
           themselues
           to
           that
           disposition
           ,
           that
           God
           now
           requireth
           of
           them
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           he
           that
           is
           free
           ,
           may
           frame
           his
           choise
           to
           his
           minde
           but
           he
           that
           hath
           chosen
           must
           frame
           his
           heart
           to
           his
           choise
           :
           Before
           hee
           might
           conforme
           his
           actions
           to
           his
           affection
           ;
           now
           hee
           must
           endeuour
           to
           frame
           his
           
           affection
           to
           his
           action
           .
           *
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           If
           the
           husband
           must
           in
           this
           manner
           loue
           his
           wife
           ,
           then
           must
           hee
           draw
           home
           his
           affections
           from
           louing
           any
           other
           in
           that
           sort
           .
           For
           if
           such
           a
           singularitie
           of
           loue
           be
           here
           required
           ,
           then
           it
           can
           be
           but
           one
           that
           in
           this
           sort
           is
           affected
           .
           As
           wee
           reason
           well
           ,
           that
           there
           can
           not
           be
           
             two
             Gods
          
           ,
           because
           there
           cannot
           be
           *
           
             two
             chiefe
             goods
          
           :
           so
           here
           there
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           two
           wiues
           of
           two
           husbands
           ,
           because
           two
           can
           not
           haue
           the
           principalitie
           &
           chiefety
           in
           our
           loue
           ;
           or
           rather
           ,
           because
           such
           loue
           as
           this
           is
           ,
           is
           or
           ought
           to
           be
           peculiar
           and
           proper
           to
           one
           :
           But
           the
           branches
           and
           streames
           of
           loue
           are
           dispersed
           among
           many
           ;
           whereas
           *
           the
           whole
           current
           of
           it
           runneth
           one
           way
           betweene
           twaine
           .
        
         
           This
           may
           further
           be
           confirmed
           vnto
           vs
           ▪
        
         
           By
           the
           law
           of
           nature
           .
           a
           God
           at
           the
           first
           tooke
           but
           *
           
             one
             rib
          
           from
           the
           man
           ,
           *
           and
           therefore
           he
           ,
           as
           wee
           said
           ,
           that
           b
           first
           tooke
           two
           wiues
           ,
           is
           said
           to
           haue
           *
           
             cut
             one
             rib
             into
             twaine
          
           .
           c
           He
           made
           of
           that
           one
           rib
           ,
           but
           
             one
             woman
          
           ;
           though
           d
           he
           had
           
             spirit
             enough
          
           to
           haue
           made
           more
           :
           e
           he
           brought
           but
           
             one
             wife
             ,
             Eue
          
           ,
           to
           Adam
           :
           g
           he
           reserued
           each
           man
           but
           one
           in
           the
           flood
           :
           And
           therfore
           h
           
             Let
             euery
             man
          
           ,
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           haue
           *
           
             his
             owne
             peculiar
             wife
             :
             and
             each
             woman
          
           e
           
             her
             husband
          
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           analogie
           of
           faith
           ▪
           i
           
             My
             beloued
             is
             but
             one
          
           ;
           saith
           Christ
           in
           the
           Canticles
           .
           Though
           naturally
           many
           and
           of
           many
           sorts
           ,
           yet
           they
           make
           but
           k
           
             one
             seede
          
           :
           they
           are
           mystically
           l
           
             all
             one
             in
             him
          
           .
           The
           m
           wife
           is
           to
           her
           husband
           ,
           as
           the
           Church
           is
           to
           
             Christ
             :
             Christ
          
           hath
           
           but
           *
           
             one
             Church
          
           :
           and
           hee
           must
           haue
           but
           
             one
             wife
             :
             Choose
             whither
             Adam
             thou
             wil●
             to
             imitate
             ,
          
           saith
           one
           of
           the
           ancients
           ,
           
             the
             old
             or
             the
             new
             :
             the
             one
             had
             bu●
             one
             wife
             ,
             the
             other
             hath
             but
             one
             Church
             .
          
        
         
           The
           married
           man
           therefore
           is
           to
           take
           heede
           not
           onely
           n
           of
           imbracing
           the
           bosome
           of
           a
           stranger
           ,
           but
           of
           admitting
           or
           giuing
           way
           now
           to
           any
           raunging
           affections
           .
           He
           must
           know
           that
           that
           which
           was
           lawfull
           for
           him
           before
           ,
           is
           now
           no
           more
           lawfull
           .
           Not
           that
           any
           sinfull
           act
           or
           desire
           was
           euer
           lawfull
           :
           but
           that
           such
           desire
           was
           not
           sinfull
           in
           thee
           then
           :
           as
           is
           sinfull
           in
           thee
           now
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           by
           God
           now
           determined
           and
           restrained
           to
           an
           obiect
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           let
           the
           husband
           take
           heede
           of
           being
           faultie
           in
           this
           dutie
           of
           loue
           in
           this
           inward
           and
           entire
           affection
           toward
           his
           wife
           ,
           which
           the
           Apostle
           of
           Christ
           and
           by
           him
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           in
           so
           speciall
           manner
           requireth
           and
           exacteth
           of
           him
           .
           Some
           duties
           there
           are
           though
           generally
           required
           of
           all
           ,
           yet
           in
           more
           speciall
           sort
           of
           some
           :
           and
           so
           this
           dutie
           of
           loue
           of
           all
           in
           generall
           ,
           but
           of
           married
           persons
           more
           specially
           :
           who
           are
           therefore
           more
           faultie
           ,
           if
           therein
           they
           faile
           .
           Yea
           such
           therefore
           must
           take
           heede
           not
           onely
           of
           ceasing
           simply
           to
           loue
           ,
           but
           of
           o
           
             leauing
             their
             first
             loue
          
           :
           of
           suffring
           thei●
           Loue
           p
           
             to
             grow
             luke-warme
          
           ,
           not
           key
           cold
           onely
           ,
           that
           was
           seruent
           at
           the
           first
           .
           Howsoeuer
           as
           complements
           abate
           betweene
           friend
           and
           friend
           ,
           the
           more
           familiar
           they
           grow
           ;
           so
           some
           kinde
           of
           daliance
           betweene
           new
           married
           folkes
           may
           after
           be
           lesse
           vsuall
           :
           yet
           their
           loue
           is
           to
           be
           no
           lesse
           ,
           rather
           to
           encrease
           then
           decrease
           ;
           as
           wee
           see
           it
           is
           in
           
           parents
           towards
           children
           ,
           who
           the
           longer
           they
           haue
           them
           ,
           the
           more
           they
           affect
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           loather
           they
           are
           to
           leaue
           and
           forgoe
           them
           ;
           though
           it
           may
           be
           they
           are
           not
           so
           fond
           on
           them
           ,
           as
           at
           first
           .
        
         
           And
           heere
           the
           better
           to
           further
           the
           practise
           of
           this
           duty
           :
           it
           shall
           not
           bee
           amisse
           ,
           taking
           the
           same
           course
           we
           did
           in
           the
           former
           ,
           to
           lay
           downe
           some
           particular
           effects
           and
           fruites
           of
           this
           loue
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           is
           a
           Cohabitation
           ,
           liuing
           and
           dwelling
           peaceably
           and
           quietly
           together
           .
           Friends
           we
           know
           loue
           to
           be
           oft
           together
           ,
           and
           are
           loath
           to
           be
           sundred
           ,
           Loue
           as
           it
           lincketh
           in
           heart
           ,
           so
           it
           b
           longeth
           after
           the
           bodily
           presence
           of
           them
           whom
           the
           heart
           is
           thereby
           lincked
           vnto
           .
           And
           it
           is
           c
           
             a
             sweete
             sight
          
           ,
           saith
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           
             to
             see
             brethren
             dwell
             together
             in
             one
          
           :
           how
           much
           more
           man
           and
           wife
           ?
           They
           make
           but
           one
           body
           ;
           and
           *
           it
           is
           against
           nature
           for
           one
           body
           to
           bee
           in
           two
           places
           at
           once
           .
           For
           the
           man
           is
           the
           d
           head
           ,
           the
           woman
           is
           as
           the
           body
           :
           for
           head
           and
           body
           to
           be
           sundered
           ,
           e
           it
           is
           present
           death
           vnto
           either
           .
           Not
           that
           a
           man
           may
           not
           be
           absent
           ,
           yea
           and
           long
           absent
           too
           sometime
           ,
           from
           his
           wife
           ,
           vpon
           necessary
           occasions
           ;
           but
           that
           there
           bee
           no
           giuing
           of
           way
           to
           vnnecessary
           .
           And
           surely
           where
           loue
           is
           ,
           there
           griefe
           will
           be
           that
           occasions
           of
           long
           or
           oft
           absence
           should
           be
           offered
           .
           And
           where
           griefe
           is
           that
           such
           occasions
           though
           necessary
           should
           be
           offered
           ;
           there
           will
           be
           no
           taking
           of
           occasions
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           are
           necessarily
           offered
           .
        
         
           Where
           commeth
           to
           bee
           taxed
           the
           foolish
           and
           preposterous
           course
           that
           is
           taken
           by
           diuers
           parents
           ,
           
           who
           match
           their
           sonnes
           young
           to
           wiues
           ,
           and
           then
           send
           them
           a
           trauailing
           :
           so
           that
           they
           part
           as
           soone
           as
           they
           meete
           ,
           *
           ere
           their
           affections
           be
           wel
           fastened
           ;
           and
           so
           oft
           either
           returne
           with
           them
           estranged
           on
           their
           part
           ,
           or
           at
           returne
           finde
           them
           estranged
           on
           the
           the
           other
           part
           ;
           while
           their
           f
           absence
           hath
           made
           way
           for
           some
           strangers
           enticement
           .
        
         
           As
           also
           the
           practise
           of
           those
           commeth
           here
           iustly
           to
           be
           condemned
           ,
           who
           after
           marriage
           vpon
           euery
           light
           iarre
           or
           discontent
           are
           ready
           by
           and
           by
           to
           sequester
           themselues
           either
           from
           other
           ,
           to
           breake
           vp
           house
           and
           part
           families
           and
           so
           to
           liue
           apart
           .
           Take
           heede
           ,
           Oh
           man
           ,
           how
           thou
           f
           leauest
           
             the
             wife
             of
             thy
             youth
          
           ,
           and
           breakest
           a
           bond
           knit
           by
           thy
           God
           :
           take
           heede
           ,
           g
           O
           woman
           ,
           how
           thou
           forsakest
           
             the
             guide
             of
             thy
             youth
             ,
             and
             forgettest
             the
             couen●nt
             of
             thy
             God.
             
          
        
         
           Yea
           ,
           but
           will
           some
           say
           ,
           her
           behau●our
           is
           such
           as
           can
           not
           be
           endured
           .
           And
           we
           may
           serue
           God
           asunder
           better
           then
           wee
           can
           being
           togither
           :
           I
           am
           the
           quiete
           ▪
           in
           my
           conscience
           ,
           the
           further
           I
           am
           from
           her
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           I
           answer
           :
           First
           with
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           h
           
             Art
             thou
             married
             ?
             seeke
             not
             to
             bee
             loosed
          
           :
           i
           
             abide
             in
             the
             calling
             God
             hath
             called
             thee
             in
             .
          
           Thou
           must
           keepe
           thy
           k
           station
           that
           God
           hath
           placed
           thee
           in
           :
           as
           the
           souldiour
           must
           keepe
           the
           place
           that
           his
           generall
           hath
           assigned
           him
           ,
           though
           it
           prooue
           an
           hot
           piece
           of
           seruice
           ,
           yea
           though
           he
           thinke
           he
           might
           do
           more
           good
           else-where
           .
           It
           is
           but
           l
           
             the
             diuell
             turning
             himselfe
             into
             an
             Angel
             of
             light
             ,
          
           that
           perswadeth
           thee
           in
           this
           sort
           .
           For
           *
           
             if
             cohabitation
             be
             of
             God
             ,
             then
          
           the
           contrary
           vnto
           it
           
             separation
             is
             of
             Satan
          
           .
           He
           that
           m
           forbiddeth
           
           thee
           to
           leaue
           an
           infidel
           ,
           an
           ido●ater
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           she
           is
           willing
           to
           liue
           with
           thee
           ,
           and
           keepeth
           her selfe
           loyall
           to
           thee
           ,
           whom
           will
           he
           licence
           thee
           to
           leaue
           ?
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           I
           answer
           further
           with
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           (
           and
           so
           come
           to
           the
           second
           dutie
           of
           Loue
           ,
           the
           
             Concealing
             and
             couering
             of
          
           the
           wiues
           infirmities
           ,
           and
           bearing
           patiently
           with
           them
           :
           )
           n
           
             Loue
             is
             long-suffring
          
           :
           and
           o
           
             Loue
             couereth
          
           ,
           much
           more
           p
           
             feruent
             loue
             ,
             a
             multitude
             of
             offences
             .
          
           
           There
           is
           no
           man
           or
           woman
           without
           infirmities
           ,
           as
           no
           life
           without
           troubles
           .
           And
           this
           is
           one
           special
           act
           &
           exercise
           of
           loue
           ,
           
             to
             loue
             those
             that
             we
             beare
             ,
             and
             to
          
           q
           
             beare
             with
             those
             that
             we
             loue
          
           :
           to
           seeke
           to
           couer
           and
           conceale
           their
           infirmities
           ,
           though
           they
           be
           many
           :
           remembring
           with
           all
           that
           
             God
             hath
             called
             vs
          
           ,
           as
           to
           r
           peace
           s
           
             in
             Christ
          
           ,
           so
           to
           t
           patience
           u
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           exercise
           of
           patience
           ;
           which
           therefore
           in
           these
           cases
           men
           must
           earnestly
           craue
           .
           *
        
         
           Where
           they
           are
           also
           to
           be
           taxed
           that
           are
           so
           farre
           from
           couering
           &
           concealing
           the
           infirmities
           of
           their
           wiues
           ,
           that
           they
           delight
           in
           nothing
           more
           then
           in
           blasing
           them
           abroad
           and
           that
           euen
           to
           strangers
           .
           Had
           they
           some
           loathsome
           soare
           about
           their
           owne
           body
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           loath
           to
           disclose
           it
           ,
           vnlesse
           it
           were
           to
           some
           speciall
           friend
           for
           aduice
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           Surgion
           for
           helpe
           :
           and
           surely
           as
           loath
           would
           they
           be
           to
           disclose
           their
           wiues
           infirmities
           ,
           did
           they
           esteeme
           them
           as
           their
           own
           flesh
           ,
           or
           if
           ,
           as
           loue
           requires
           they
           should
           ,
           they
           held
           their
           wiues
           reputation
           as
           deere
           to
           them
           as
           their
           owne
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           as
           tender
           of
           her
           credite
           as
           they
           are
           of
           their
           owne
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           further
           if
           morall
           defaults
           must
           not
           diminish
           loue
           ,
           much
           lesse
           naturall
           defects
           .
           If
           children
           be
           sick●y
           ,
           we
           are
           the
           more
           tender
           ouer
           them
           :
           if
           any
           part
           of
           the
           body
           be
           euil-affected
           ,
           we
           are
           the
           more
           charie
           ouer
           it
           .
           a
           Neither
           is
           the
           weakely
           wife
           therefore
           the
           lesse
           to
           be
           regarded
           ;
           but
           the
           rather
           to
           be
           tendred
           &
           tenderly
           entreated
           in
           regard
           of
           her
           weakenes
           ,
           as
           the
           more
           britle
           a
           Venice
           glasse
           is
           ,
           the
           more
           gingerly
           we
           handle
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           tender-edged
           a
           knife
           is
           ,
           the
           more
           chari●y
           we
           vse
           it
           .
           b
           Iacob
           may
           not
           forbeare
           Leahs
           company
           because
           she
           is
           ble●re-eyed
           :
           neither
           must
           Elkana
           loue
           Hanna
           the
           lesse
           ,
           c
           because
           she
           is
           barren
           and
           beareth
           not
           ;
           d
           neither
           loued
           he
           Rachel
           lesse
           when
           shee
           grew
           aged
           &
           was
           now
           decaied
           with
           yeeres
           ,
           and
           broken
           with
           bea●ing
           ,
           then
           he
           did
           when
           she
           was
           fresh
           at
           first
           :
           e
           no
           more
           then
           he
           lesse
           affected
           the
           last
           childe
           she
           bare
           ,
           then
           the
           first
           .
        
         
           Which
           condemneth
           their
           practise
           that
           f
           cast
           of
           
             the
             wife
             of
             their
             youth
          
           ,
           when
           she
           growes
           aged
           or
           diseased
           :
           are
           content
           to
           enioy
           the
           floure
           of
           their
           fresh
           yeeres
           ,
           but
           as
           fauour
           &
           freshnes
           decaieth
           in
           them
           by
           age
           or
           disease
           ,
           so
           abateth
           their
           fauour
           and
           loue
           toward
           them
           withal
           .
           Such
           loue
           shewes
           it self
           to
           haue
           bin
           neuer
           well
           grounded
           .
           For
           had
           it
           beene
           grounded
           on
           conference
           of
           
             Gods
             ordinance
          
           and
           g
           
             their
             owne
             couenant
          
           ,
           &
           not
           vpon
           naturall
           ,
           worldly
           ,
           or
           fleshly
           respects
           ,
           it
           would
           continue
           as
           
             Gods
             ordinance
          
           and
           
             their
             couenant
          
           continueth
           ,
           and
           not
           cease
           or
           abate
           as
           such
           by-respects
           faile
           .
        
         
           The
           third
           dutie
           of
           Loue
           is
           *
           mutuall
           Concord
           and
           agreement
           ,
           and
           to
           this
           purpose
           a
           condescending
           to
           the
           wife
           in
           things
           equall
           and
           fit
           .
           The
           Husband
           must
           not
           think
           that
           ,
           because
           h
           the
           wife
           is
           to
           submit
           her
           will
           to
           his
           will
           ;
           therefore
           he
           is
           not
           to
           regard
           her
           pleasure
           
           and
           contentment
           :
           he
           may
           say
           ,
           
           
             That
             that
             liketh
             me
             ,
             must
             content
             her
          
           :
           and
           
             there
             is
             an
             end
          
           .
           For
           thy
           wife
           is
           not
           with
           thee
           as
           a
           seruant
           or
           a
           slaue
           ,
           but
           as
           i
           
             a
             companion
          
           ,
           as
           a
           k
           yoake-fellow
           ,
           standing
           on
           euen
           ground
           with
           thee
           ,
           though
           drawing
           on
           the
           least
           side
           .
           A
           master
           may
           well
           make
           his
           businesse
           be
           done
           after
           his
           owne
           minde
           ,
           not
           regarding
           his
           seruants
           pleasure
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           his
           owne
           busines
           ,
           not
           his
           seruant●
           .
           But
           it
           is
           not
           so
           with
           thy
           wife
           :
           thou
           art
           to
           regard
           her
           pleasure
           as
           well
           as
           thine
           owne
           will
           :
           because
           the
           businesse
           is
           as
           wel
           hers
           as
           thine
           .
           And
           surely
           as
           l
           
             Loue
             seeketh
             the
             things
             of
             others
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             a
             m●ns
             owne
          
           :
           yea
           oft
           before
           a
           mans
           own
           ;
           m
           it
           seeketh
           an
           other
           mans
           gaine
           with
           a
           mans
           owne
           losse
           :
           so
           n
           it
           will
           make
           a
           man
           regard
           the
           will
           ,
           and
           pleasure
           &
           contentment
           of
           another
           as
           wel
           as
           his
           owne
           ,
           yea
           o
           preferre
           it
           sometime
           euen
           before
           his
           owne
           .
           And
           vndoubtedly
           if
           thou
           louest
           thy
           wife
           &
           accountest
           her
           one
           flesh
           with
           thee
           ,
           the
           same
           with
           thy selfe
           ;
           her
           pleasure
           w●ll
           be
           thy
           pleasure
           ,
           her
           contentment
           will
           be
           thy
           contentment
           ;
           thou
           wilt
           to
           account
           it
           :
           there
           will
           be
           no
           true
           contentment
           to
           thee
           ,
           while
           thou
           perceiuest
           discontentment
           in
           her
           :
           and
           therefore
           wilt
           not
           needlesly
           crosse
           her
           ,
           to
           cause
           discontentment
           to
           her
           .
        
         
           The
           fourth
           dutie
           of
           Loue
           is
           (
           that
           which
           the
           Apostle
           here
           expresseth
           in
           the
           negatiue
           ,
           and
           we
           haue
           put
           of
           to
           this
           place
           ;
           )
           a
           
             the
             ●a●nishing
             of
             all
             Bitternes
          
           .
           And
           surely
           if
           
             all
             bitternes
          
           must
           be
           abandoned
           &
           put
           away
           among
           Christians
           ,
           much
           more
           among
           Christian
           man
           &
           wife
           .
           b
           
             Let
             all
             bitternes
             ,
             and
             strife
             ,
             and
             wrath
             ,
             &
             ●l
             mor
             ,
             &
             euill
             language
             be
             put
             away
             from
             you
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           .
           If
           c
           
             no
             roote
             of
             gall
             &
             bitternes
          
           must
           be
           endured
           among
           Christians
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           d
           that
           is
           
             the
             house
             of
             God
          
           :
           no
           more
           between
           man
           and
           wife
           in
           the
           house
           or
           family
           e
           that
           is
           
           to
           be
           
             as
             a
             Church
          
           of
           God.
           And
           therfore
           among
           the
           heathn
           *
           the
           gall
           of
           the
           sacrifice
           ,
           that
           was
           slaine
           &
           offred
           at
           weddings
           ,
           was
           throwen
           out
           at
           doores
           ;
           therby
           to
           signifie
           ,
           that
           the
           maried
           folks
           should
           be
           either
           to
           other
           as
           Doues
           *
           ,
           
             without
             gal
          
           .
           And
           surely
           if
           among
           Christian
           men
           f
           
             All
             things
             must
             be
             done
             in
             Loue
          
           :
           much
           more
           must
           a●l
           things
           be
           done
           in
           Loue
           ,
           &
           
             much
             Loue
          
           ,
           betweene
           Christian
           man
           and
           wife
           ,
           that
           are
           tyed
           by
           a
           double
           ,
           yea
           by
           a
           triple
           band
           of
           loue
           either
           to
           other
           ;
           a
           naturall
           band
           as
           g
           neighbours
           and
           nigh
           in
           nature
           ;
           a
           spirituall
           bond
           h
           as
           fellow-members
           of
           the
           mysticall
           body
           of
           Christ
           Iesus
           ;
           and
           a
           ciuill
           ,
           but
           yet
           i
           an
           holy
           and
           k
           honourable
           bond
           ,
           as
           l
           
             one
             flesh
          
           by
           marriage
           .
           And
           therfore
           the
           husband
           when
           he
           admonisheth
           ,
           he
           must
           admonish
           in
           loue
           &
           louing
           manner
           ;
           when
           he
           aduiseth
           ,
           he
           must
           aduise
           in
           loue
           and
           louing
           manner
           :
           if
           he
           reproue
           ,
           he
           must
           do
           that
           likewise
           out
           of
           loue
           and
           in
           louing
           for
           t
           ;
           with
           as
           much
           sweetnes
           and
           mildnesse
           ,
           and
           with
           as
           little
           seueritie
           and
           harshnes
           as
           may
           be
           :
           but
           in
           any
           wife
           without
           bitternesse
           ,
           knowing
           that
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           cōtrary
           to
           loue
           then
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           fift
           dutie
           of
           Loue
           toward
           the
           wife
           is
           
             Ioy
             &
             d●lig●t
             in
             her
          
           .
           m
           Driake
           ,
           faith
           the
           wise
           man
           ,
           
             the
             w●ter
             of
             t●me
             owne
             ●isterne
             :
             Let
             thy
             fountaine
             be
             blessed
          
           :
           (
           est●eme●
           it
           as
           
             a
             blessing
             of
             God
          
           :
           for
           so
           
             a
             good
             wife
             is
          
           indeede
           ,
           a
           good
           blessing
           and
           a
           great
           ,
           )
           
             and
             reioyce
             in
             the
             wife
             of
             thy
             youth
             :
             Let
             her
             be
             vnto
             thee
             as
             th●
             louing
             Hand
             ,
             and
             the
             pleasant
             R●●e●
             :
             Let
             her
             brests
             or
             her
             bosome
             content
             thee
             at
             ●ll
             times
             :
             and
             delight
             continually
             ,
          
           or
           as
           the
           word
           there
           is
           ,
           euen
           *
           
             doate
             on
             the
             Loue
             of
             her
             .
          
           As
           if
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           did
           allow
           some
           such
           priuate
           daliance
           &
           behauiour
           to
           married
           persons
           between
           themselues
           as
           to
           others
           might
           seeme
           dotage
           :
           such
           as
           it
           may
           be
           was
           n
           Isaacks
           sporting
           with
           Rebekka
           ;
           
           which
           Abimelech
           vnawares
           to
           them
           ouerlooked
           .
           In
           this
           regard
           as
           the
           wife
           is
           said
           to
           be
           vnto
           her
           husband
           o
           
             his
             eyes
             delig●t
          
           ,
           and
           
             his
             hearts-ioy
             and
             desire
          
           :
           So
           p
           the
           b●idegroome
           is
           said
           to
           
             reioyce
             in
             his
             bride
          
           ;
           as
           God
           doth
           in
           his
           chosen
           Children
           and
           in
           his
           Church
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           a
           necessarie
           effect
           of
           loue
           .
           For
           what
           a
           man
           loueth
           most
           ,
           he
           desireth
           most
           ;
           and
           what
           he
           desireth
           and
           affecteth
           most
           ,
           that
           he
           most
           delighteth
           in
           .
           Which
           that
           a
           man
           may
           the
           better
           do
           ,
           he
           must
           remember
           that
           as
           euery
           Christian
           man
           may
           assure
           himselfe
           that
           q
           his
           present
           estate
           ,
           what
           eue●
           it
           be
           ,
           is
           best
           &
           sictest
           for
           him
           :
           so
           a
           Christian
           married
           man
           is
           bound
           to
           beleeue
           and
           to
           perswade
           himselfe
           ,
           not
           that
           his
           wife
           is
           the
           wisest
           ,
           or
           the
           fairest
           ,
           or
           the
           best
           conditioned
           woman
           in
           the
           w●rld
           ;
           but
           that
           she
           is
           the
           si●●est
           wife
           for
           him
           ,
           that
           God
           hath
           allotted
           him
           ,
           and
           therefore
           rest
           himself
           contented
           in
           her
           &
           satisfied
           with
           her
           ,
           and
           liue
           with
           as
           much
           alacrity
           &
           cheerefulnes
           with
           he●
           as
           may
           be
           .
           And
           as
           parents
           loue
           and
           delight
           in
           their
           children
           ,
           not
           because
           they
           are
           faire
           or
           wise
           and
           witty
           ,
           but
           
           because
           they
           are
           their
           children&
           and
           therfore
           how
           soeuer
           seeing
           better
           parts
           in
           others
           ,
           they
           could
           be
           content
           to
           change
           quality
           for
           quality
           ,
           yet
           they
           w●l
           not
           exchange
           childe
           for
           childe
           :
           so
           a
           man
           is
           to
           loue
           &
           delight
           in
           his
           wife
           euen
           for
           this
           cau●●
           because
           s●ee
           is
           his
           wife
           ,
           and
           howsoeuer
           it
           may
           be
           he
           could
           wish
           some
           of
           her
           parts
           b●ttered
           ,
           yet
           to
           reioyce
           in
           her
           as
           they
           are
           .
        
         
           Wherein
           those
           are
           to
           be
           taxed
           that
           a
           delight
           rather
           in
           the
           company
           of
           others
           then
           of
           their
           owne
           wiues
           :
           *
           thinke
           *
           
             what
             they
             haue
             at
             home
             is
             all
             too
             ●omely
             ,
          
           and
           *
           
             what
             is
             vsual
             with
             them
             is
             vnsauory
             :
          
           like
           children
           ,
           that
           thinke
           the
           bread
           and
           butter
           they
           get
           abroad
           sweeter
           and
           better
           then
           that
           ,
           though
           indeed
           better
           ,
           that
           they
           
           are
           fed
           withal
           at
           home
           :
           or
           like
           queasie-stomacked
           persons
           that
           growing
           weary
           of
           their
           daily
           dyet
           ,
           delight
           more
           in
           some
           fond
           tri●le
           though
           neither
           so
           toothsome
           nor
           whole-some
           .
           Such
           must
           know
           that
           this
           is
           an
           vnwarrantable
           and
           a
           preposterous
           affection
           in
           them
           :
           and
           b
           such
           preposterous
           affections
           commonly
           as
           they
           argue
           an
           euill
           humour
           ,
           so
           they
           breede
           no
           good
           bloud
           .
        
         
           The
           sixth
           dutie
           of
           Loue
           is
           
             the
             allowance
             of
             all
             necessaries
          
           that
           her
           neede
           shall
           require
           &
           their
           estate
           may
           afford
           .
           It
           is
           that
           honour
           ,
           as
           some
           vnderstand
           it
           ,
           &
           it
           may
           well
           be
           one
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           *
           
             honest
             meanes
             and
             maintenance
          
           ,
           that
           the
           Apostle
           exacteth
           for
           them
           .
           For
           d
           so
           is
           the
           word
           oft
           taken
           ,
           and
           e
           vnder
           that
           tearme
           doth
           our
           Sauiour
           Christ
           shew
           it
           to
           bee
           comprehended
           elsewhere
           .
           And
           surely
           if
           f
           he
           be
           condemned
           as
           
             worse
             th●n
             a●
             infidel
             ,
             that
             prouide●h
             n●t
             for
             his
             family
          
           :
           then
           vndoubted
           he
           that
           prouideth
           not
           for
           his
           wife
           the
           chiefe
           in
           the
           family
           next
           himselfe
           ,
           is
           no
           bette●
           〈◊〉
           a●
           br●st●n
           man
           therfore
           must
           labour
           that
           he
           may
           h●●e
           wherwith
           to
           releeue
           other
           ;
           ●●ch
           more
           that
           he
           may
           haue
           wherwith
           to
           maintaine
           himselfe
           and
           his
           〈◊〉
           ,
           that
           is
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           one
           with
           himselfe
           .
           In
           regard
           whereof
           as
           h
           the
           wife
           is
           compared
           to
           the
           vi●
           ;
           so
           the
           husband
           ought
           to
           be
           as
           the
           Elme
           to
           vphold
           her
           :
           and
           〈◊〉
           
             Moone
             shineth
             with
             light
             re●c●ued
             from
             the
             Sun●●e
             ,
          
           so
           i●
           she
           to
           be
           furnished
           with
           fit
           supplies
           allowed
           h●r
           by
           him
           .
           And
           surely
           where
           loue
           is
           abounding
           ,
           there
           will
           nothing
           be
           wanting
           that
           may
           be
           for
           her
           cōfort
           &
           necessary
           cōtentment
           ,
           that
           their
           ability
           may
           well
           afford
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           are
           such
           to
           be
           cōdemned
           as
           being
           blessed
           by
           God
           with
           a
           liberall
           estate
           ,
           carry
           to
           strict
           &
           ●igardly
           an
           hand
           toward
           their
           wiue●
           ;
           think
           al
           lost
           that
           i●
           bestowed
           
           on
           thē
           ;
           to
           whom
           God
           hath
           giuen
           an
           equal
           interest
           in
           the
           things
           of
           this
           life
           with
           thē
           .
           For
           
             how
             hath
             she
             not
             all
             thine
             with
             thee
             ,
          
           *
           
             when
             she
             hath
             thee
          
           ?
           And
           therefore
           as
           denying
           to
           the
           poore
           ,
           whom
           God
           hath
           enioyned
           vs
           to
           releeue
           ,
           what
           we
           may
           spare
           ,
           &
           their
           necessity
           requiring
           i
           it
           giueth
           them
           a
           kinde
           of
           interest
           vnto
           it
           ,
           k
           we
           deny
           them
           their
           own
           :
           so
           much
           more
           in
           denying
           her
           what
           is
           needfull
           for
           her
           ,
           *
           thou
           deniest
           her
           her
           own
           ,
           thou
           with-holdest
           from
           her
           her
           own
           ;
           that
           which
           the
           mariage
           bond
           hath
           giuen
           her
           a
           special
           right
           vnto
           .
        
         
           Againe
           those
           are
           here
           to
           be
           condemned
           ,
           that
           liue
           ,
           like
           drones
           ,
           on
           their
           wiues
           labours
           ,
           wasting
           all
           that
           is
           gathered
           togither
           by
           their
           industrie
           .
           Of
           whom
           wee
           cannot
           say
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Moone
             shineth
             with
             the
             Suns
             light
          
           :
           but
           
             the
             Sun
             shineth
             with
             the
             Moones
             light
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           
             the
             husband
             shines
             with
             the
             spoiles
             of
             his
             wife
             ,
          
           *
           whom
           he
           ought
           to
           maintaine
           as
           the
           Sunne
           enlighteneth
           the
           Moone
           .
        
         
           As
           also
           those
           that
           spend
           riotously
           the
           portion
           they
           haue
           with
           their
           wiues
           ,
           &
           then
           leaue
           them
           to
           the
           wide
           world
           to
           shift
           for
           themselues
           :
           like
           those
           that
           climbe
           &
           take
           paines
           to
           get
           nuts
           ,
           which
           hauing
           crackt
           &
           eaten
           the
           kernell
           out
           of
           ,
           they
           cast
           the
           shels
           vnder-bord
           .
        
         
           And
           generally
           all
           that
           mispend
           that
           though
           earned
           with
           their
           owne
           hands
           ,
           or
           left
           them
           by
           friends
           ,
           that
           should
           maintaine
           house
           &
           wife
           with
           .
           Such
           must
           know
           that
           they
           robbe
           wife
           and
           children
           and
           themselues
           of
           what
           they
           wast
           in
           that
           sort
           ,
           and
           so
           are
           no
           better
           then
           such
           as
           rob
           by
           the
           high
           way
           side
           .
           For
           it
           is
           no
           lesse
           sin
           to
           rob
           them
           ,
           then
           to
           rob
           a
           meere
           stranger
           whom
           a
           man
           is
           more
           neerely
           tied
           vnto
           then
           he
           is
           to
           any
           stranger
           .
           And
           therefore
           as
           l
           
             he
             that
             robbeth
             his
             father
             and
             mother
             ,
          
           so
           he
           that
           robs
           wife
           &
           children
           ,
           
             and
             saith
             it
             is
             no
             sin
             ,
             is
             companion
             to
             a
             destroyer
             ,
          
           or
           *
           next
           neighbour
           
             to
             
             a
             murtherer
          
           ,
           as
           m
           the
           word
           vsed
           there
           may
           wel
           signifie
        
         
           The
           last
           but
           not
           the
           least
           Office
           of
           loue
           is
           
             the
             diligent
             endeuouring
             of
             the
             wiues
             spirituall
             good
          
           :
           which
           if
           he
           loue
           her
           as
           he
           ought
           ,
           he
           cannot
           ,
           nor
           will
           not
           neglect
           .
           In
           regard
           hereof
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           ,
           that
           a
           
             husbands
             must
             loue
             their
             wiues
             ,
             as
             Christ
             loueth
             his
             Church
          
           ;
           b
           whose
           loue
           to
           his
           Church
           tendeth
           to
           this
           ,
           
             to
             sanctifie
             &
             purifie
             it
             by
             water
             and
             the
             word
             ,
             to
             make
             it
             grations
             here
             ,
             &
             glorious
             without
             spot
             or
             wrinckle
          
           hereafter
           .
           And
           therfore
           this
           is
           a
           special
           thing
           that
           the
           husband
           should
           aime
           at
           in
           his
           loue
           &
           in
           all
           duties
           of
           loue
           to
           his
           wife
           ,
           to
           bring
           her
           on
           vnto
           God
           ,
           or
           to
           help
           her
           on
           in
           the
           good
           waves
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           c
           
             How
             knowest
             th●u
             ,
             O
             woman
             ,
          
           saith
           
             Paul
             ,
             but
             that
             thou
             maist
             win
             thine
             husband
          
           :
           and
           d
           women
           ,
           saith
           
             Peter
             ,
             must
             so
             behaue
             themselues
             ,
             that
             by
             their
             hol●
             chu●rsati
             ●
             their
             husbands
             may
             be
             won
          
           And
           surely
           if
           the
           wife
           must
           seeke
           to
           win
           her
           husband
           being
           averse
           ;
           how
           much
           more
           e
           the
           husbād
           to
           win
           her
           in
           like
           case
           ;
           f
           whose
           office
           it
           is
           more
           specially
           to
           teach
           and
           instruct
           her
           .
           Or
           if
           they
           be
           both
           won
           ,
           &
           in
           a
           good
           way
           already
           ,
           they
           must
           g
           
             liue
             togither
          
           ,
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           
             Peter
             ,
             as
             fe●low-hei●es
             of
             saluation
          
           :
           and
           so
           ,
           as
           fellow-furtherers
           either
           of
           other
           in
           the
           way
           thereunto
           .
           Else
           what
           difference
           that
           there
           be
           between
           Christian
           and
           heathen
           married
           persons
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           not
           furtherers
           either
           to
           other
           ;
           is
           in
           the
           things
           of
           life
           ,
           so
           in
           things
           tending
           to
           a
           better
           life
           ?
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           h
           Faith
           &
           the
           Feare
           of
           God
           and
           godlinesse
           are
           to
           be
           exercised
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           the
           speciall
           duties
           of
           our
           seuerall
           callings
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           generall
           duties
           of
           Christianitie
           ;
           and
           to
           run
           through
           our
           whole
           life
           ,
           as
           the
           woofe
           through
           the
           web
           :
           and
           so
           among
           other
           ,
           through
           all
           offices
           of
           the
           married
           estate
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           i
           
             whatso●uer
             we
             doe
          
           ,
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             we
             must
             
             do
             all
             to
             Gods
             glory
             .
          
           Now
           then
           are
           things
           done
           to
           Gods
           glory
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           referred
           to
           a
           spirituall
           end
           ,
           to
           a
           further
           end
           then
           the
           fruition
           of
           some
           corporall
           good
           .
           And
           to
           here
           married
           persons
           then
           loue
           and
           liue
           togither
           to
           the
           glory
           of
           God
           ,
           when
           they
           haue
           a
           further
           end
           of
           their
           mutuall
           conuersation
           ,
           
           their
           louing
           and
           liuing
           togither
           ,
           then
           their
           outward
           ●●lace
           and
           contentment
           onely
           ,
           or
           their
           furtherance
           in
           the
           things
           of
           the
           world
           and
           this
           present
           life
           alone
           .
        
         
           But
           alas
           how
           approue
           they
           themselues
           in
           this
           kind
           and
           their
           carriage
           in
           this
           estate
           vnto
           God
           ,
           that
           neuer
           dreame
           once
           of
           this
           ayme
           ,
           neuer
           ayme
           once
           at
           this
           end
           ;
           neuer
           haue
           once
           any
           thought
           at
           all
           tending
           this
           way
           ●
           
             k
             He
             that
             regardeth
             not
          
           the
           temporall
           good
           of
           his
           family
           ,
           
             is
             worse
             then
             an
             infidel
          
           :
           he
           that
           goeth
           no
           ●u●ther
           ,
           is
           no
           better
           .
           So
           those
           maried
           persons
           that
           liue
           togither
           vntowardly
           ,
           discontentedly
           ,
           impatiently
           ,
           in
           gal
           &
           bitternes
           ,
           in
           dissentiō
           &
           discord
           ,
           in
           want
           of
           mutuall
           and
           natural
           loue
           ,
           refusing
           to
           be
           helpful
           either
           to
           other
           in
           the
           things
           of
           this
           life
           ,
           are
           worse
           then
           infidels
           .
           On
           the
           other
           side
           those
           that
           bee
           neuer
           so
           carefull
           of
           performing
           the
           former
           duties
           and
           of
           shunning
           and
           auoiding
           the
           contrary
           eui●s
           ,
           but
           haue
           no
           care
           and
           conscience
           of
           the
           helping
           forward
           and
           furthering
           either
           other
           in
           the
           good
           waies
           of
           God
           ,
           they
           are
           no
           better
           then
           infidels
           ,
           they
           goe
           no
           further
           then
           they
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           word
           to
           conclude
           ,
           if
           
             Christian
             m●n
          
           are
           to
           
             l
             obserue
             one
             another
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             wh●t
             on
             either
             oth●r
             to
             godlinesse
             and
             good
             workes
          
           :
           then
           much
           more
           should
           Christian
           man
           &
           wife
           so
           doe
           :
           that
           hauing
           liued
           togither
           for
           a
           time
           as
           
             m
             copartners
             in
             grace
          
           here
           ,
           they
           may
           reigne
           togither
           for
           euer
           as
           
             co-heires
             in
             glory
          
           hereafter
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A01541-e60
           
             ●ungat
             Epistola
             ,
             quos
             ●unxit
             coniugium
             :
             imo
             charta
             non
             dividat
             ,
             quos
             Chris●
             nec●it
             amor
             .
             Hi●ton
             .
             fere
             prefat
             ,
             
               in
               Proverb
            
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A01541-e180
           
             a
             Heb.
             11.6
             .
             
               Siuefide
               po●●●bile
               non
               est
               pla●ere
               ;
               m●o
               imp●ssibile
               est
               non
               a●pplicere
               .
               Hern.
               in
               Cant.
            
             30.
             
          
           
             (b)
             Iam.
             2.26
             .
             
               Fides
               enim
               ab
               eo
               quia
               sit
               quod
               dicitur
               .
               Aug.
               demend
               .
               cap.
            
             20.
             
             
               Er●o
               vbi
               non
               si●
               quod
               dicitur
               ,
               fides
               non
               est
               ,
               Petrus
               .
               Cant.
               cap
            
             74.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Per●idē
               vera
               &
               vitam
               rectam
               ducit
               nos
               Deus
               ad
               salutem
               aternam
               .
               Rad.
               Ardens
               in
               homil
               .
               domin
               .
            
          
           
             (c)
             
               Roman
               Ephes.
               &c.
            
             
          
           
             (d)
             Cap.
             ●
             .
             &
             ●
             Rom.
             1
             ,
             ad
             12.
             
             Ephes.
             1.
             
             &
             2.
             
             &
             3.
             
          
           
             (e)
             Cap.
             3.
             
             &
             4.
             
             Rom.
             12.
             
               &c.
               Eph.
            
             4.
             
             &
             5.
             
             &
             6.
             
          
           
             (f)
             1.
             
             Cor.
             7.20.24
             .
             
               ●●ca
               .
               in
               qud
               .
               
               .
            
          
           
             (g)
             Eph.
             4
             &
             5.
             
             &
             6
             
          
           
             (h)
             Chap.
             3.1
             .
             ad
             18.
             
             &
             4.2
             .
             ad
             7.
             
             Eph
             4.
             
             &
             ●
             .
             1
             .
             ad
             22.
             
             &
             6.10
             .
             ad
             21.
             
          
           
             (i)
             Chap.
             3.18
             .
             ad
             4.2
             .
             Eph.
             5.22
             .
             ad
             6.10
             .
          
           
             (k)
             Vers.
             18.19
             .
          
           
             (l)
             Vers.
             20.21
             .
          
           
             (m)
             Vers.
             22.
             &c.
             
               Ad
               cap.
            
             4.2
             .
          
           
             (n)
             Chapt
             4.1
             .
          
           
             (o)
             Ver●
             .
             22.
             
               ad
               finem
            
             .
          
           
             (p)
             Vers.
             18.
             
          
           
             (q)
             Vers
             19.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Fides
               radix
               ,
               opera
               fructus
               .
               Bernon
               a●t
               .
            
             30
             
          
           
             *
             
               Tota
               vita
               infidelium
               peccatum
               est
               ;
               &
               nihil
               est
               bonum
               absque
               summo
               bono
               .
               Prosper
               in
               s●nt
               .
               ex
               Aug.
               
            
          
           
             (r)
             Chap.
             1.
             
             &
             2.
             
          
           
             (s)
             Chap.
             3.
             &c.
             
          
           
             (t)
             Rom.
             14
             1●
             .
          
           
             (u)
             Vers.
             1
             ad
             18
             :
          
           
             (x)
             Vers.
             18.
             &c.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Bonus
               h●mo
               ,
               et
               bonus
               eni●
               ,
               An●
               .
            
          
           
             (y)
             Vers.
             18
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             (z)
             Vers.
             18.
             
          
           
             (a)
             Eph.
             5.22
             ,
             25
             
          
           
             (b)
             Vers.
             20.21
             ,
             Eph.
             6.1
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             *
             Vers.
             22.
             
             &
             Chap.
             4.1
             .
             Eph.
             6.5
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             (c)
             Gen.
             2.22
             .
          
           
             *
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               Hierodes
               de
               nupt
            
             .
          
           
             (d)
             Psal.
             128.3
             .
             &
             127.3
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Rebel●s
               facta
               est
               ,
               qu●a
               homo
               ●umun
               ,
               creatura
               homini
               ,
               Aug.
               contr
               .
               Ep●st
               .
               fundam
               .
               cap.
            
             37.
             
          
           
             (e)
             2.
             
             Pet.
             ●
             .
             7
             .
          
           
             (f)
             Vers
             18.
             
          
           
             (g)
             1.
             
             Pet.
             3
             ●
             .
          
           
             (h)
             ●●b
             .
             5
             .
             2●
             .
          
           
             (i)
             Vers
             19.
             
             Eph.
             5.25
             .
             1.
             
             Pet
             3.7
             .
          
           
             (k)
             Vers
             20.
             
             Eph
             6.1
             .
          
           
             (l)
             Vers
             20.
             
             Eph.
             6.4
             .
          
           
             (m)
             Vers.
             22.
             
             Eph.
             6.5
             .
          
           
             (n)
             Chap.
             4.1
             .
             Eph.
             6.9
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Of●●ium
               a
               〈…〉
               d●s●endir
            
             .
          
           
             (a)
             1.
             
             Pet
             3.7
             .
          
           
             *
             
               
                 Nulla
                 est
                 maior
                 ad
                 amorem
                 inu●tatio
                 quam
                 preuenire
                 amando
                 .
                 nimos
                 q●e
                 aurus
                 est
                 animus
                 ,
                 qui
                 dilectionem
                 ,
                 si
                 nolebat
                 impendere
                 ,
                 nolit
                 &
                 rependere
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Aug
                 de
                 catech
                 .
                 rud
                 .
                 cap.
              
               4.
               
            
          
           
             (b)
             Gen.
             13.8
             .
          
           
             (c)
             Gen.
             11.31
             .
          
           
             (d)
             1.
             
             Cor.
             7
             14.
             
          
           
             (e)
             Eph.
             5.22
             .
             1.
             
             Tim.
             2.11
             .
             1.
             
             Cor.
             14.34
             .
          
           
             (f)
             1.
             
             Pet.
             3.1
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             (g)
             1.
             
             Cor.
             14.33
             .
          
           
             (h)
             1.
             
             Cor.
             14.40
             .
          
           
             (a)
             1.
             
             Tim.
             2.13
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Ins
               primog●uitura
            
             .
          
           
             (b)
             Gen.
             3
             16.
             
          
           
             (c)
             Gen.
             4
             7.
             
          
           
             (d)
             1.
             
             Cor.
             11.8
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Quatuor
               generationis
               mo●li
               ,
               de
               l●mo
               terrae
               ,
               de
               c●sta
               viri
               ,
               de
               carne
               faminae
               ,
               de
               semme
               vtriusqae
               .
               Hieron
               .
            
          
           
             (e)
             Gen.
             2.22
             .
          
           
             (f)
             1.
             
             Cor.
             11
             ●
             .
          
           
             (g)
             1.
             
             Cor.
             11.9
             .
          
           
             (h)
             Gen.
             2.18
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Prastantior
               ●is
               quae
               a
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Aristot
             .
             
               in
               topic
            
             .
          
           
             i
             Gene●
             .
             3
             16.
             
          
           
             k
             1.
             
             Tim.
             2.13
             .
          
           
             l
             1.
             
             Tim.
             2.14
             .
          
           
             m
             Gen.
             3.6.12
             .
          
           
             n
             1.
             
             Cor.
             11.3
             .
          
           
             o
             1.
             
             Cor.
             15.27.28
             .
          
           
             p
             Ephes
             5.23
             .
          
           
             q
             Ephe.
             5.24
             .
          
           
             r
             1.
             
             Tim
             ●
             .
             11
             .
          
           
             Gen
             2.21
             2●
             .
          
           
             s
             Gen
             4.19
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Vnam
               c●stans
               in
               duas
               divisit
            
             .
             Hiero●r
             quaest
             .
             Hebr.
             
          
           
             t
             Iob.
             2.9
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Per
               costa●
               ad
               ●or
            
             .
             Greg.
             
               mor.
               l.
            
             3
             cap.
             5.
             
          
           
             *
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             *
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             *
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             *
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               Philemon
               Com.
            
             
          
           
             a
             Mic.
             7.9
             .
             
               ●eram
               Domini
            
             .
          
           
             b
             Esai
             .
             58.3
             ,
             5.
             1
             
             King
             ▪
             21.27
             .
          
           
             c
             Exod.
             20
             12.
             
             D●ut
             .
             5.16
             .
             Math.
             15.4
             .
             M●rk
             7.10
             .
             Ephes.
             6.2
             .
          
           
             d
             Ester
             ,
             1.20
             .
          
           
             e
             1.
             
             Pet.
             3.6
             .
          
           
             f
             Gen.
             18.12
             .
          
           
             g
             1.
             
             King
             21
             7.
             
          
           
             h
             2
             Sam.
             6.20
             .
          
           
             i
             2.
             
             Sam.
             6.16
             .
          
           
             k
             2.
             
             Sam.
             6
             23.
             
          
           
             a
             Ephes.
             5.33
             .
          
           
             b
             1.
             
             Pet
             3
             2.
             
          
           
             c
             1
             Pet.
             3.6
             .
          
           
             *
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               Contra
               quam
            
             Adagium
             apud
             Plutar.
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             d
             Gen.
             3.
             
             ●6
             .
          
           
             e
             Pet.
             1
             .
             2.1●
             ,
          
           
             *
             
               Pide
               fabulam
               de
               sole
               et
            
             Bo●ea
             apud
             Plut.
             
          
           
             g
             1.
             
             Pet.
             3.6
             .
          
           
             h
             1
             Sam.
             8.7
             .
             
               Nen
               te
               ,
               sed
               me
            
             .
          
           
             i
             Pet.
             2.
             
             ●0
             .
          
           
             *
             R●nam●●●
             est
             ,
             ●h●●●●pa●
             agu●●●e●e
             ,
             ub●●●lp●non
             est
             .
             Greg
             in
             Epist
             a●
             Au●ust
             .
          
           
             *
             
               S●p●●●ator
               n●n
               c●●s
               ,
               ●u●
               ye●●●torem
               〈◊〉
               ●ate●●s
               ,
               e●se
               in●●●us
               ,
               ●um
               ment●ris
               .
            
             Aug.
             
               de
               verb.
            
             Ap.
             29.
             
          
           
             k
             1
             Pet.
             35
             6.
             
          
           
             l
             Gen.
             21.9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             m
             Gen.
             27
             46
             ,
             43.
             
             &
             28.1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             n
             Prov.
             2.17
             .
          
           
             a
             2
             King.
             5.3.13
             1
             Sam.
             16.15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             b
             1.
             
             Sam.
             25.37
             .
          
           
             c
             Gen.
             27
             16.
             
          
           
             d
             Ester
             8.5
             .
          
           
             e
             1.
             
             King
             21.8
             .
          
           
             f
             Ester
             8.8.10
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Clariorem
               sonum
               reddit
               spiritus
               n●ster
               ,
               cum
               illum
               tuba
               per
               longi
               canalis
               angustias
               tractum
               patentiore
               nouissime
               exitu
               effudi●
               .
            
             Cleanthu●
             apud
             S
             enec
             .
             Epist
             .
             108.
             
          
           
             g
             1.
             
             Cor.
             11.
             
             ●
             .
          
           
             h
             Prov.
             1●
             4.
             
          
           
             e
             1
             Tim.
             3.5
             .
             Prov.
             2.17
             .
          
           
             a
             1
             Pet.
             3.7
             .
          
           
             b
             Prov.
             2.17
             .
          
           
             c
             Mal.
             2.7
             .
          
           
             d
             1
             Cor.
             14.35
             .
          
           
             c
             Cen.
             2.18
             .
          
           
             f
             1
             Tim.
             5.14
             .
          
           
             *
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               Quia
               taciturna
               ,
               demipurt●
            
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             h
             1
             Pet
             3.7
             .
          
           
             a
             1.
             
             Tim.
             2.15
             .
             &
             5.14
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             b
             1
             Tim.
             5.14
             .
             Prov.
             31.17
             .
          
           
             c
             Prov.
             31.26
             .
          
           
             e
             Prov.
             31.11
             .
             
               ne
               desuiat
               commtatus
            
             .
          
           
             f
             Prov.
             14.1
             .
          
           
             g
             Prov.
             31.15
             .
          
           
             i
             Prov.
             31
             15.
             
             
               Dat
               pensum
               puellis
            
             .
             she
             setreth
             them
             their
             task
             .
             so
             Iumus
             .
          
           
             k
             Prov
             31.27
             .
          
           
             m
             Prov.
             31.13
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             n
             Prov.
             31.21
             ,
             22
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             p
             Prov.
             31.13
             ,
             14
             ,
             18
             14.16
             .
          
           
             q
             Prov.
             31.20
             .
          
           
             r
             Act
             9
             39.
             
          
           
             f
             Gen.
             34.1
             .
          
           
             s
             G●n
             .
             13.9
             .
          
           
             t
             Gen.
             34.2
             .
          
           
             u
             lit
             .
             2.5
             .
          
           
             x
             Prov.
             7.12
             .
          
           
             y
             1
             Tim.
             5.13
             .
          
           
             *
             
               〈◊〉
               auribus
               bina
               aut
               terus
               dependent
               yatrimonid
               .
            
             Senec
             .
             
               de
               benes
               .
               l.
            
             7.
             cap.
             9.
             
               ct
               de
               viz.
               beat
               cap
            
             7.
             
               totus
               census
               in
               ter●o
               .
               Vise
               Pro●ert
               .
            
             3.10
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Prodiga
               non
               sen●●s
               per●●untem
               samine
               cen●●●m
               .
            
             Iuven.
             sat
             .
             6.
             
          
           
             z
             Prov.
             14
             1.
             
          
           
             (a)
             〈…〉
             2.
             
          
           
             *
             〈…〉
          
           
             b
             Heb.
             10.34
             .
             P●ilip
             .
             1.7
             .
          
           
             c
             G●lat
             .
             6
             .
             2●
             
          
           
             *
             Hebs
             ,
             13.3
             .
          
           
             d
             1.
             
             Cor.
             12
             26.
             
          
           
             e
             Math.
             19
             5.
             
          
           
             f
             Hebr.
             4
             15.
             
          
           
             *
             
               mane●
               compassio
               c●iam
               cum
               impass●●lita●e
            
             .
             Bern.
             
               de
               gra●
               .
               humil
            
             .
          
           
             g
             Act.
             4.5
             .
             M●th
             .
             25.35
             ,
             36.42.43
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Non
               eget
               miseria
               ,
               sed
               eget
               misericordia
               ;
               non
               eget
               deitate
               pro
               se
               ,
               seleger
               ●ittate
               pro
               suis.
               Salvian
               .
               ad
               ●ccles●●●b●l
               .
               lib.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Se
               Valer.
               Max.
               lib.
            
             6.
             ca.
             7.
             
          
           
             h
             Math.
             12.41
             .
          
           
             i
             Gen
             37
             .
             3●
             .
          
           
             k
             Gen.
             24
             67.
             
          
           
             l
             Prov.
             10.1
             &
             15.20
             .
          
           
             m
             1.
             
             Sam.
             16.23
             .
          
           
             n
             Iob.
             16
             .
             2●
             
          
           
             o
             Gen.
             2.18
             .
          
           
             p
             Gen.
             3.6
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               Basil.
               Sel.
            
             
          
           
             q
             Ezech.
             24.16
             .
             25.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Intestina
               mala
               gravissima
            
             .
          
           
             r
             Prov.
             12.4
             .
          
           
             *
             August
             .
             
               ad
               Psal
            
             33
             et
             35.
             
             ●●
             45.
             
          
           
             s
             Prov.
             31.12
             .
          
           
             a
             Eph.
             6.1
             .
             1
             Cor.
             7.39
             .
          
           
             b
             Eph.
             6
             1.
             
          
           
             c
             1
             Cor.
             7.39
             .
          
           
             d
             1
             Pet.
             3.6
             .
          
           
             e
             Rom.
             13.
             
             ●
             .
          
           
             f
             1
             Tim.
             4.8
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Promo
               pracep
               .
               to
               reli
               quorum
               omni●on
               observantia
               pracip●tur
            
             :
             Luther
             .
          
           
             g
             Iam.
             1.27
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Riligat
               avimam
               religio
               D●o
               omnipote●●●
               vnde
               et
               religio
               dicitur
               .
            
             Lactant.
             et
             August
             .
          
           
             h
             1
             Cor.
             16.14
             .
          
           
             a
             Eph
             ,
             5.22
             .
          
           
             b
             Eph.
             67.5
             .
             1
             Cor.
             7.23
             .
             Col
             3.23
             .
          
           
             c
             Eph.
             65.6
             .
             Colos
             3.22
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             d
             Ephes.
             5.22
             ,
             &
             6.5
             .
          
           
             e
             Colos
             3.22
             .
          
           
             f
             Math.
             5.
             
             ●●
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Deus
               n●u
               tam
               verbis
               quam
               adverbus
               delectatur
               ●●uiā
               fa●●ū
               respi●it
               ,
               quam
               modum
               〈◊〉
               .
            
             Melanch
             .
             
               b●nū
               ,
               b●ne
            
             Austot
             .
             et●●●
             .
          
           
             g
             Math.
             25.40
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Bon●●
               〈◊〉
               quam
               Dio
               ,
               ma●i●
               propter
               Deum
               .
            
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               Basil.
               Ca●
            
             .
          
           
             h
             Ephes.
             5.22
             .
          
           
             i
             1.
             
             Tim.
             ●
             .
             15
             .
          
           
             k
             Colos.
             3.24.23
             .
          
           
             l
             Eph.
             ●
             .
             24
             .
          
           
             m
             1.
             
             Cor.
             1●
             .
             33
             .
          
           
             n
             ibid.
             et
             Rom.
             15
             ,
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             ●
             .
          
           
             o
             Act.
             5.19
             .
          
           
             p
             Rom.
             13
             1.
             
          
           
             q
             Gen.
             3.12
             .
          
           
             r
             1
             Pe●
             .
             3.7
             .
          
           
             s
             1
             King.
             21
             ,
             25.
             
          
           
             a
             vers
             .
             19.
             
          
           
             b
             Eph.
             5.25.33
             .
          
           
             c
             Levit.
             19.18
             .
             Math.
             22
             39.
             
             Mark.
             12.
             
             ●1
             .
             Rom.
             13.9
             .
             Gal.
             5.14
             .
             ●●m
             .
             2.8
             .
          
           
             d
             Malac.
             2
             14.
             
          
           
             e
             M●th
             .
             19
             5.
             
             Eph.
             5.31
             .
             Ge●
             .
             2.21
             .
          
           
             f
             Math.
             19.6
             .
          
           
             g
             Levit.
             19.18
             .
          
           
             h
             Eph.
             5
             28.
             
          
           
             i
             N●●em
             .
             ●
             .
             5
             .
          
           
             k
             Esa●
             .
             58.7
             .
          
           
             l
             Math.
             19.5
             ,
             6.
             
             Ephes
             ,
             5.31
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             quasi
             
               Eustach
               ,
               ●●
               Etymol
            
             .
          
           
             m
             Ephes.
             5.29
             .
          
           
             n
             Esai
             .
             49.15
             .
          
           
             o
             Gen.
             2.21
             .
             Math.
             19.5
             .
             Ephes.
             5
             31.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Parsque
               tui
               latitat
               o●pore
               clausa
               meo
               .
            
             Ovid
             epist.
             Phy●●on
             .
          
           
             p
             2
             Sam.
             16.11
             
          
           
             q
             1
             Cor.
             11.8
             .
             Gen.
             2
             ,
             21
             ;
             22.
             
          
           
             r
             Gen.
             2.
             
             ●3
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Caput
               et
               corpus
               ●u●s
               est
               Christus
               .
            
             Aug.
             Bern.
             
          
           
             s
             Gen.
             2.24
             .
             Math.
             19.5.6
             .
             Eph.
             5.31
             .
          
           
             *
             Vuus
             Adam
             ,
             
               et
               una
            
             Eva
             ,
             
               in●o
               una
               ex
               ce
               costa
               separatur
               infaeminam
               ;
               vursumque
               quod
               di●isum
               suerat
               ,
               nuptys
               copulatur●
               .
            
             Hieron
             .
          
           
             *
             
               vuo
               tu
               ●●quis
               gemmos
               con
               iucat
               cort●●t
               ramo●
               ,
               crescendo
               ●ungi
               ,
               p●r●●terque
               adolescere
               cernit
               .
            
             Ovid.
             metam
             lib.
             4.
             
          
           
             t
             Ezech.
             37.17
             .
          
           
             *
             coalesceutes
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Magues
               amoris
               amor
               :
               ut
               ameris
               ,
               amabi●is
               esto
               .
               Ego
               tibi
               mōstrabo
               amato●●ū
               ,
               sine
               medicamento
               ,
               sine
               herba
               ,
               siue
               ullius
               venesica
               ca●●●e
               ,
               Si
               vis
               amari
               ,
               ama
               ,
               Hecaton
               apud
            
             Sen.
             Epist
             9.
             
             Marce.
             
               ut
               ameris
               ,
               a●a
            
             .
             Martial
             .
             Epist.
             11
             lib.
             6.
             
          
           
             *
             ●ide
             Be●n
             ,
             in
             Cant
             ,
             83.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Que
               effendant
               mulia
               sunt
               in
               ●amtue
               ,
               nihil
               ●●
               Deo.
            
             August
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Confidat
               amari
               ;
               qu●
               se
               sentu
               amare
               :
               et
               qui
               amari
               se
               senti●
               ,
               non
               redamare
               confuna●tur
               .
            
             ●er
             .
             de
             dilig
             .
             Deo.
             
          
           
             a
             Psal.
             16
             2.
             
             Iob.
             22.2
             .
             &
             35.
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             c
             Prov.
             18.24
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Deo
               nihil
               accres
               ●●t
               ,
               nihil
               decrescit
               .
            
             Greg.
             moral
             .
             
               Tibs
               ,
               qui
               semper
               idem
               es
               ,
               nihil
               accedit
               .
               si
               amando
               prosicimus
               ad
               ●e
               ,
               nihil
               deced●s
               ,
               sinon
               amando
               desic●mus
               a
               te
            
             Guil●●●
             The
             odor
             .
             de
             amore
             
               A
               Deo
               benefic●s
               〈◊〉
               poss●●mu●
               ,
               Dro
               ben●s
               .
               praes●a
               e●m
               yo●si●mus
               .
            
             Agust
             in
             psal
             .
          
           
             b
             1
             Ioh.
             4
             19.
             
          
           
             d
             Titus
             2.4
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Qu●l●n
               negle●a
               quidem
               of●ensam
               contra
               hunt
               ,
               sed
               i●●leta
               gloriā
               non
               mere●tur
               :
               et
               damnant
               prava●●atorem
               nee
               glorifica●t
               autorem
               .
            
             Bet●
             .
             de
             praecept
             .
             et
             dispens
             .
          
           
             e
             Titus
             2
             4.
             
          
           
             g
             Esai
             .
             48.15
             .
          
           
             h
             Cant.
             8.7
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Amor
               affectu●
               est
               non
               contractus
            
             .
             Bern.
             d●
             dilig
             .
             De●
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Amor
               non
               ●or●
               gitur
            
             ,
             Ca●siod
             .
             
               non
               extorquebis
               amari
            
             .
             Claudia
             de
             4.
             
             Coss
             ,
             Ho●
             .
          
           
             i
             Can.
             8.6
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Deliberan●●
               est
               diu
               ,
               quod
               s●atuendum
               est
               semel
            
             Sen●c
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Quod
               factum
               est
               ,
               infectum
               esse
               non
               potest
               .
            
          
           
             *
             
               Duo
               summ●
               bona
               ▪
               〈◊〉
               bonum
               ●nieum
            
             :
             ●
             risto●
             ▪
             ethi●
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Basil.
             
               Sel.
               de
            
             Abr.
             ●en
             ▪
             22.1.2
             .
          
           
             *
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Basil.
             
               Sel.
               de
            
             Abr.
             Cen
             22.1.2
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Vna
               costa
               decerpta
               ,
               et
               vtique
               ex
               plurib●s
            
             Te●
             .
          
           
             a
             Gen
             2.21
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Vnam
               costam
               in
               duas
               d●visit
            
             .
             Hie●om
             .
          
           
             *
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Prep●●m
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             b
             Gen.
             4.19
             .
          
           
             *
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               Proprium
               v●●●
            
          
           
             c
             Gen.
             2.22
             .
          
           
             d
             Malac.
             2.15
             .
          
           
             e
             Gen.
             2.22
             .
          
           
             g
             Gen.
             7.7
             .
             &
             8.16.18
             .
             1.
             
             Pet.
             3.20
             .
          
           
             h
             1.
             
             Cor
             7.2
             
          
           
             *
             
               Perfecta
               am●c●●a
               inter
               pa●es
               ,
               inter
               bines
               .
            
             A●st
             
               Eth●e
               .
               Parta
               a●ucorum
               .
               Ne●●alum
               duos
               soles
               ,
               ne●
            
             Asia
             
               duos
               reges
            
             Alexand
             ,
             Datio
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Eurip.
             
          
           
             i
             Cant.
             6.8
             .
          
           
             k
             Gal.
             3.16
             .
          
           
             l
             Gal.
             3.28
             .
          
           
             m
             Eph.
             5.23
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Vnam
               Ca●la
               〈…〉
               s●m●●l
               Ci●●ur
               .
               〈…〉
               alte
               vtru●●●●
               dem
               ,
               〈…〉
               ter
               in
            
             Adam
             
               et
               spiritu●iter
               in
               (
               b●●la
            
             .
             Turt●ull
             ▪
             de
             mon●gam
             .
             
               ut
               〈◊〉
            
             Ad●
             
               in
               earne
            
             ,
             〈…〉
             
          
           
             n
             Prov.
             5.
             
             ●●
             .
          
           
             o
             Apocal.
             2.4
             .
          
           
             p
             Apoc.
             3.15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             a
             1
             Pet.
             3.7
             .
          
           
             b
             Philip.
             1.8
             .
             1
             The●●
             3.10
             .
          
           
             c
             Psal.
             133.1
             .
          
           
             *
             
               vnum
               corpus
               in
               duobus
               locis
               sinud
               esse
               non
               potest
               .
            
          
           
             d
             1
             Cor.
             11.3
             .
          
           
             e
             Ephes.
             5.28
             .
          
           
             *
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             〈…〉
             .
          
           
             f
             Prov.
             7.10
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               〈…〉
               ,
               ubi
               cu●●os
               ab
               est
               .
            
             Plut●e●●●
             .
          
           
             f
             M●lach
             .
             2.14
             .
          
           
             g
             Prov.
             2
             .
             1●
             .
          
           
             h
             1
             C●r
             .
             ●2●
             .
          
           
             i
             1
             Cor.
             ●
             .
             20
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             k
             〈…〉
             .
          
           
             l
             Cor.
             11.14
             .
          
           
             *
             Con
             〈…〉
             August
             .
          
           
             m
             1
             Cor.
             ●
             .
             13
             .
          
           
             n
             1
             Cor.
             13.4
             .
          
           
             o
             1
             Pet.
             4.8
             .
          
           
             p
             1
             Pet.
             4.8
             .
          
           
             
               Charitas
               amat
               qu●●
               tolerat
               ,
               tol●●tt
               quas
               amet
               .
            
             Greg
             in
             ●zech
             
          
           
             q
             1
             Cor.
             13.7
             .
             
               charitas
               tolerat
               om●●a
            
             .
          
           
             r
             1
             Cor.
             7.15
             .
          
           
             s
             Ioh.
             16.33
             .
          
           
             t
             Luk.
             21.19
             .
          
           
             u
             Io●
             .
             16.33
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Hu●
               accommodat
            
             Plut.
             in
             Tim●l
             .
             Si●●nidis
             i●lud
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               Nulla
               gal●rita
               sine
               Cr●sta
               .
               Sed
               &
               Cra●●tis
               dictum
               apud
               I
               tert
               .
            
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             〈…〉
             .
             Horat.
             
          
           
             a
             1
             Po●●
             .
          
           
             b
             Gen
             29.
             ●●
             
          
           
             c
             1
             ●Sam
             .
             ●●
             
          
           
             d
             Gen
             3●
             .
             ●●
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             e
             〈◊〉
             39.3
             .
          
           
             f
             Malac●●
             .
             14
             .
          
           
             g
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             *
             〈◊〉
             2●
             .
             ●
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             3
             .
             1●
             .
          
           
             i
             Ma●ac
             .
             2.14
             .
          
           
             k
             Philip.
             4.3
             .
          
           
             l
             1.
             
             Cor.
             13.5
             .
             Philip
             ●2
             .
             ●
             .
          
           
             m
             1
             Cor.
             10
             33.
             
          
           
             n
             1
             Cor.
             10.33
             .
          
           
             o
             Rom.
             15.1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             a
             ●ers
             .
             ●9
             .
          
           
             b
             Eph.
             4.31
             .
          
           
             c
             De●●
             29.18
             .
             Heb.
             12.15
             .
          
           
             d
             1
             Tim.
             3.15
             .
          
           
             e
             ●
             Cor.
             16.
             
             ●9
             .
             Philemon
             ●●
             .
          
           
             *
             〈◊〉
             .
             in
             pea●
             ▪
             〈◊〉
             
          
           
             *
             〈◊〉
             sine
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             f
             1
             Cor.
             10
             .
             1●
             .
          
           
             g
             Luk
             1●
             .
             ●7
             .
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             h
             1
             Cor.
             12
             .
             2●
             .
             Rom.
             12.4.5
             .
          
           
             i
             〈◊〉
             4.4
             .
          
           
             k
             Heb.
             1●
             .
             ●4
             .
          
           
             l
             Math.
             19.
             
             ●
             .
          
           
             m
             Prov.
             ●
             .
             15
             ,
             13
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             n
             Gen.
             26.8
             .
          
           
             o
             
             〈◊〉
             
          
           
             p
             
          
           
             q
             
          
           
             〈…〉
             
          
           
             a
             〈…〉
             de
             cu●●●●
             .
          
           
             *
             〈…〉
             Se●ec
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             *
             
             〈◊〉
             
               tu
               sa●h●itum
               ●●●●itur
            
             .
          
           
             b
             Prov.
             2.
             
             ●●
             .
             ●●
             .
             Pet.
             37.
             
          
           
             *
             
               〈◊〉
               et
               ve
               〈◊〉
               ●●●●lun
            
             .
             l●●tam
             .
          
           
             d
             〈◊〉
             2
             ▪
             23.
             
          
           
             e
             〈◊〉
             5.3
             ,
             17.
             
             
             
          
           
             f
             〈◊〉
             15.4
             ,
             5
             ,
             〈…〉
             
          
           
             h
             Psal.
             12●●
             .
             〈…〉
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Quom●●'●●ici●
               meum
               et
               tuum
               ,
               eumego
               ipse
               sim
               tu●●
               ?
            
             Chrysoft
             .
             in
             Ephes.
             20.
             
          
           
             i
             1.
             
             Cor
             7.4
             .
          
           
             k
             Prov.
             3.27
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Ignav●●●
               fu
               〈…〉
            
             V●rg
             ●●lo●g
             ●●
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Maritus
               〈◊〉
               ge●
               s●o●●●
               u●eris
            
             .
             Mulcul
             .
             in
             Gen.
             
          
           
             l
             Prov
             28.24
             .
          
           
             *
             
               So●●u●
               esi
               viro
               ●●●●rs●●●u●●
            
             .
             Iun.
             in
             Exod.
             12.23
             .
          
           
             a
             Thes.
             5.25
             .
          
           
             b
             Eph
             5.26.17
             .
          
           
             c
             1
             Cor.
             7.16
             .
          
           
             d
             1.
             ●et
             .
             3.1
             .
          
           
             e
             1
             Cor.
             7.16
             .
          
           
             f
             1
             Cor.
             14.
             
             ●5
             .
          
           
             g
             1
             Pet.
             3.7
             .
          
           
             h
             Iam.
             1.27
             .
          
           
             i
             1.
             
             Cor.
             1●
             .
             31
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             〈…〉