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Ephefians
Chap.5.
VER.zi.
Taft
verfe,
or outward, which
is
the fignifying
of
their inward
reve-
rence
both
by word
and
gefture, which
doth
teftifie fubmiffion,
z
pat.
3.5.
this was
a
piece
or
teftification
of
Sarahs fubmiffion,
fhe called
Abraham, Sir.
z. Obediencehath
fpecially
4. branches,
z.
They
are
to
be obedient
to
their rebukes,
and teachable
in
the
things wherein
they
are
infkruéted.
lobs
wife,when
he called her fool
;
did not
returne him the foole
again,
but
laid
her hand
on her mouth
and was
filent,
z
Tim.
a.
1
z.
Learne with
all fubmilfion, yea
if
a
than
ihouldgoe
to
blowes
fhe
mull endure with patience,not ¡hiking
again,
not rayling,this
is
to thootewith
the
devil
in his
owne bow.
s.
She mull be
fubje& to his
commands,
and
take
his
authoritie
with her
in
that
fhe
doth
;
Gen.
z8. 6. Sarah.
And
a
woman mull not
¿V5.I74,
take upon
her,
runne upon
her owne head,
for
fhe
hath
no
au-
thoritie, but what
file
holdeth by
commiffion from her husband
;
Sa-
rah would not
keepráracket
in
the houle, nor thruft outher
maide till
Abraham did put
her
in
her power,
Gen.
t
6.6.
3. She
mutt fubmit
all
her
defires
touching matters
indifferent
to
her husbands pleafure,
as
having
children
go:
ili
fuch
a fafhion, wea-
ring this or that,going to
make
merry
here
or
there:the man hath
a
ne-
gative
voyce,if
he fay no all mull be
dafhed,Gen.3.16.Thy
delire
(hall
be fubjeét
to
thy husband,hefhal
rule
over
thee though
flie
be
never
fo
let uponthis or
that,
if
he be other
wife
minded,he mutt carry it,
this
is
Gods yoak
on
you, though the
dcvill
in
your
husbands may put it on.
4. They
mull follow them whitherfoever they goe with Gods
cal-
ling,
as
Sarah,
Rebekah,
be.
though
if
men
in
a
jetting inconflant
hu-
mour wander hither or thither, they
may let
them goe
alone till their
owne rod hath beatenthem home
againe.
This
doth
in
part thew
what
fhould be
the
Cubje6tion
of
a
wife,
how
farre we are from it. Many thinke it their glory to carry themfelves
fomaleperrly that every one may
take
notice
they
(land
in
no awe
of
their
husbands
:
many
in
(lead
of
bearing rebukes will be upon the
top:
of
their husbands,
and
give him twice
as
much
as
he bringeth.
For
teaching
them, they
are
too
old
to learne, he may
preach
over
force
body
elfe
or
fleere
itover ; for
commands,
if
they
like
them not
all
the
better,
he may command
and
goe without
;
and for taking
his
authoritie, theythinke they
have
as
good
a
patent for one halfe
as
path for the
other;
for their defires, they
will be
their owne
carvers,
and rule
the
roll,
or there
!hall
be no peace
in
the houfe.
But thefe
be-
haviours doe refill notonely
Chri(lian carriage,butall
heathen Morals
may convince
it.
Let
us
labour therefore to be
fubjeá,
and
to
deny our
felves, and
lay
downe our wills,
confidering
our
natural
infirmity, our voluntary
promife, efpecially
Gods ordinance.
The
2a.
thing
is,
that
women
do
principally
owe
this
(ubmifsion
to
their
owne
basbands.
ltis
to
be marked for
the
occafion
of
this, their
owne
husbands:
and fo
husbands love
your owne
wives.
The
occafion
of
this