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6.4.i
Epheflans,
Chap,S.
V
E
R.
z..
not
as the
is
a wife
onely, but
as
the
is
a
woman,
1
Cor.11.3.
the wo-
man
not
governing
in
publique, not teaching
in
Church
,
not other
-
wife ufurptng
authority over
man,
though
we muff underftand with
exception,
unleffe
God
doimmediately or mediately
call
a
Huldahor
.Anna
to prophecie,
raife up
a
Deborah
to
be
a
mother
and
comman-
der above
his
people
:
Now
muchmore
is
man a head over her
that
is
his
wife: he fhould
have beene
the head if
fin
had
never entred, and
fnce
the yoake
is
juflly aggravated. Looke
as
the
head
is
in the
body,
Chrift
in
the
Church
:
fo
is
man
in
the family , hee
is
the
higheft
in
eminencie above
the other,
man
is
the image
of
God, that
is, in
regard
of
government, the woman
is
not. 2.
In
regard
of
perfeEtion
,
the
woman
is
the
weaker
vefl'ell. 3. In
regard
of
influence ,
for
all
her
authority commeth from him,
and therefore the
is
Paid
to
be
his
image
and
glory.
Yje
t:
Wherefore
this fhould perfwade
women to
be
fubjeEt;W hat
a con.
fufion
isthat,where
the
heeles are
upward,
and
the head
downward!
fuch it
is,
where the woman taketh upon her,
and
the
man looketh on.
a.
And
this fhould
perfwadethem to
ufe
their husbandswell, though
they
were bad heads
:
If
our heads
ake,
we doe
not
beate them
and
difturbe them
,
but
ufe
them
fo
as
they
may
bee
better
:
fo our huf-
bands
though
ill,
gentle
ufing will
quiet them and
make themmore
tolerable.
Dour.
s.
We
fee,
That
though
Godmake
man a
head,
yet
he
mull
be
a
laving
head,
he
bath authority,
but
fuch
as is
for the good, not the hurt
of
the
partiefubjeeted
:
a
good
wife
doth
her husband
good, not
evill
:
fo
a
good
husband muff doe
his
wife
good,
he
bath
power for this,
but
none
from
God to
hurt her.
But
to
fee
how
man
refembleth Chrift
in
this,
wee may
know that Chrift
is
aPaving
head infoure regards:
r.
Redemption.
2. Proteótion.
3.
Provifion;
for the
Church
and every
member
>is
fúrnithed
by him.
4. Dire6tion
;
for
by
his
Spirit he doth leade her
through
this
wilderneffe.
is
So
a
husband
is
bound to
refcue his
wife,if
in
jeopardic,fee
Da-
vidr
cafe
when
ziglag
was fpoyled. 2.
Againe,
a man
giveth Co-
verture, no
aEtion is
brought
againff
the
wife
,
the
man
is
to
anfwer,
the
goeth
under
Covert
baron.
3. Man
is
to
provide, He that
provi-
deth
not
for houfe, &c. 4.
To
direst her
by
life and
word
in
all
her
wayes
:
fo
that
this confideration,
that
mans
power
is
for
the
good
of
the
wife,
doth more effelually
perfwade obedience
to
it
;
How
can
the make
a
better
market
.
Thee
giveth
fubmiffion, receiveth fourcfor
one.
Y.
This admonitheth men,
how they
are
not
fo much to thinke they
are heads
like
Chrift,
as
that they
muff
be prefervers
wholly
for the
good
ofthem,
as
Chrift
is
for the
Church:
many doe quite contrarie,
undoe
the
wife and
children,
make
the
molt
of
them,
turne
them
beg
-
ging