250.' ,. Generali direllions fir a flames. Oh, will they fay, it was the bloody knife of our ownedeare parents unconfcionable and cruell negligence, that all our life long ítucke full deepe in our foules, and bath now ftrangled them with everlasting honour ! That this- muff needes be iò, ordinary obfervatiota, common experi- ence doth too often confirme. We heare many times ma- ny niiferable malefa&oursbitterly Complaine at the place of execution, againft Parents and Mafters careleffe and con- fçienceleffe in this kinde , and laying, : If they had hadcare and confèience tohave taught and refrained us betime, wee hadnevercome to this Dogges death, and shameful! end. Flow much more will they cry out against them with endiefíe yellings, when they Iliall feele the flames of hell.?: I I. To the wife. r. Lether be in fubje&ionto her head. r. By a reverent and humble perfwafionofhis precedes. de andauthorityoverher, groundedand ingraven in her re- faluti.on principally : 1. Byvertue of divine ordination, Gen, 3.16. Ephefg.z4, Though z: Thevery lawofnature, 3.Her husbands headfhip, 4. Womanly infirmity may alfb bee powerful! motives to this pnrpofe. For iffier heart begin to #'well, and be)iftedup with an over-weening,conceit of a fufliciency above herfexe ; fo that Theegrowdifconten r, and inipatientofcontradictionand command, The bringsaworld ofunneceffary mifery andmoleitat on into her owne houfe, and lies in a grandtranfgreffion and grievous finne againft the inftiturion and honour ofthe marriage-fate. It is no Qt©di to no * noblenefl'eof birth, greatnefire of portion, nimbleneffeof kaS6imaes,mar,_ tutastuusantn ®D;_ tongue, pregnancyofwit, or anyotherexcellency incident ctsmewsfit erte, toher fexe, which cangive her any right or priviledge to igmbilis feizeupon the foveraïgnty, anditake the seinesIntoher owne hands. Some fervants alto may be wifer than theirmatters`° fore fsbje&s more politicke than their Prince ; but that gives them no warrant; nay, for all chat, it were mon- Bons and unnatural! villanny forany fervant thereupon to do idere; or privateman to ruff into a Royal! Throne. No
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