chap.z6 about Charitÿ. of offence , fhe mutt notufurp authority over him, t Tim.2.jo. nor caufe the word of trod tobe blafphemed,Tit.z.ç. 4. She rniiflnotdifgraceher husband by pubIif1mg his faults : reporting her own good deeds, and her husbands backwardneffe,bur rather pray for his amend- ment, Prov.i z.4. Bur for the further clearing of thispoint three thins are to be confidered. I. Its acknowledged that the husband bath authority over his wife to rule and govern her as her head , t Corinth. i i. 3, 8; y. a Tim. 2. t4. Gen. 3. /6. ,' 2. Yet the husbandsgovernment, and wives fubjection mull be in the Lord, Col.3.'i 8. Eph. ç .22, t Corr I.7. He bears the image of God , and the is to yeeld obedience to him as unto God in all hone[}, lawful, and indifferent things. But if hecommand what is forbidden , or forbid what is commanded, the is not CO obey him therein : Nowworks of mercyare enjoyned , and therefore he may not forbid them,orif he do, themay not obey. 3. Confider thecommunion which is between man and wife by reafon of the bondof marriagewhich extends both to their perfons and goods : For their perfons,they are no longertwaine,butone ftefh: Hence they have not an ab- folute power to difpoic of their own bodies, but either over other, z Cor 4, fo alfo there is fuch a communion ingoods that there is noabfoluteprop iety ineither ofthem , but it refts in them both : So, Ge17.3 T. r 6. Allthat God l..ari, takn from ourfather is ours : not that itwas their dowry, but through Cods bleflìng on their husbands labour , it was theirs through the communion of marria;e. Hence at marriage the husband ufed to endowhis wife with all his worldly goods. Object. But this communion ofgoods extends toher Fife only :' For thepropri- ety is in thehusband, andfor the common sift which the wife bath in her huf. band; goods, it only extends to meat, drink, apparel, and fact) necefaries for her maimsxancé ? e4nfw. A husband indeed may difpofe of , or alienate his eflare without his wives content, except it be her joynturo : But thishe muff do for the good of his wife and family , not for their hurt, elfe he is a thief to her and them. Again, if the wife may difpofe of her husbands goods for her bodily ufe, may the not much more do it for the good of her foul ? and thereby lay up treafure in heaven: Good works being enjoyned to the wife, as well as to the husband , t Tim. 2. so. and therefore its better to obey God' then man, t....4.11. 5.29. Object. But under the Law, if a wife suáde a vow ,` though ofeon- fecrating any things to Gods fervid , yet the husband had power to di(an- nul it ? e.4nfw. Vows wereoftwo forts. r. Of thins ablblutely commanded, and wherein all were bound to obey, and thefe no husbandcould difannul. z. Of things indifferent , and three indeed the husband might make void : But almf-deeds are not arbitrary or indifferent , but pofirively required of all. 2. I pròve it further ; becaufealmf-deeds, and works of mercy are no leffe commandedby Godin theScriptures, in the wife, then in the husband, Troy. 3/. 20. and not without goodcaufe is it made the note of a gracious woman , becaufe ordinarily almfdeeds are doneout of houihold !tore , and provifion the difpofing whereof Both more properly belong to the woman then to the man", as the whole current of the chapterthews. So Taal would have youn- ger women marry and guide the houfe, i T'im.ç,'i 4. the which when the hat- band allows her todo, hehonours his wife as he ought , a `het. 3.7. and H "h 2 dif- IV. I. IL
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