Cxep.s.i 13. Canbwseatarle, vposr the 39= Thydefireiboifibeizr tahtAurabefallruteottertbee:ásifhehadfaid,feeing thou cant+ not rule thy feffe,meetc it is that nowefpecially , fence thy fin harh'fet thee out of order, that thou fhouldfl be put ruder the rule and power ofan other:yea although this fubie6tion be not fo liberall,fweet, and freeas beftrre the fall, tütt ibyned wich forrowe, and'dii&eultie, yea although +often thou vnderv,oeenequallcorrirriànds: andrhisalfo is the Apoftles reafon; Adaán isas notfirflfeduced,but Ewe: and therefore her ho- nourwasfirilloll, andalate liberal' fubieetionwasbound vponher fo much morePurely, 3 Thirdy,thehusband is the&ad.of thewife;ae Chri is ofhis Cbxreh:and aPb thtrefore'as the metribersare fnbìea.toahe head: without reafoning,. fo fhouid thewifebe-vntwirerhusband: he prouideth for all, anfwereth for defendethall as the head r and loth not he heft defense the prehe- minence?hatijntitnaturegiuén the bigheft place and prerogative unto thebead;anawexericnot moti vnnátural,that the wife by Peeking for fo: neraig,ntYlandrttleinverherhusb.and,f could fer the headvnder thefeet? And further, by this fupericaritiehe becomnseth the imageofGed.vntohis wife,and his lawfull commandements haue a dampeof God fet upon the thingcos handed yand therefore the mull 1 gnifie that (he bath a feeling ofhim in her hearr,as-he image of Godsmaieflie glorie,and foueraign; ty; throughhecwhedebehauiour in a meeke andquiet fpirit,rhewingher felfe theglorie oEelreman,refpe6tiag:hisauthoricie as the Lord s,his will as the Lords in right and lawfull commands: againfì which if fhe rebel!, fhe rifeth vp agairffl the Lord himfelfe., Lr thefe regards efpecially the Apollle concludeth this dude and ex= hortation, Col. 3, r8.miuecbeMira- toyour husbands;thatis, yeeldyour felues vnto the will;dire6lion,and.difcretion of your husbands : farit.ie meet,orcomely, namely., inregarda. of the law ofnature : a. of Gods infiitution after the fall : 3. the husbands headfhip : and4. womanly in- firmi.tie. Neither is it onelymeet , but fo neceffarie, as where it is not performed,it cannot be but the family fhouid be laid open to ruine and downefall : nootherwife then*lithe feere fhould refute to goe, the eie to looke, the hands to.take the thingswhich the head commaundeth, the whole manmull needesperifh. All which conlderations take away all the friuolous obieEtions ofwomen for exemption from this fo naturall Obic ions to and neceffarie a ducie. Some plead they are yoked to foolifh fabalr : o. beam offebe -theis are matched to fuch as neuer confider' their paines and kindnelfe,, duties fsiuo and not meeting with that kind and thankefull retribution-fromtheir husbandwhich theyexpeót, take themfeluesfreed from fuch (1ri&& ob- feruance : others could lone theirhusbands palling welt , were it cot for fuch or fuch abad qualitie: andothers are tyed to frampoll or conceited per-,
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