Epiffleof S. Paal tQ.TätteJr :. .. CSAP.2. 5. ' perfons, and fo draweconclufions both of their vnfitnefle xô gouerne, 393 and the inconueniences oftheir owne fubie&ion. But agarnl+ all chete. reafonings, which are fovnreafanable, as that they direly fight with ;Gods ordinance, and that order which he bathput in nature , which ad- 'mirteth not .of fuch exceptions here is acanncn of batterie: Thou mull andmaifi before thymarriage confider; whetherhe be a wife man ¡' or a Poole, but after thou mull knowe he is thyhusband ; which if he be, thou mull be fubie&,ouer whom(be it that he bea foole,and thouwifer then bee) thou magi affe&no rule; but knowing 11.111 thy place, by thy goodnes,wifedome,counfeil, and perfvwa6on,ific may be;preuenthis or thy hurt as Ahigaildid. As for his vnwcr'thines,whatfoeueticmay be in 'thine ties, yet theLord depriueth himnot of his wocehines.to rule ouer thee, whohaft erred into the marriage league withhim.And for hisvn- fitnes,he cannot be fo 31 Ilk to gouerne thee,as thou art to gouernehhn, whoWert taken robe anhelp,and notan head voto him;and amontlrous i thingwere it innaturc,for the feet.to dire&? thehead. ;Let thembe cod- tent tocurieähd beare vp the head, but let the headorder them full. But that women fhould obey their husbands,none are fo rude, as not wherein mu! in generall to acknowledge:but cometoparticulars,ás a.whercin,a.the ¡ea.sbatub mannerhow, there growes.fome:dueftion The .former; theApolilean- fwereth,Eph.y.24. Wines be fubie&inall things. thatia in:ail lawful! andhoneft things: in all which,there mull be adeparture!lrónrtheir own wilts, ifa contrarie commandement proceed Çromthe husband,yra eueu in thole things whichmay freme to be herpeculiar for the gouernement and keepingof his houfe,whctherin his abfenceorprefence,fhemull ad- niinifler according to his minde and dire&ton. For fa the membersof thebodie are fubie& to the head, eachdothhis owne dutie,yecall by the appointment of the head,mooue or ref+themfelues.And thus the Church difpenfeth to the formes ofGod, the children-of theChurch, ail necefia ¡ties for their dire&ion, confolation,and faluation ; but yet by the pre- ' fcriptand_ order of Chrift thehead, and.notany thingwithout his ap- pointment: andnomore is.theivvife fba lminifler (no not in theabfence ofher husband) agaiafl,or contrary to hisminde. Looke vp to the hea- ucuas, and very nature will teach this leffon; while the funne isabfenr, themoone takes vpon her, góuerneth the .heauens, and fhineth aboue. all ibe flarres;but yet notwithout. theborrowigtgof all this light front the Sunne, if Pholofophie teach vstritely/ but when the,Suuue is` pre= , tent, (hegiueth place,confraaeth herb reuerenceth him aftera fort by vailing her face at his pretence, vpon.whom the wholly depen- deth: and thus fhould it be with thewife, when the husbandprefenteth 1,11isufelft, whether inperfon, or inhis comniandemenr. Bb
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