CHAP.Y.S. cí4Cornmen1.rieupon the 394 How farre the wife may di- (pole of her husbands goods She hath more then thevfe of cher. Ga1.6ao. Heb.1;a6. Quefrt. Whether the wifemay difpofe ofgoods without her husbands content to good vies? Axfw. There is no que(tion but (hemay: T. ofany goods beforemar- riage excepted. 2. of chore her husband giueth her after marriage : for c.hefe alfo are proper goods, and not common, 3. If (he haue generali confent,wben his heart crufteth in her, and referreth in generali things to her difcretion. 4. If f e haue impiicitecontent, when her husband knowech the giueth, and holdech his peace. y. In=remise necellìty,for often the cafe fufferethnot to expe& his confenr. 6. In the vuótneffe of the husband cogouerne,as fttppofe he be (tricken with frenzie,andmad - neffe: for then the difpoing of things is deuolued vpon her. 7, In his longer abfence, as fuppofe hebe a fouldier, marchant, or feafaring man. 8.01 that (he can well Cane of her husbands allowance ; or procure by her labour aboue chat her husband enioyneth. g. That he getceth naugh- tily, file ought to difpofe it co the owners, or to the poore, though he ( hould forbid her; becaufe neither (he nor he bath right thereunto. The Cafui(ìs adde other cafes which are more que(tionable. But the queßi- on is offuch goods as are common betweene them, whether (he may dif- pole of them to any vfe without hisconfent. And the common aufwer is negatiue,and fundry reafons propounded. Which as I will no: conclude again!+, loneithercan I wholly affent vnco, for thefe reafons , which 1 propound to befurtherconfidered of. t.Whereas one cheifc groundofthat opinion is,that the wife bath no morebut vfe ofher husbands goods: I cake it the hath alto a right and inrerefi in them. For marriage, which maketh the perfon oEthe husband the wiues, maketh his goods much more; fo that as the bath not vfe on- ly, but right and power of his bodie; fo alto bath fhe not onely an vfe, but a right and pofieflion in his goods. Againe, if (he haue onely vfe of them, wherein is her preferment abone the children and feruants, who haue vfe ofthem as well as the. Further,thehusband is bound to impart and make his wealth commonwith his wife, as Chrifi imparted his heart blood upon the Church, which theChurch bath a Bare and intereft in : the which intereft for any to debarre the Church of, were to withhold her from her right. Secondly, the wife is neceffarily bound by God to fhewe mercieas well as the husband; the precept is general!, todoe good forget not, and to digri6ute. She mu(I therefore exercife her fai thin the pra life of good workes as well as he, thoughher husband forbid her, whom fhe is to o- bey onely in the Lord; what if he should command her not to heare the word,pray, and goo toChurch, or the like : and thecafe is not vnlike, Peeingmercy is more acceptable then facrifce,andeuery way as neceffa- rie,
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