Ci .y.5. L4Comme»tarie ropes the ;96 i reléefe is not: for we fay that.fhe is in a dui! manner fubie&eduntohim, and to his power, and maynot difpofe of any part of his goods at her pleafure to any ciuill vfe; as ro giue away to her friends , to fpend vpon other outwardvCes.Buc yet is the not after fuch a feruile manner put vn- der hispower,as that vpon no occafion whatfoeucr, the may not difpofe ofany part of the goods , which by the right of marriage are common berweene them. It is further alleadged, that the Shunamice did not entertaine the :.xinp49: Prophet,but firfl {he asked her husband.I anfwer, it is a commendable part for the wife to feeke her husbands content hi euery thing; but the queftion is,where fuch content cannot be had: befides,one thing it is to giue a merciful! releefe,andan other for the wife to bring a man into the houle to diet and lodge him;which this woman might not doe, without the confent of the husband :for though there was a merciful! releefe of theProphet ofGod in it, yet there was more, it beeing a mixt a6tion,in lonepart of which the husband muff haue a cheife tlreake. It is further alleadged , that by ciuill lawes the wife may neither let, nor fell,norborrow without her husband,and therefore neither may the giue. I anfwer, thefe are ciuill a6tions, wherein the husbandas the head mutt gluedireFlion: but mercifully to glue analmes,is a religious aôtiö: befides,the laves flare the wife in a great part of the husbands goods & lands, and prouideth by gluing her a ioynture, or her thirds that the husband maynot depriue her of her right therein:neicherbylawe can a man fell his lands limply, vnleffe the wifewill giue vp her thirds,whic h plainly tlateth her in a right vnto the goods and lands aboue the fer- uants and children:the deniall ofwhich, as I Paid at frtl, is the twine ground of the former opinion. Other obie6tions I haue met with not worth the anfwering, there- fore I will not (land longer vpon this queflion, leaning it to be confide- red further of,crauing that wines would becareful in fubieetion toGod and their husbands, not to ftretch thefe grounds beyond the rules and ends propounded. Queft. And here commettianother queflion tobe refolued, whether Husbands tray : the husbandmay beate his wife, to force hervnto this fubie6tion ? 19nf. not beat their It feemeth no, although fame of reckoning be of the other opinion, `"1105í I For, r. there is no word or example for it in Scripture. a.. No man errer hated(much leife excepthe w \e ritad,beat)hù cwne f rJh. ;.Her fubie6ti- on mutt notbe feruill,but as of amember to the head. Obieft.But a man may let himfelfeblood. Sol. It is fafe in his arme or Foote, in childrenor feruants,but henull beware of letting the heart blood. O6iet?. But Chril corre6tetluhis fpoufewhich is deare vetohim, and yet reteineth his
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