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duty_n	husband_n	marriage_n	wife_n	3,594	5	7.6210	4	true

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A69006	A booke which sheweth the life and manners of all true Christians and howe vnlike they are vnto Turkes and Papistes, and heathen folke. Also the pointes and partes of all diuinitie, that is of the reuealed will and worde of God are declared by their seuerall definitions and diuisions in order as followeth. Also there goeth a treatise before of reformation without tarying for anie, and of the wickednesse of those preachers, which will not refourme them selues and their charge, because they will tarie till the magistrate commanude and compell them. By me, Robert Brovvne.	Browne, Robert, ca. 1550-1633.	1582 (1582)	STC 3910.3; ESTC S109446	65,269	61

trust of their faithfulnes towards vs. For ministring looke num 155. Visiting is a duetie of goodnes in partaking vnto them the vse and comfort of our presence and companie 164 What duties are for our owne persones We must defend and maintayne our state and welfare We must vse it comfortablie and remedie our greefes We must vse it seemelie honorably as beseemeth Christians 164 How are they a curse and vngracious to them selues They faile and are wanting to them selues They are their owne greefe and increase their miserie They shamfullie abuse their welfare and make them selues vile 164 Defending and mayntayning our state welfare is a dutie of pleasuring helping our selues by all lawfull meanes 165 How must we defende our state and welfare By withstandinge the violence of the enemie when it is for Gods glorie By bouldnes in answeringe and pleading our cause By assailing the enemie with force when the cause requireth 165 How doo they faile and are wanting to them selues They miscarie or perishe throughe shrinkinge or through wilfull indaungering them selues They are fearfull or ouermatched in holding their cause betraie y e same By flight or other vnwarines they betraye their safetie or welfare 165 Withstāding is a strift against enimies whereby we defende our selues vpon trust of some ablenes in God to resist them Pleading our cause is a defending of our right making it known by proofe examination Assayling is a strift against enimies firste prouoking them to defende themselues 166 How must we vse our state comfortablie We must vse the blessinges of God both mutuall and seuerall as a remedie against dulnes and greefe Also against weaknes and wearines Also against hurt or vncomlines 166 How are they a greefe and miserie to them selues They cast them selues into further heauines and care They pine away or breake them selues with fasting and toiling They increase their disease beastlines 166 Vsing our state comfortablie is a bestowing or applying of the giftes and graces of God to haue the full ioye and glorie of the same Remedying of dulnes greefe weakenes wearines hurt and vncomelines is an vsing of such blessings and graces of God as may take them away 167 How must we vse our state seemelie and honorablie We must refraine from lawfull pleasures as there is neede and bridle our lustes We must be pure and chast We must be sober 167 How are they shamefull and vile They pamper cherish them selues They are vnchast and filthie They are giuen to wantonnes and pleasures 167 Vsing our state seemelie and honorablie is a bestowing and applying of the giftes and graces of God to haue our full reuerence and honour thereby Refraying and abstinence is a duetifulnes in disliking and refusing such pleasures as beeing lawefull in them selues yet by some occasion are vnmeete for vs. Moderation is a dutifulnes in góuerning pleasures that we exceede not measure and honestie 168 What chastitie and purenes must we vse We must vse mariage duelie We must haue no filthie thoughtes nor lustes Neither wordes nor behauiour nor outwarde helpes to further the same as euil companie excesse in eating drinking brauerie nicenes c. 168 How are they vnchast and filthie They abuse mariage They haue filthy thoughtes lustes Also wordes and behauiour outward helpes to further the same 168 Purenes and chastitie is a moderation of naturall lust that no filthines be in vs. 169 What is the right vse of mariage There must be a due traill and iudgment of eche ohers meetenes Also a due couenaunt made on all parties Also due ioyning in mariage 169 How doo they abuse mariage They are deceaued by some foolish fancie drawne together for some worldlie cause By shifting and wilines or some wicked bondage they make the matche sure They come together by some wrong and disorder 169 Mariage is a lawfull ioyning and fellowship of the husbande and wife as of two in one fleshe by partaking the vse of eche others loue bodie and giftes in one communion of dueties and especiallie in generation and bringing vp children Trying their meetnes is a takinge of accountes with our selues and others to haue warraunte of the same by a right iudgement of thē in those things which we haue knowne and seene by them The Definitions of Sexe age kindred persons looke for in our table of Nature 170 What triall of their meetenes must there be They must be twoo onely the man and woman which for age sexe and kinred are meete eche for other They must be meete for eche others liking in behauiour and personage They must be meete for eche others state and calling 170 How are they deceaued and drawne away by their fancie c They fall to all filthines as incest buggerie filthines with beasts vntimelie matching c. or else forbid mariage altogither to some persons They take them meet for their luste as for beautie riches or for some outward countenance or benefite They trouble and hinder their state and calling 171 What couenant must ther be There must be a betrothing of eche to other Also an espousing of the parties by witnesses Also an agreemente of parentes or friendes if the parties to be maried by vnder their ful power gouernmēt But if not the parentes or friendes be froward and none of the churche the mariage of the godlie is not in bonage to their agreement 171 How do they make the match by shifting wilines or some wicked bōdage They gett a promiss eche of other by forcing or by some craft flatterie Likewise in espousing there is some such craft wrong and disorder Also the parentes by craft feare or power doo bring them together or they are stolen or withdrawe them selues from the authoritie of their parentes in that mater 172 How must they be duelie ioined in mariage Their betrothing espousing must be further made known vnto witnesses Their friendes must be glad and reioyce together in some ioyefull and seemelie maner They must giue the vse of their bodie for generation of children eche to other and must not giue that vse of their bodies nor anie token therof to anie other while they liue together and lawfull diuorcement with deathe both not followe 172 How do they come together by some wrong and disorder They haue graunt of secret licenses to marie or their popish banes are asked in churches and without a ringe and babling praiers and the minister to marie them they can not be maried And so they make it a sacrament They haue their feastes daūcings vaine pleasures in heathenish wise By rape force fornication or adulterie or by vnlawfull diuorcementes c they defile mariage 173 What sobernes must we vse We must haue no wanton thoughtes nor delights neither words nor behauiour neither outward helpes to further the same Hitherto of free duties concerning persons 173

of others As of Bishops Patrones c. The most wicked haue gotten from all the libertie of vsing their voice and sentence and doe at their pleasures present name and approue whom they will As the Examiner the Patrone the Bishoppe c. They commaund and giue licenses with seales and fees and kneelings and blasphemously also will giue the holie Ghost and the authoritie of preaching though they haue not the guift both which the lord onely can giue 119 Prayer at the chosing is vpō the word preached a pronouncing of their earnest desire to haue God their gracious Gouernour in so waightie a matter with an hūble cōfessing wherin and how much they haue need of his help an intreating for the same in the name of Christ Iesus The gathering of voyces consent of the people is a general inquirie who is meete to be chosen when firste it is appointed to thē all being dulie assembled to looke out such persons among thē then the nūber of the most which agree is taken by some of the wisest with presenting and naming of the parties to be chosen if none can alledge anie cause or default against them The ordayning by some of the forwardest wisest is a pronoūcing thē with prayer thanksgiuing laying on of hands if such imposition of handes bee not turned into pompe or superstition that they are called and authorised of God receyued of their charge to that calling 120 What agreement must ther be in the householdes for the gouernement of them There must be an agrement of Husband and Wife of Parentes Children Also of Maister and Seruant and likewise of Teachers Schollers c. This agreement betweene parentes and children is of naturall desert and duetie betweene them But in the other there must be triall and iudgment of ech others meetnes for their likinge and callinge as is shewed before Also there must be a due couenaunt betweene them 120 How doe they shift and thrust themselues into home gouernment There is some disorder wilines or wrong in their agreement There is vnnaturall hardnes in the parentes towards the children or the children doe refuse and cast of their parents They hide away their vntowardnes by some outward bragge and countenaunce By craft feare or power they vndermine them and bring them into bondage As for the couenaunt here betweene husband and wife we vnderstand not the couenaunt which is in the communion of mariage but that which is in the communion of gouernement And this couenaunt is broken if eyther do seeke the destruction of other or doe persecute religion or goodnes likewise also it is broken if by keeping togethr the one can not hould the true religion through the vntowardnes of the other in a wicked and false religion And therefore in such cases a brother or a sister is not in bondage but that the husband may depart from the wife or the wife from the Husband 1 Cor. 7. Yet this departing is not a breach of the couenaunt of mariage but of that communion in gouernment through leauing one an other for a good conscience 120 The gouernement of the Husbande is his authoritie lordshippe and chieftie ouer the wife whereby he vseth her obedience and seruice to partake vnto her the vse and graces of his authoritie and guiding Parentes are persons authorised ouer their children to rule them by naturall desert of begetting and bringing them vp Maisters are persons authorised ouer their seruauntes to rule them by couenant of some maintenance wages or benefite for their bodily seruice Teachers are persons authorised ouer schollers to rule them by couenant to haue maintenance or benefitte by them for the learning which they gette vnder their guiding Triall of eche others giftes meetnes is defined before quest 118. The couenant of Gouernement is an agreement or partaking of condicions to hold the communion thereof so long as it tendeth not to the confusion or destruction of eyther partie Let this Definition be equallie weighed and it will appeare whether wiues may departe from their Husbandes when the vntowardnes of the Husbandes in a false religion and persecution withall doeth driue them to seeke their safetie with true Religion and a good conscience Hitherto of the entraunce and taking on vs the callinges of gouernment now foloweth the due execution of those callings 121 How must Superiours execute their callinge by ruling their inferiours They must esteeme right and due They must vphould the same By appointing to others their dueties They must take accountes 121 How doe the wicked handle their gouernment amisse and abuse the same for their pleasure and lustes They mislike the right and fauour the wronge They leade others vnto wickednes They suffer and let them alone therein 121 For the definition of rule gouernement looke question 112. Execution of their calling is a duetifulnes in them in partaking vnto them which obeye and serue them the whole vse and al the graces of their authoritie and guiding Esteeming right and due in inferiours is a duetie of their calling whereby they are pleased with the worthines thereof and feele or knowe the vse of the same 122 How must they esteeme right and due They must be zealouse for equitie and innocencie They must loue those and reioyse ouer them which doe their dueties They must hate all vanite and wickednes and be angrie and greeued therat 122 How doe they mislike right and due They make light thereof They loath it and take greefe therat They rest and please themselues in euill and wrong 122 Their zeale and Ielousie is the estimation of right and dutie for the worthines thereof whiche prouoketh them to hasten the same to make it sure with all straightnes and watchfulnes Their Loue and Ioye is their high estimation of inferiours in their goodnes whereby they yeelde them selues to them in one mutuall happines and take them as precious and deare which are so obedient and rulie Their anger and hatred is their troubled disliking of the wickednes of inferiours for the contrarietie thereof to their iust guiding and authoritie prouoking them speedily to redresse such wickednes or if that can not be to cast them off and forsake them 123 How must they appoint vnto others their worke and duetie They must teach them They must direct them by their guiding and helpe They must giue them good example 123 How doe they misleade They giue them vp to their ignoraunce or deceiue and beguile them They forsake the vntoward or make them more auke They goe before thē in wickednes 123 Appointing of dueties is that point of gouernement or duetifulnes in Gouernours whereby their inferiours haue their office and charge at their handes Their Teaching is their duetifulnes in vsing the obedience of inferiours to learne and knowe their dueties 124 How must they teach them They must teach them the

Trust. The honor worship of God In hūbling our selues to his gretnes In vsing his goodnes In seeking to him In thankefulnes Humbling our selues Inwardlie In meecknes In patience Outwardlie in homage Meekenes Patience Lowlines and homage Seeking to God For remedie of sinne Confessing faults Asking pardon For the remedie of euil for sinne Complayning of wantes Crauing helpe Confessing faultes Asking pardon Complaining and Crauing helpe Thankefulnes to God In acknowledging his goodnes In dutifulnes for the same Giuing thanks Giuing prayse Acknowledging his goodnes Giuing thankes Praysing God Seruing GOD By learning his will By obedience thereto In our calling In accoūtes therof Learning the will of God By getting knowledge By vsing the same to followe The example of God His guiding Following God guiding vs. Following his example Obedience In taking counsaile In dutifulnes thereby as Our forwardnes vpō c●ūsail Our maner of working Counsaile Deuising Aduising Aduising Of present things Marking and examining Consenting Iudgement c. Conscience c. Of absent Past Remembraunce Counting Comming Foresight Purpose and decree Attendance and watching Reckoning Foresight Purpose Forwardnes Desire Forwardnes Inclining Desire Ioye Prouoking Zeale Ielousie Maner of working Skilfulnes Ordering by time Measure Handsomnes Labor Force Speede Painefulnes Manner of working Gaines or actiuenes Order By time and course By measure of worke Handsomnes Labor and diligence Painefulnes Speede. Forceablenes Stedfastnes Patient bearing Preuayling Stedfastnes In patience In preuayling Patience in labor Preuayling Gathering strength Finishing Dispatching and finishing Accountes Of dueties by a cleare conscience Of blessings by vsing them A good cōscience Without guiltines of sinne Without trouble Peace and blessings Special dueties for The name of God His Sabbath The name of God By his special worship By the furtherance of his kingdome The special worship of God Our special humbling by special iudgements Our speciall thankfulnes in straunge● blessings By praysing God By vowing vowes and performing them Humb. Pray Thank Vowes Edifying Rebuke Exhortation An Othe or swearing Lotting Church meetings Our speciall furthering of the kingdom of God In spirituall edifying In talke by praysing God exhorting rebuke In doubt and controuersies as by swearing lotte●● In meetinges for the same With the Church With speciall friendes The Sabbath Gouernement In the entrance of that calling In the due execution thereof Righteousnes concerning man In general duties More boūden cōcerning Gouernement Submission More free for Our own and other mens persons Furniture and goods In speciall duties For name and credit For contentation and auoyding couetousnes Entrance of that calling By assurance of our giftes By our calling to vse them By Gods commaundement By agreement of men Assurance of our gift In our selues Knowledge age godlines c. Outward furniture c. By others as parētage birth Knowledge Age and Eldership Birth and Parentage Cōmaundement to vse their gift Generall lawe Special Prophecie Warning Prophecie of their calling Particular warnings Church Gouernours Ciuill Magistrates Ciuill Magistrates Householders Agrement of men Ecclesiasticall Ciuill For Magistrates In peace In war For housholders Agremēt of men Trying giftes godlines Receiuing by obedience Recyuing by choyce Agreement of the Church By trying their gifts and godlines By prophecie By life manners Receiuing thereon By obedience By choise Prayer at the chosing Gathering voyces Ordayning Chosing By God which authoriseth and sendeth By men which receyue and cōfirme the authoritie By gathering voyces By ordayning With prayers and thankesgiuing With pronouncing thē called The gouernmēt of Husbandes Parents Masters Teachers Couenant of gouernment Home gouernment By natural agreement as betwene Parents Children By couenant and choyse made as Betweene husbande wife Maisters and Seruauntes c. Execution of calling By esteeming right and due By vpholdīg the same By appointing duties By taking accountes Esteeming right Pleased with it Loue and Ioye Zeale Ielousie Displeased with cōtrary Hatred Anger and Wrath. Zeale Loue. Hatred and anger Appointing dueties By teaching By speciall directing Teaching Teaching Deliuering the groundes of Religion and meaning of the Scriptures By interpreting and opening The wordes The matter as The whole meaning The summe whole matter brieflie laied out The methode and order The partes Proofes Sentences By gathering vppon it Generall knowledge Of Religion and holines Of righteousnes wiih men Applying to reforme Skanning duties by Mouing affections Cimending discōmending Exhorting dehorting Confirming the same By requiring agayne and priuate applying By trying in practise Groundes of Religion Applying Dehorting Requiring againe Directing To doo things with vs In religion worshipping God In al other affaires In doubtes controuersies to decide matters In busines to commaūde tell them their dueties To do things after vs by our exāple In the worship of God Deciding matters Particular commaunding Good example Taking accounts In knowing right due By Watching By examining In recompensing Watching Examining Recompensing Inferiours and submission In esteeming them In dutifulnes thereon by Honouring them By seruing them Esteeming In their persons Reuerence Bashefulnes In their autority In iustice In goodnes Esteeming their persons Reuerence Shamefastnes Esteeming thē in their Iustice. In well doing Feare Zeale In euill doing as greefe Feare Zeale Greefe Loue Ioye Esteeming in goodnes Present Loue. Ioye Cōming Hope Trust. Hope and Trust. Honouring them In humbling our selues to them In vsing their goodnes Humbling Inwardly In meekenes In patience Outwardlie in homage Homage Meekenes Patience Seeking to them In faultes Confessing faules Asking pardon In other miserie or need Complayning of wantes Crauing helpe Confessing faultes Asking pardon Complaining and Crauing helpe Thankefulnes to thē In acknowledging goodnes In dutifulnes for the same Giuing thanks Kindnes and duetie againe Acknowledging their goodnes Giuing thankes Kindnes and duetie againe Seruing them By learning of them By obedience thereto In our calling In accounts therof Learning of them By getting knowledge By vsing the same to follow Their guiding Their example Getting knowledge by them Following them guiding Following their example Yeelding to their Iudgementes Accountes In worde In clearing our selues By shewing our faithfulnes In deede by fulfilling taske Clearing Faithfulnes Fulfilling taske Goodnes By esteeming and accounting By dutifulnes thereon In honouring them In pleasuring them Esteming them In prosperitie In their persons In their goodnes In miserie Greefe mercie and compassion Esteeming person Reuerence Shamefastnes Reuerence Shamefastnes Esteming thē in goodnes Loue. Ioye Loue. Loue of our enemies Ioye Mercie Greefe Partaking shame Honouring By hūbling our selues to them For their worthines Reuerent speache Courtesie and Ministring For agreement Meekenes in pleasing Gentlenes in sparing By vsing their goodnes Humbling Lowlines Courtesie Ministring Meekenes in pleasing By yeelding By appeasing anger Yeelding To request Of suite Of pardon To him that striueth for his opiniō Pardoning Appeasing Gentlenes in sparing By mildnes By patience in forbearing Infirmities Iniuries Mildnes in speache In talke In rebuke and admonishment Patience Forbearing infirmities Forbearing iniuries Seeking to them In faultes Confessing faults Asking pardon In other miserie or need Complayning of wantes Crauing helpe Confessing faultes Asking pardon Complaining and Crauing helpe Pleasuring them Secrete by prayer for them Shewed By directing and furthering them By maintayning thē Prayer for them Directing furthering In word by Teaching Counsell In deede By ayding moderatīg By example Ayding and helping Comforting Maintayning In strift controuersie by iudging and defending their cause and person and reconciling parties In peace quietnes In prouiding good things for them In doing good Iudging Defending Reconciling Prouiding Giuing Lēding Suertiship Visiting Doing good In bestowing our goods Lending Giuing In bestowing our selues our seruice Suertiship Visiting and ministring c. Defending Duties for our selues In maintayning our Welfare In defending and keeping it In remedying it In vsing it Comfortablie Honourablie Withstāding Pleading Assayling Defending By with stāding In deede c. In word c. By assayling Vsing state comfortablie Remedying want of comfort Vsing state honourablie In abstinence In nature as lust appetite delightes ease c In other pleasures In moderation By purenes chastiti●● By sobernes Abstinence Moderation Purenes chastitie In mariage By preparing thereto By due ioyning In single life Mariage By preparatiō thereto By triall of meetnes i● the parties to be maried By a due couenant By a due ioyning Trying their meetnes By nature Sexe age kindred Personage to our ●●king By nature bringing vp Godlines Meetnes by trade Meetenes Meetenes for liking Meetenes for calling Couenāt At mariage to giue No vse of their bodies for generation to others Nor token thereof Before mariage In the parties Betrothing Espousing In friendes as their agreement Bethrothing Espousing Making it further knowne Gladnes in meeting of friends Sobernes Inwarde Outwarde In speache In behauiour and furniture Duetifulnes in goods By getting them By sauing them being gotten Getting By labor in our calling In studies of mind as the artes In work of bodie as sciences and trades By the maner of labouring as before Callings Studies of learning Trades and Sciences Sauing by Keeping frō the losse By reckoning and Counting By placing Bestowing and vsing wel By spending without waste By mending hurt and vncomelines Keeping from losse Counting and placing Bestowing Spending Mending and dressing