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A10083	The doctrine of superioritie, and of subiection, contained in the fift commandement of the holy law of almightie God Which is the foundamentall ground, both of all Christian subiection: and also of like Christian gouernment, as well in church, and common-wealth, as in euery schoole and priuate familie. A pretious memorial of the substance of manie godly sermons, preached by the learned and faithfull seruant of God, Ma. Robert Pricke, minister of the vvord, at Denham in Suffolke.	Pricke, Robert, d. ca. 1608.; Allen, Robert, fl. 1596-1612.	1609 (1609)	STC 20337; ESTC S101170	80,674	204

THE DOCTRINE OF SVPERIOritie and of Subiection contained in the fift Commandement of the holy Law of Almightie God WHICH IS THE FOVNdamentall ground both of all Christian Subiection and also of like Christian Gouernment as well in Church and Common-wealth as in euery Schoole and priuate Familie A PRETIOVS MEMORIAL OF the substance of manie godly Sermons preached by the learned and faithfull seruant of God Ma. ROBERT PRICKE Minister of the word at Denham in Suffolke The memoriall of the righteous shall be blessed Prou. 10.7 Though he fal he shall not be cast off for the Lord putteth vnder his hand Psal 37.37.24 LONDON Printed for Ephraim Dawson and Thomas Dow●e and are to be sold at their shop in Fleete-streete at the Inner Temple gate 1609. THE INSCRIPTION DEDICATORIE To the right worshipfull S. Ed. Lewkenor knights S. Ro. Lewkenor knights S. Ro. Quarles knights And to the worshipful Gentlem. M. Rodes And the posteritie of them all M. Gourny And the posteritie of them all M. Caestill And the posteritie of them all M. Steward And the posteritie of them all ANd to the people of the Church of God in Denham For a memoriall of the pietie and loue of Maister Robert Pricke their verie faithful and deare Pastor a most carefull and vigilant Watch-man ouer their soules and for a remembrance of the holy instructions which hee gaue them while be executed his holy Ministerie among them Robert Allen their heartie welwiller a boundē friend vnto them all hath according to the mind will of the same their late deceased good Pastor by the best diligence and meanes and with the best speede he could attaine vnto dedicated this small portion of his many and great labours to them and to the neighbour Churches of God both Ministers and People to their benefite but chiefly to the honour and praise of God in Christ Iesus crauing to that end the most gratious blessing of his holy spirit vpon the same Amen Yours in the Lord R. A. TO THE CHRISTIan and wel-disposed Reader S. Egerton wisheth grace mercie and peace from God the Father and from our Lord Iesus Christ THe varietie and vanitie of idle Phamphlettes which the loue of gaine or glorie for the most part begetteth the Presse daily bringeth forth in our English tongue made mee the more willing to further the printing of this explanation of the fift Commandement For though the most part delight to read the vnsauorie inuentions of mens braines and that such also as desire to reade good bookes haue such plentie before them that they are doubtfull for want of good direction which they should pitch vpon yet I thought with my selfe that the rare singular piety of this Author a holy man and most faithfull Minister powerful in prayer and diligent in preaching to his flocke manie yeares together with the perspicuitie of the order and the choisnesse of the matter might the rather by my testimonie stir vp the minds of Godly Christians to reade this Treatise though being otherwise streighted of time or distracted in their choise they might perhaps neglect the reading of so fruitfull a Treatise vpō this Commandement as hath not hitherto so farre as I can learne beene printed and published in our mother tongue Sundry learned and godly men haue laboured verie fruitfully in opening the sense and laying forth the duties of euerie Commandement and more particularly of the 4. wherin the practise both of the duties of Pietie set downe in the first Table of the duties of Mercie set downe in the second Table is required at our handes to be performed vpon a set day and in a more solemne and serious manner but none to my knowledge hath published any seuerall Treatise vpon the fift Commaundement which beeing truly vnderstood vnfeinedly beleeued faithfully practised wil direct a christian in a holy practise of all the duties of Mercie Loue which he is to performe either to himselfe or to any other For whosoeuer doth walke carefully in the obedience of this Commandement maintaining that honour which is due to himselfe and euerie other man in respect of their different seueral yeares gifts and qualities callings and degrees in the familie Church and Common-wealth hee cannot easilie be carried to exercise any crueltie against himselfe or any other cōtrarie to the sixt Commaundement or to defile either his own bodie or his neighbours against the seuenth Commaundement or to deale vniustly or vnfaithfully about his owne or other mens goods credit and reputation contrarie to the eight and ninth Cōmandements yea or to giue place to the least spice of repining discontentment or wandering motion forbidden in the last Commandement of the law of God There was neuer any disorder and outrage in any family Church or Common-wealth from the beginning of the world to this day neither can be but it proceeded from the breach of the 5. Commandemēt For how is it possible that there should be any disorder in the family if the wife honour her husband as she ought he her if children giue due honour to their parents and they also deale honourably with them if seruants do honour their Maisters as they ought and they their seruāts and if children and seruants do mutually respect and honour one the other as becommeth them Could any trouble and confusion arise in Churches congregations if the people would remember such as haue the ouersight of them and do declare vnto them the word of God and in giuing honour vnto them would submit themselues because they watch for their soules for which they must giue an accoūt before the chiefe Shepheard And on the other side if the Pastors and Elders would feede the flocke of God which depēdeth vpō them caring for it not by constraint but willingly c. Is it possible that euer any treason sedition or disloyaltie could breake forth in citties or kingdomes if people would honour their Princes and euery soule be subiect to the higher powers being obedient and readie to euery good worke and if Magistrates in their places would gouerne their Subiects as deare children Finally if euery one that is an inferiour anie manner of way would carrie the affection of a dutifull child to his Superiour and euerie Superiour the affection of a wise and tender Parent to his inferiour according to the plaine scope and maine drift of this commaundement But what should I need to demonstrate the truth of this point in many particulars Search the Scriptures turne ouer al humane stories call to minde what thou hast seene and obserued in thine owne time in the family congregation or any corporatiō whereof thou art or hast beene a member and thou shalt euidently perceiue that the troubles and offences which haue broken out in them haue alwaies proceeded sprung from this bitter roote I meane from the disobedience breach of the 5. Commandemēt In which respect it is said that this is the onely commandement of all the

mother if the child were vertuous to the reproofe of her carelesnesse and negligence if he were vitious naughtie Q. You speake of a troublesome and painfull dutie A. True but if the woman will indeuour to performe it she shall not onely haue the peace of a good conscience but also the hād of the Lord readie to assist and further her Q. What is the third dutie of the married woman The third dutie of the wite to her husband is Subiection A. Subiection The woman must be subiect vnto her husband as vnto her head Q. Where is this warranted and commaunded The proofe of it A. Gen. 3.16 Ephe. 5.22 24. 1. Pet. 3.1 Q. What meane you by subiection A. When the woman dependeth vpon yeeldeth her selfe vnto the will What is meant by the subiection of the wife direction and discretion of her husband and therefore doeth presume neither to ouermaister him neither to control and make vile account of his speeches and actions neither appoint and command him what he should doe or leaue vndone neither yet render checke for check The holy women of antient time are paterns of such subiection to their husbands rebuke for rebuke reproach for reproach from which and the like the holy women of God haue euer been farre of as may appeare 1. Pet. 3.6 Q. What reason had they to do so A. They knew very well that it is as monstrous and vnnatural a thing for the woman to vsurpe ouer the man No wisedome or any other excellent gift in the wife ought to imbolden her to shake off subiection and so to breake the ordinance of God as the feete to direct the eye or the loines to rise vp and set themselues in place of the head Q. But sometimes the wife is wiser more discreete and prouident then the Husband A. It is true but yet this doeth not ouerthrowe the superioritie of the man and therefore if occasion be offered to admonish and aduise her husband she is to performe this dutie with humilitie and reuerence shewing her selfe more willing to heare then to speake to be ruled thē to rule and gouerne her husband 4 Dutie of the wife to the husband is obedience Q. What is the fourth dutie of the wife toward the Husband A. Obedience Q. Is the wife to obey her Husband A. Yea no doubt it is a vertue commended by the Holy Ghost in Sarah Abrahams wife 1. Pet. 3.6 What is meant by obedience Q. What meane you by obeying A. It is to do and practise the commaundements of the husband Q. Must she performe all his commandemēts without exception limitation The wiues obedience to her husband is limited by the word of God A. Not so but so farre forth as they are consonant agreeable with the word of God therfore if he doeth commaund any thing contrarie vnto the will of God she is not to obey him Q. Why Sarah did twise dissemble at the request of her Husband A. It is true but that was her great fault which was rebuked and condemned euen by an heathen man Gen. 25. Q What say you for a fift dutie The 5. dutie of the wife to her husband is to frame her selfe to be like affected with him A. She is to frame and dispose her selfe to the affection desire disposition of her husband Q. How is that A. She is to practise that excellent precept of the holy Ghost Rom. 12.15 whervnto al Christians are boūd as namely Reioyce with her hasbād when he reioyceth and weepe with him when he weepeth therefore she is not frowardly to crosse him in any lawful and indifferēt thing or action as the manner of some is who loue to lowre when their husband is cheerefull and to be merry when he is heauy and to draw back when he is forward to any good thing which behauior as it proceedeth frō a cankred nature so it agreeth not with the holy consent of marriage and is the cause of many mischiefes Q. What is the sixt dutie of the wife A. She must keepe at home or in her house Q. Where is this warranted The 6. dutie of the wife toward her husband is to keepe at home to ouersee his familie The proofe of it There are three causes which moue vnto it A. First of all by the light of nature experience hereof we haue among the heathen Secondly more effectually by the word of God Tit. 2. chap. 5. ver Q. To what end is this required A. For sundrie causes first of all not onely for the preseruation of goods and substance but also for keeping the houshold in good order in the absence of her husband Againe by that meanes to take occasion to doe good for the glorie of God the benefit of the Church which thing appeareth in Iael the wife of Hebr. Iudg. 5 24.25 Lastly to auoid suspition of euill all occasiō that might drawe allure her to commit any vnlawfull act The wife is not to be in her house as in a prison without all libertie of going abroad Q. But is the wife so bound to her house as she is to liue therein as in a perpetuall prison A. That is not the mind of the Holy Ghost but rather an abuse of an holy precept for why there be diuers reasons or causes why the wife should depart out of her house go abroad The wife is to haue her libertie to goe abroad to three endes and purposes 1. End Examples of such holy libertie Q. What are those reasons or ends A. The first is to prouide for her soule eternal good by the publicke Ministerie of the word by christian conuersation amongst the faithfull Q. What examples haue you hereof A. In the noble woman wherof mention is made 1. Kings 4.22 as also in diuers holy and noble women Luke 8. and diuers other places Q. What is your second reason 2. End A. Secondly that the wife may performe the duties of loue and mercy and compassion which are inioyned by the Lord to euerie Christian Q. What lastly 3. End A. She may and ought to goe abroad sometime for the health of her bodie solace of her mind that so she may be the better able to performe all other duties so that place Titus 25. rightly vnderstood maketh nothing for the imperiours husband or the slothful sluggish wife The duties of the Maisters toward their Seruants Q. What is she to consider in the last place A. The wife must be contented to be attired and maintained according to the proportion of her husbands abilitie and estate The 7. dutie of the husband toward the wife Q. What if she labour to exceed it A. She doth not only giue cause to her husband to suspect that she laboureth to please the eye of another rather then his owne but also indeed wasteth and consumeth his goods to his great impouerishment