Friday, September 1, 2017

Wives are to submit to their husband

"After that Eve was deceived of the serpent, God said unto her (Genesis 3), thy lust or appetite shall pertain unto thy husband and he shall rule thee or reign over thee. God which created the woman knoweth what is in that weak vessel (as Peter calleth her) and hath therefore put her under the obedience of her husband to rule her lusts and wanton appetites. Peter (1Peter 3) exhorteth wives to be in subjection unto their husbands, after the example of the holy women which in old time trusted in God, and as Sara obeyed Abraham and called him lord. Which sara before she was married, was Abraham's sister and equal with him: but as soon as she was married was in subjection and became without comparison inferior. For so is the nature of wedlock by the ordination of God. It were much better that our wives followed the example of the holy women of old time in obeying their husbands, than to worship them with a Pater Noster, an Ave and Credo, or to stick up candles before their images. Paul (Ephesians 5) saith: women submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the wife's head even as Christ is the head of the congregation. Therefore as the congregation is in subjection to Christ, likewise let wives be in subjection unto their husbands in all things. Let the woman therefore fear her husband, as Paul saith in the said place. For her husband is unto her in the stead of God, that she obey him and wait on his commandments. And his commandments are God's commandments. If she therefore grudge against him or resist him she grudgeth against God and resisteth God." - William Tyndale, The Obedience of a Christian Man, Pg. 34

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