2. Obiect. Seruants may mary without their masters con∣sent: why then not children without their parents?

1. Answ.* It is not lawfull for seruants so to doe while the •ate of their couenant lasteth.

2. Answ. Though the seruitude of a seruant be greater •hen of a childe, yet a parent hath in many respects a greater •ower ouer his childe, then a master ouer his seruant. The •ower which a master hath is by a mutuall couenant betwixt him and his seruant, and by the voluntary subiection of a ser∣•ant vnto his master. But the power of a parent is by the bond of nature, in that a childe hath his being from his parents. Be∣•ides, this subiection of a childe to his parents in case of mar∣riage, Page  452 is not for seruitude but * for the good of the childe.