§. Sect. 5 The duties of husband and wife towards the rest of the family.
And these are the mutuall duties of man and wife betweene them∣selues. Besides which, there are diuers duties by them to be performed, * 1.1 as they are gouernours ouer the family; and those are either common to all the household, or else speciall, as they are parents ouer their children, or masters and mistresses ouer their seruants. The common duties are, First, to rule them in the Lord, keeping them in godly obedience: and Second∣ly, to prouide for them. They are to be ruled both by instruction and dis∣cipline. By instruction, as by doctrine and example. By doctrine, respect∣ing * 1.2 priuate catechizing, reading of the Scriptures, and religious writings, and the publike ministery, by causing them not onely to frequent it, but also by teaching them to vse it aright, both by preparation before they goe to heare, and examination afterwards. So likewise they must be no lesse carefull to teach them by example, both in their holy profession of Religion, and conscionable practice of all Christian duties; knowing that * 1.3 examples especially of gouernours, are no lesse powerfull then precepts, either to draw them to good, and withdraw them from euill, or con∣trariwise: vnto which instruction, discipline must be adioyned, both by rewarding those that deserue well, and correcting them that offend, either in words onely, as by reproofes and threatnings; or in deedes also, by blowes and stripes, to bee inflicted in wisedome, loue and moderati∣on. Finally, as it is their duty to rule them; so also to prouide * 1.4 for them all necessaries, as foode, raiment, wages, rest and recrea∣tion.