My Mother being given to my Father of GOD, became not only his Helper, but also his Leader and Captain, both by Word and by Deed, draw∣ing him to the best things; and albeit, in other things it were best for her to be subject to her Hus∣and, for the right of Marriage; yet in Religion, and Godliness, she was not afraid to shew her self his Mistress. She (being a Christian Woman, and he an Infidel) watched, fasted, sung Psalms, and prayed for her Husband, and was careful for him: She converted her Husband; she converted others; she brought up her Children in the Fear of GOD; her Husband entrusted her with the disposal of his Money to the Poor. Greg. Nazianz. of his Mother's help to his F. Bp. of Nazianz.
S. Augustine, speaking of his Mother Monica, saith, That she served her Husband as her Lord; and that she endeavour'd what she could, for the winning of him to the Faith: That she patiently sustained the Injuries of the Bed; and though Pa∣tricius was of a hot and cholerick Temper, yet she never made resistance to him in his Anger, neither in Word or Deed; but sometimes, when she had an opportunity, in his calm Humours, she would give him an account of what she had done, and the reasons for it. She would often gravely admo∣nish other Women for laying open the Faults of their Husbands, in Familiar Discourses with one another; and let them know, that she had a Fa∣culty beyond them, in escaping scratch'd Faces and Quarrels, under a Husband of a much rougher Spirit than theirs; that it was never heard, or known by any sign, that Patricius had ever beaten his Wife, or Monica ever quarrel'd with her Hus∣band.