The woman is commanded to obey the man, and the man ought to obey the woman.
And yet, they are not two obedients, but one obedient.
For there is one dominion nominal of the husband, and another dominion real of the wife.
And yet, there are not two dominions, but one dominion.
For like as we are compelled by the Christian verity to acknowledge that wives must submit themselves to their husbands, and be subject to them in all things;
So are we forbidden by the Conjugal Faith to say, that they should be at all influenced by their wills or pay any regard to their commands.
The man was not created for the woman, but the woman for the man.
Yet the man shall be the slave of the woman, and the woman the tyrant of the man.
So that in all things, as is aforesaid, the subjection of the superior to the inferior is to be believed.
He, therefore, that will be married, must thus think of the woman and the man.