But after her fall and rebellion committed against God, their was put vpon
her a newe necessitie, and she was made subiect to man by the irreuocable
sentence of God, pronounced in these wordes[27]: I will greatlie multiplie
thy sorowe and thy conception. With sorowe shalt thou beare thy children,
and thy will shall be subiect to thy man: and he shal beare dominion ouer
the. Herebie may such as altogither be not blinded plainlie see, that God,
by his sentence, hath deiected all woman frome empire and dominion aboue
man. For two punishmentes are laid vpon her, to witte, a dolor, anguishe
and payn, as oft as euer she shal be mother; and a subiection of her
selfe, her appetites and will, to her husband, and to his will. Frome the
former parte of this malediction can nether arte, nobilitie, policie, nor
lawe made by man, deliuer womankinde, but who soeuer atteineth to that
honour to be mother, proueth in experience the effect and strength of
goddes word. But (alas) ignorance of God, ambition, and tyrannie haue
studied to abolishe and destroy the second parte of Goddes punishment.
For women are lifted vp to be heades ouer realmes, and to rule aboue men
at their pleasure and appetites. But horrible is the vengeance, which is
prepared for the one and for the other, for the promoters, and for the
persones promoted, except they spedelie repent. For they shall be deiected
from the glorie of the sonnes of God[28], to the sclauerie of the deuill,
and to the torment that is prepared for all suche, as do exalte them
selues against God. Against God can nothing be more manifest, then that a
woman shall be exalted to reigne aboue man. For the contrarie sentence
hath he pronounced in these wordes[29]: Thy will shall be subiect to thy
husband, and he shall beare dominion ouer the. As God shuld say: forasmuch
as thou hast abused thy former condition, and because thy free will hath
broght thy selfe and mankind in to: the bondage of Satan, I therfore will
bring the in bondage to man. For where before, thy obedience shuld haue
bene voluntarie, nowe it shall be by constraint and by neeessitie: and
that because thou hast deceiued thy man, thou shalt therfore be no longar