4 volumesOf Domestical Duties
William Gouge · 1622
What husbands and wives, parents and children, masters and servants owe each other day to day: one of the fullest books on Christian family life.
- Lived
- 1575–1653
- Where
- Blackfriars, London
- In the library
- 1 book
Author
William Gouge
A Blackfriars pastor for forty-five years who wrote the book on family life.
William Gouge was the minister of St Ann's, Blackfriars, in London from 1608 until his death: forty-five years in one parish. He was known for his long Wednesday lectures, which drew listeners from all over the city.
He preached through Ephesians verse by verse, and when he reached the passages on husbands and wives, parents and children, and masters and servants, he turned them into Of Domestical Duties, a large, practical guide to the life of a household.
In his old age he was one of the leading members of the Westminster Assembly, the gathering that wrote the Westminster Confession of Faith.