John Trapp on Ephesians 5:21
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Ephesians5:21
Verſe 21. Submitting your ſelves] This is a generall admonition to all inferiours, whoſe duties are afterwards deſcribed. Thus in the ſecond Table of the Law, the fifth Commandment for order and obedience is fitly premiſed to the following p[illegible: 2 letters]cepts.
In the fear of God] This frameth the heart to a ready and regular ſubmiſſion. Hence that ſaying of Luther: Primo praecepto reliquorum omnium obſervantia praecipitur. The firſt Commandment includes the other nine.
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