The first is, that a wife ought to be willing to dwell where her husband will have her dwell. The wives of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob manifested their wife-like obedience here . . .

These examples further show that if a husband has good reason to move from one country to another, or from place to place, his wife ought to yield to go with him . . .

Against this is the mind and practice of many wives, who being affected and addicted to one place more than another, such as the place where they were brought up, where most of their best friends dwell, refuse to go and dwell where their husband’s calling lies, though he requires and desires them never so much. Thus many husbands are forced to their great damage for the sake of peace to yield to their wives, either to relinquishing their calling or to have two houses . . . Some wives pretend that they cannot endure the smoke of the city, others that they cannot endure the air of the country. Indeed their own wills and conceit stuffs them more than either city smoke or country air.

William Gouge, Building a Godly Home: A Holy Vision for a Happy Marriage, 145-146.