Yet there remains one thing more about which husbands and wives ought to manifest a mutual provident care over each other, and that is about the goods of this world. Though the husband, while he lives with his wife, has the truest property in them, and the greatest title to them, yet I refer this to those mutual duties which husband and wife owe to each other, in three respects. First, because in conscience they pertain to the use of the wife, as well as the of the husband. Secondly, because the wife is appointed by God’s providence a joint governor with the husband of the family, and in that respect ought to be a help in providing such a sufficiency of the goods of this world, as are needed for that state where God has set them, and for that responsibility which God has committed to them. Thirdly, because the wife, if she survives the husband, ought to have such a portion of those goods, as are fitting for her status and responsibility.

In these respects we see it required, even a binding duty, that husband and wife, in a mutual regard for one another, be as thoughtful and diligent as they can be with a good conscience in getting, keeping, and using sufficient goods and riches for the mutual good of one another.

William Gouge, Building a Godly Home, Vol. 2: A Holy Vision for a Happy Marriage, 82.