chap. to. Sect 5~6. SECT. 5· Ofthe D~ties of .M~djfers to Servant!, . . .' h S To their Bodies. ' . THeDuty of Majfers to therr Seroants,rs ~~t. er ( To t)leir '?uls. . ., ' I. The DMy of Majfcrs to the Bodies of their_'Servants,' confill:s m thefe partrcu!ars ; • ,r In a due provifion of food for them, Pro-:;, 3r. I 5· .and 27. 27; In a wrfe care for their clothing, Prov. 3r. 2 I. In a well·ordenng of :herr labour, fo as they may be •o1~ to undergo rt: In their ~afe, reil:, and mtermJfTion from labour at fcafonable tin" : In:paying them fuf!icrent wages, Dmt. 24: 14, I 5. In a careful prefervrQg of +,.. 11 health,. and ufing means for thetr recovery mcafe of ficknefs, M_at, 8. a. and L ~' nr t of the Servants wages, but of the Mall:ers own charge , otherwrfe they 1mdo r[~. 10 , 6 '"t ,he he 11 vy burden, but rather lay burthen u~on bl}rthen. . • 2 The DlltJ of Majfcrs to the So~t!s of their ServantJ, co~_fill:s m thefe partrculars; <r: In teaching them the Principles ofRelrgron, and all dutre_S of Prety: In cauhng (·" to.go to the publick Minilteryofthe Word an:! Worfhq>"of God: In takmg a.~ount of their profiting by the publrke and pnvate means o~ Edmcatron :. ln ~;-~yrpg for them· and as they obferve any grace wrought m them, m prarfing God fo, 1t, and praying f~r the encreafc of it :Nothing fo ~uch wins a Servants heart, or the affections ofar.y gracious heart, as the edrfymg ofIt mgrace. , SECT. 6. OJtheDuties oftheEmbandandWife. THe btitics which the chiefgovernour and his helper owe to one ~uother,are either j Common and mutual. · ( Proper and peculiar to each feverally. 1. The common mutual Duties betwixt Man and wife, arc lof ffi ·h b . f . { Matrimonial Vnity. nece 1ty tot e emg 0 marnage; as Jlfatrimonial Chaftity. either · · l-b·. - ·. ;. . · 5Lovi~g affection of one another., . Ofhonell:y tothe we emg ofmarnage, as a? Provident care of one for another. The former Duties prefuppofed: • there ought to be-----· 1. A fweet, loving, and tender-hearted pouring out of their hearts, with·much af– fectionate de~rnefs into each others bofoms. This mutual·melting-heartednefs, being preferved frclh and fruitful, will infinitely fweeten and beautifie the marriage lbte, Now for the prefervation of this love, let them confider : . · 1. The compafTionate and melting compellations which Chrilt and his Spoufe ex– change in the Canticles, My fair on<, my love, my dove, my tmdefi!ed, ':>ny 1Vel-b:toved, the chiefoften thoufand: fuch a fervent and chall:e love as this, :ill married couples fhould i:efemble and, imitate. ' · Nat. '9• 6 Tir.2. S .11!•1. 2. 1$ 2. TheCommandofGodto thispurpofe, Hmbandsloveyourwives, Ephef. 5· 25. Epb. ~-•s and Wives .(or young womcri)·.laveyolir hwvands, Tit. 2. +· Me thinks this charge oft. 1ir. •· 1 remembered, fhould ever beatback all heart-riling and bitternefs, all wicked wifhes that they had never met together, that they had never feen one anothers faces: when the knot is tied, every man fhould think his wife the fittelt for him., and every wife fhould think her husband the fitteft for her of any other in the world,.:... ., --_ z. Aprovident care ofone for another; which extends tdthc·bol!y: No man hateth, hu own flej1J, but nourijheth and cherijherh it :· and to the good name ; Jofeph was not willing to mak.f Mary a p~bfik! example, : and to the goods of this world; in which if !'};: :: ,•: therefall out any crofs provrdence,· they are both to joyn with Jobs fpmt, The Lord' y,~ 1. 20 bathgwen , and the Lard hath tak.fn ,·. (Ji-c. But efpecially to the foul; in praying· tQgether,for, and with one another : in taking notice of the beginning and·leafl: meafure · of grace, and approving.the fame · in conferring about fuch thing~ \I..S concern th'e farrit, mutually pw~ounding 9ueltions ,'and giving anfwers one ~~another; ·in maintaining' hply and rel1g1ous ·exerc1fes in the Family, and betwixt their own telves, in ftin'ing up O,!lC another to hear the Word, to receive the Sacraments and confcioryably to pertorm Qjl the pa;ts of Gods publick Worfhip : In cafe the one prove unco~verred, let the ' oth~r wart 1 and pray 1' ~nd•Cltpect. Gods good tir?e: . o_r in caJe the one·be ;i babe in' Chriil:, or weak mChn~ramty,let the other dcalfaftlyj lovingly, meekly, and let'ourJ H h Lord
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