r-efolution, that no provocation fhall ever change it, -or alter it. - Hnsbands mull: paG ~y all infirmities, endeavounng m love to redrefs the.m, tf poflibly they can, or rf uor, to bear wrth them. -: ; . . -- - _ 2 . Dutyof an Husband, is,. Wifolytom4int4ine11ntl ma~age his authomy : Now the mannaging of it confifls in two thmgs : 5 1: 1hat he tenderly refpeCl: her. ,. " · ·: ( 2 . That he carefully provide.for her. .. . . ( 1 • He mufl: tenderl:J refperf her, as his wife , companion , yokefellow , . as his very delight, and the defre. of his '1"' and _nev<r ,be bitter againjl her. Thrs brt~ernefs E,,~:_, '4•\~ ordinarily turneth the ed~e of hrs authonty: rf therefore any matte!of unk.md~efs Cvl. J· '9 arife (as fomctimes certamly wrll) then mull: he,ca~efully wrth all_lenrt,y, gentlt>nefs and patience quiet all; and never fuffer hrmfclf,nor l]rs wrfe to Oeep mdrfplcafure: Let 110 r theSun go doJVn upon._yo1<r wrath; or if he fhall hav_e ?ccafion~o reprove her, he mull:, Epb. 4• o6 keep hiswords until a convenient time, and n(>t !io rt m,prefence of others , and then . utter them in the fpirit ofmeeknefs and love. Surely rf !he be not correCted by a word • 'of wifdom and difcrction, fhe will never amend by threats, or any hafly rigorous carriage : and if fhe once begin to lofe her fhamefac'dnefs--in tl).e prefence of her huf. barid,it is likely there will be often brawlings and quarrels betwixt them, and the houfe will bcfull of difquietnefs: it is be.ll: therefore to~ea! wifely with her , to. admonifh_ her often, to rel'rehend her feldom , never to lay viOlent hands on her ; and if fhe be 'qutifull, to chdifh her,that fhe may fo continue; if wayward,mildely to fulfer her, that fhe wax not worfe. · 2. He mull: carefully provide f or her; To this purpofe he is called her Head, anrl Eph, S· 2 3 · Saviour, as Chrijl is the head of the Church, and the Saviour of the body: The H ead (you know) is the fountain of motion, 'luick'ning, life, fenfe, and lightfomnefs to the ~ociy; fo fhould the husb!lnd be as ,the well-fpring of livclincfs, light-fomnefs, light, heartednefs to his wife : fhe hath forfook all for hini, arid therefore fhe fhould receive from him a con inual influence of chea-rful walking ' and comfortable enjoying of her feif. Anda SavwtlY-, (you know) both p'ov1des for, and proteCts the faved: Chrifl: thus faved his Church; -he i~ every way a fufficient Saviour_, able perfeWy toJave, even Heb. 7 . •s -to thevery tltttrmojl ; he fav~s.foul and body, be faves from all manner of mifery, fronl the wrath of God, the curfe of the.Law, the venom of all outward croffes, the tyranny of Satan, the fl:ing ofdeath, the po\ver of the grave, the torments of hell ; or iffin.b~ t!Je greatell:evil, (asindeeditis) hn~illfave hu people froUJtheirfins : I cannot fay M .r. •·•! thus of the husband, yet an husband carrieth a_refemblance of Chrifl , and isafter ~ manner a Sa".liour to his wilt:, to proteCt her, and provide for her. Dnuid compotes her to a vine, intimating that as a ".line isunderpropped and raifed by fome tree 0r p[al.! 128 3 fr:ime near to which it is planted,fo isthe wife r~ifcll to rh: height of honour by verrue ofher relatron to her husband; by h,s wealth rs fhe enrrc~cd , by hrs honour is fhe dignified: he is under God and ChriO:, all in all to her:. In·the Fa1nily he is a King to govern and aid her; a Priell:, to pray with her and for her; aProphet, to teach and infl_ru~.her; ~ Saviof r,to frovide for, and proteCt her to his llt,ojl,lf n\>t-to the utmoft, whxch mdeed ts proper and pecuhar to the Lord Chrifl:. . .. . r. That fhe be in fubmif!ion to her " £. The Duties proper to the wife·, a~e tht fc, S husband . · · r "( 2. That fhc be an helper to hin\ . . '· ; · all her days. ' . . 1, Wives 11111ft bt in[ubjetfion to their_own h11tbands: Sarah obeyed .Abraham,and called hun Lord : But here rs acafe of conference : ----- Gen. 3· r6 ·, Eph S. 22 - 1_.- What if her husband be a fon of JJeli~tl, an enemy to Chrifl:? nitilt fbe theri yield fub1ech~n?,-----·' -Yes :-- bccaufe in his office her husband is as in Chrilts.ll:ead : The Churc~ rs companed to 11 lilly_among,ehor,ns, fhe remains lilly-liks ; white, foft, pleafant, anda_m_mble, though t?e be joyned·with_ thorns, which are prickly ~;fharp: So,a Cant. •· 2 WJfe mufl be meek,-mxlde; g1:ntle, .. obe!\xent, though fhe be matched wrth a crboked, perverfe, p~ophane and wicked husband: She mull- in this cafe remove her eyes from the,drfJ?ofitron ofherhus~an~s perfon.to,the condition ofhis plate,and by vertue thcre1 Per. 3 . 16 of(feemgh~beareth Chnlls rmage) be fubjetl:m\to him as unto Chdll:. . .· , . .. , -· .z::· What tf -her husband-command things contrary so Chrifl:? ·mull: !he therein be Eph. S· 2 !!. . fubJBCl:? _,__N~,: -: Submtt, ~c. "How? ' M unto~he L ord: if fhe fubmits t0 things contrary to Chrrll:, ~e fubmrti not M to thr L ord. '·Confciencious wives mull: r_emetrf, · ' H h~ ber
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