G:n. 2, a, ro 'Lib, 2. Jr: t;hri}t!ann f•m· pag 36> oin. 48,12 1,King.2o19 l'ro·J,>:P7 Chap. 1 o.Sect. 7 . ocr they have arl hus~and in heaven,as well as on earth, ?e~wlxt whom there is a greater dtlference,then betWIXt heaven and earth,and therefore m cafe they bid contrary things they mull: prefer God before man, Chrill: before all men. · • . 2. Wives mttfl be helpers to their hw.bands. Now this helpfulnefs conlill:s in thefe thmgs : , . . , 1. That ilie be careful to pr&rve his perfon, in ficknefs or health, in adverfity. or profpcrity, in youth or old age. . . Amoll: memorable and famous pat\erii for this purjlofe, is recorded by * Vivts : A yoteng, under, and beamifi•L Maidnlas matched (as he reports) to a man ftrick!n in yeares, whom after marnage jhefo!md to ha"!e a veryfulfom and difeafed body. jitUofmany loathfome and contag.om difeafes: )'et nottvtthj/andm:;. out offerfe mtd confcience, that by Gods prov1dem·e jhe WM become his ~rije,Jhe moft worthilj digejled all with incredible patimm fmnds and Phyjictans advifed her by no means to come near htm, and for theirparts they Jttterlyfcrfook. h1m ; but jhe (paJ!ing by wtth a lovmg difdain thofe unkjpde dijfwajions) btc:omeJ to him in thtirftead:~Friend:~ Phyfician,Nurfe, Mother, Stjftr, Dllttghter, Servant~ evwy thin.!{, any thing to do himgood any manner of way. At lcjl by extraordinary expence, and e.wej]we charges about hzmJhe came to fome want offame necejfaries, whereupon jhefold her Ring. Chains, richeft Attire, Plate, ar~d choycej/ Jtwds: and tvhm he was dead, 11 nd friends came about her, rather to congratulate her happy riddancr,then to bewaile her widow– hood, jhe not only abhorred all JPeeches tending that way, but protejled, ifit were pof]iblr, jhe would willingly redeem her husbands life with the {ojfe of her five deareft children. \Vhence it appears tnat this worthy woman was wedded to her husbands foul, not w his body, feeing no infirmity or deformity thereof, co~ld cool or weaken the fervency of her love. 2. That !he learn and labour to forecafi, contrive and manage houihold affairs, and bujinejfc tvithin doors, as they fay: for which fee a right noble glorious pattern i~ Prov. 31. 3. That !he help her husband, in fctting forward the rich and royal trade .of Grace, in erecting and eftabli!hing Chrifts glorious Kingdom in their houfe • and efpecially in their own hearts. This is that one necejfary thing, without which their Family isbut Satans Seminary,and a Nurfery for hell: This will marvelloufly fweeten·all reproaches call: upon them by envenomed tongues i This will fweetly feal unto them their affu– r'ancc of mectin'g together hereafter in'heaven,·-·-.Where the husband and wife perform thefe and the like Dt~tie' , there's an hapP.y Famtly. there's a colledge of quiemefs ; \vhere thefe are neglected. we may term It an Hell. Thus much of the Duties of Governours, we now come to the governed. SECT. 7· Ofthe Dmies of Children to Parents. · { inward, as Love and Prar. D. Vtles of Children to parents, are either • { Reverence. or outward, as Obedience. Retompence. r .The inward Duties which children owe to their Parents,are Lcve andFear: love like. Sugar fweetens Fear,and Fear like Salt feafons Love; there mull: bea loving·fear, and:i fearing·love. Hence the fear ofa child, is oppofed to the fear of a flave, for a chtldeo fear being millt with love, hath refpect to the offence which a Parent may take: but a flaves f ear , whic~ is ordi'narily ?Ji~ed with hatred , ~ath relpect to n?thing bur the puni!hment which hts Ma!l:er may tnfltct upon him. ThiS lovt·ltJ,;-fenr Is fo proper to children, as thattheawful refpeCl which the Saints bear to God,ts called a filiaL fw: Children have received ~heir fubftance, from the very fubll:ance of their Parents, and therefore they are to perform this Duty~f Lov_e and Fe~r to them. . . 2. The outward D11ties, or the mamfell:atton of thts Low and Fear mchildren, appears: r. Tn their Reverence, infpeech and cam4ge : They mull: give to their Parents r~· verent and'honorable titles, meek aiid humble fpeeches, obeyfancc. as becomes the~r age ami fex: · Thus Jo(eph and Solomon bowed·, ,the one to hts father. the other to ~Is mother. Contrary hereto is m<icking' and defpifing father and mother·: ofwhtch faidSqJomm 1 Tht •J• th~t mor:/qth ~this fatbtr; 11nd defpifeth r• obey hu nmher,the r11ve':j
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