~·fl-·2· ~·!1·3· LrgeEiorycj~. Patwti o,ar. 9· _When is it lmvful to go for Traffick imo other Lands ! S. In a time of fuch Civil \Var, wh<.n a mao knoweth not which fide to take, it may be better for fomc men to live abroad; yea, among Infidels. 9· There is little to dilfwade a man whofc Trade lcadeth him into a Countrey that is better than his own, or fa fotti(h as to hav'e fmall temptation, and that·hath the company of faithful Chrifiians with whom he may openly worO\ip God, and privately convcrfc to his fpirimal editl,-uion. ' Jo. In urgent ca{es one may go for a time, where he can have no ufe of publick Church- Worfhip. fo be ir he have private means and opportunities of holy living. ' _I 1. It is lawtnl on lcfs occafions to leave ones own Countrey_ in a time of debauchery, when temp· tauons at home are greater than thofc abroad, or in a time ot fuch pcrfccution as may }jwfully be avoided, than at another time. · 12· A{qJed C~1~riHian may go m.orc fafely, and therefore lawfully on fmaller urgencies,than a young, raw, lufifuJ, fanc1tul, unfitted Novtce may. I J. Nrg. I· It is not hwfu\ for any one to fcek Riches or Trade abroad or at home, principally for the Love ofRiches, to raifc h·rnfdf and family to fulnefs, prolperity or dignity; though alJ this may be ddired when it is a MtunJ to Gods fcrvjce, and honour, and thepublickgood, and is defired principJJiy as fuch a MUJm. 2. lt is not lawful w go abroad, efpecially into Infidel or Popifh Countreys , without fuch 3 ju£\itiable bufinefs, whofe Commodity will fufiice to weigh down all the loffes and dangers of the remove. 3· The dangers and loffcs of the foul are to be valued much above thofe of the body and efiate and cannot be weighed down by any meer corporal c0mmodity. ' . 4· lr is more dangerous tt[u.Jlly to go among Turks and Heathens ( whofc Religion hath no tempt~ ing power to fcducc men) tha:n amongSocinians) or Papi{ls, whofe e:rrors and fins are cunningly and learnedly promoted and defended. 5· Jr is not lawful for Merchants or others for Trade and love of wealthor money, to fend poor raw unfctled youths into fuch Countreys where their fouls are like to be notably endangered, ei~ ther by being depriv<d of fuch tcachiJ,gand Church helps which they need, or by being <xpofed tO the dangerous temptations of the place: Becaufe their fOuls are of rnoxe worth than money. 6. Jr is not lawful therefore for MJ!ler or ft1rvant to venture his own foul in fuch a cafe as this l1H mentioned; that is) fo'far as he is free, and without ncceflity doth ic only for comma.. dity fake. 7· We may not go where we cannot publitkly worfhip God) without neceffiry, or fame inducement from a greater good. 8. The more of thefc hindcrances concurr, the greater is the fin: It is therttfore a meer wilful calting away of their own fouls, when unfurnifhcd unfetled youths (or others like them) thall for meer humour, fancy, or covetoufnefs leave fuch a Land as this, where they have both pub!ick and private helps for their falvation, and to go among Papifts, Infidels or Heathens, where talk o: :1! ex~ ;mple is like to endanger them, and no great good can be expetled to countcrvaiJ fuch a hazard, nor is there any true nccdTity to drive them, and where they cannot publickly wmlhip God, no nor openly own the truth, and where they have not fo much as any private comp1ny to converfe wirh, dnt is ' lit to further d1cir prefervation and falv.1tion, and all this of their own ::a.ccord, &c. ~en. 2. May a Mrrc!Mnt or Embaffador Irave hi1 lYift, to live abroad? Anfw. I· We mufi difiiuguiCh between what is neceilitatcd and what is Voluntary. 2· Between what is don~ by the Wives confcnt, and what i.s done without. 3· Between a Wife rhat d.n bear fuch abfence, and one that cannot. 4· Between a Chort flay, and a long or continued fiay. 1. The commando( the King, or publick neccffities, may make it lawful, except in a ca(C fo rare as is not to be fuppofed f which therefore I fhall not 1\and ro defcribc ). for though it be a very tender' bu{incfs to determine a difference between rhe publick authority or intercfi) and family rela– ons omd imerefi, when tftt.y are contradictory, and unreconcileable, yet hne it feemeth to me, that the Prince and publick interefi may difpofc of a man contrary to the will and interefi of his Wife : Yea, thougl1 it were probable that it would occafion the 1o(~:, •· Of her Chafiity, 2. Other Underfianding, 3· Or her life: and thou\;h the Conjugal bond do makeman and Wife to be as one fl.dh. r·or, J, 1he King and publick intercfi may oblige aman to hazard his ortn lift, and therefore his W;vCJ. h1 cafe ofwar) he m1y be fent to Sea or beyond Sea, and fo both leave his \:Vife (as Vrish did) and venture himfelf. Who ever thought that no Married mom might go to forreign W...rs without his VVives confent ? 2. Becaufe as the whole is more noble than the P.Jrt, fo he that marrieth obhgeth himfc.lf to his Wife, but on fuppofition that he: is a member of che Common·wealth, to which he is flill more obliged than to her. 2· A man may for the benefit of his family leave his Wife for travel or Merchandize , for a time, when they mutually confent upon good rcafon that it is lil<e to be for their good. 3· He may not leave her eitherwithom or with her own confcnt, when a greater hurt is like to come by it, than the gain will countervail. I, (hall fay no more of this, becaufe the reil may be ga.thered from what is faid in the cafes abOut duties to Wives, where many ,other fuch arc handled. ~cfi. 3. b it lawful for young Gtntleren to travel in other Ki;zgdomJ , af pari of •heir cdst· caJion l Anfw.
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