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bóz
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;
Ephefians,
Chap.
5.
V
E
R.10.
fhunthe
grieving
of
us
fo
much
as
in
a
word, which
may be noted
in
all thefe qualifications,whereby
he
allayeth the
tartneffe
of
any fpeech
hefpeaketh
to
his,Ioh.
Y7.
But
ye arepure.
z.
He
doth converfe
amia-
bly with
us, killing us
with the
kiffes
of
his
mouth, that
is, making
us
feele his
comfortsby the work
of
his fpirit in
the words
of
his
mouth,
taking
his
repaft with
us,
I will come and
fup and feaft in you.
3.
He
thinketh and
fpeaketh
honourably
of
us,calling
us
his love,his friends,
not
ashamed
to
call
us
brethren,
Paying,
we
are
beauei
full,
pare.
4. He
Both take in
worth our
weakeft duties,and ufeth
great
patience toward
us. g.
He
cloth
comfort
us in
heavineffe, his
left hand
is
under
us,his
right
hand
doth
imbrace
vs.
Fray
63. He
doth comfort
us as
a
mo-
ther doth
a
fonne
in
heavin
ffe;
how he
fpeaketh to
the
hearts
of
his
ïri
Iehn,
in
that
laft fpeech he made
to
them! 6. He
doth
flirow'd
us
un-
der his wings
from
all
evils,which might hurt
us,as
a
hen
her chickens.
Which doth
ferve
not
onely
to
informe
us
how
we fhould cherïfb
our
wives
by
not grieving
them, by
fweete and amiable
behaviour
to
ward
them,by
thinking reverently and fo
fpeaking
of
them, by
equall
acceptance
of
their
fervices and patience
towards them, by
bearing
their burdens with
them,by
fheltring
them
from
evill
:but
it
loth
con-
vince
thebehaviour
of
men,which
is
often
in
every point
fo
contrarie
:
for many that
are never well
but
when they
gall
them by words
and
provoke them, that
are alwayes fowre and lumpifh in behaviour to-
ward them,in not
giving them
that
countenance they
Phew
to common
friends,
that thinks
and fpeake
to,
and
of
them
to
others molt bafely,
that
take
nothing
in
goodworth,
quarrels at every
thing,
have no pati-
ence,
if
any thing never fo little be
amiffe,
that if they
be heavie will
bring
fuell
to
the
fire
and increafe
it,
they doe
make them
water their
plantswithout caufe, and yet are
mercileffe
at
their teares, not loving
them
toady,
they become
murderers
of
them byunjua wrath.
This truth ferveth
for
comfort
of
fuch
perlons
as
beare this heavie
yoake
of
uakinde husbands,
they
cannot have
a
more cordiali comfort
applyed then this
,
to
turne their
eyes
unto their husband
in heaven,
in
whom they
(hall finde
heaped meafure
of
love undeferved, for all
the
lackeof
love,which they might
claime as due at
the
hands
of
men.
Yea
it
comforteth
us,
for
as
Saint
Ambrcfe
faid, I feare not to
dye,
I
Carve
a good Lord
:
fo we neede
not
to feare,
though
we
have many
wants in our
belt
duties, betides our finfull infirmities
:
for we have
a
gracious husband that
doth
cherifh and fofter us, who
is
full
of
accep-
tance and
patience.
It
doth
teach
us
our duties,
viz.
if Chrift
be
fo
kinde
a
husband
to
us,
then
we muffbe circumfpefk
in
nothing to grieve him
:
love requi-
reth
love:
and the
foule
that
feeleth
the
fweete
of
love, will
be
loath
to interrupt the courfe
of
it:
this the
Church
in
the
canticles
doth
charge her
maids,that
they
occupy themfelves
in
theworks
belonging
to
them,
and no way
by
any
rudenefle awake her
Love before
ire
pleafe.
V
x.&E
30.
V
E'
s
E
3
o.For
we
are
members
ofhis
body
,ofbisflefb,and
of
his
bones.
Now
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