687 / 808
V
E R. 32,.
Ephefranr,
Chapo..
667
z.
It
is
to be
marked,
that
he faith,
they two
,
each
keepe themfelves
to other
intirely this
way.Which doth
condemne
not
only Polygamy,
which the
wife
Heathen havecondemned
,
which
is
a fitter
fruit
of
Turkish
Atheifine,
then
of
Chriftian
Religion ; but all wandring un.
cleanneffes,
when
a
married partie
fhall
doe any
thing that
appertai-
neth
to the
delight
of
the
flesh
with thofe
that
are not theirs
:
Miftref-
fing is a
thing
fo
frequent,that
men
are
not
ashamed
of
it, for
men
to
be
toying
and killing
with ftrange women (fuch
are all
but
thy
wife)
manyblush
not
at these
points
:
but are not thofc fparkles
of
that
fire
ofluft
in
thy
ffefh,
which thou
fhouldeft
quench
only
with
thy
owne
waters
a
Is not
thy
wife
to
have the vaile
of
her
eyes, and
is
not
The
to
be
the delight
of
thy
kiffess
take
heed,for
fome thinke
that
when with
the harlot they have learned
to
wipe their mouths,
and aske
what
is
the matter, that
all
is
well
,
none feeth,
but
God
Teeth
, Prov.5.zo.
and
it
maybe
he will fay
as
to
David,
Thou
didft
in
fecret, I will doe
my judgement
in
the fight
of
all
Mae!:
It
may be
he
will reveale it
in the
Congregation,
and
thy
fhame (hall
not be
blotted forth,
3.
Our
Saviour ufeth this fentence againft divorces.
V
E R
S
E
32.
Thre
is
agreat
fecret,
but
uptake
concerning
Chrifi,
and
concerning the Church.
Now
having propounded
the duty
and
proved it by three reafons,
he
Bothwinde it up
with
an
acclamation, wherein he
doth
commend
fomething that went
before
from the
hidden fecrecy
in
it,
that
fo
their
attention might be the
snore excited
to give it
that
more
ferious con
-
fideration.
r.
He doth propound
it.
2. He
Both
by prevention expound
of
what he meaneth
,
2'hie
is
agreat
my
fiery.
z.
He doth
explatne
what
it
is
of
which he
affirmeth
this,
but
I
(f
eake
as
concerning
Chrifl and
his
church,as
if
heshould
fay,
This
I have
faid
to you
is
a
thing
of
hidden fecrecy,
but I
meane
not
this
which
next
of
all
went before touching
man andwife , but
that
I
faid
a
little before about Chrift
and
the
Church,the
which
is, as
other
points about
Chrift
are,
a
great
myftery,
r
Tim.g. ult.
Thus
having
finifhed
the layingdowne
of
their
duties in
feverall, he doth come
to
conclude
this
matter with unfolding them joyntly. Firft,laying down
a
singular
citation
ofthe perfons,
Tau,
every
one
of
you.
Secondly,
a
charge which concerneth either
repeating
the
dutie
of
the
man
before
delivered,
annexing
a
new
duty
of
feare
to
that
of
fubje
&ion,
Let the
woman
feare
her husband.
Now
for the Order
:
fome
reade
it, wherefore,
making
it
a
conclu.
fron in
the venue
of
all
thereafons goingbefore: but
it
is
better
thus
to
conceive
the
conveyance
as
by
a
turning from the
occafion offered
of
other
difcourfe, and refuming
thematter
in
hand,
and
to
reade,
but
as
in r Cor.i
i.
it
.
as
ifhe
should fay
thus,This
I toldyou
is a
thing
of
great fecrecy,
I
meane
that
which
I
fpeake
of
Chrift
and his
Church
:
But
notto
profecute
the
unfolding
of
it
(for
one nayle would but
drive
out another)
every one
of
you remember what I
faid, Men love
your
M
m
m
2
wives;
VERSE
32.