. ' 'The Saints graces, and hdline1fe of life_, nor walke with her h:md in band towards the Kingdome ofHeaven. He loves her not for that fhe was putintohishand by Gods ·providence for his portion, fur perhaps he had onelyan eye and aime at her portion, pa– rentage, perfon, and fome other by-refpecrs. He loves her not, as Chrifi: did his Spoufe, and as Paut exhorts, Ephef. 5. 2 5. with a fmcere, chafi:e, and fpiritualllove, that he may beget more andmore holineife and fincerity in her ; preferve her un· fpottedof the corruptions& aboq1inationsof the time,and.prepare herforHeaven, thatasthey have lived together in the 'nearefr bond, and dearefl: love upori earth, ·fo they mightraigneandrejoyce together everlafiingly in the fecond life~ This is . not the. care and..corifrience of the unregenerate man toward§ his wife, and therefore I £ay he dotli not love her truly.,He ·cloth not loveher becaufe fhee is all glorious: within_, enricht with true and lafi:ing,·graces of the foule ·, but ,becaufe fhee is outwardly deckt ·in body, that muO: rot~ and feed the wormes, and becaufe fhee ferves his turne for outward comforts,and is hisfellow helper,for thri– vingand flourifhing in the world. 2. Neither doth .any, unfanfrified man truly love his children ; Hee may love them as they are the fruit ofhis Ioynes, the lively images&: reprefentations of his perfon, the hope ofhis pofrerity, the lines ofhis blond, the arches of his houfe , and piiiar of his name and family_, and in fuch like refpeel:s : ·but.he doth not burne with that truly Chriflian leve towards them; which pegets a zeale and care to plant in them
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