comfortable walking with God. 239 D^^Unform«ioPof friends, that hTorfteehath met with a foule beautified with grace; whereas whenarcomes to the trvall, hath juft noneacquaintancewithGod at all. tt wow I comeunto thefeebnd Paint .ft; religious andcomfortable continuance in the Marriage-ftate. For the happy attainement whereof; let nstake notice of, and to heart; firft, j f i M S u M Duties, whichare.mumally to be performed ° n^ LoJingneffe. Which is adrawing into aaion, and kee- ping inexercife that habitofconjugall affe&ian,Matiimoni- atilove mentioned before. It it a fweet, loving, andjidef- hearted powring out of their hearts, much affeaio- nate dearenefie, into each othersbofome p m al carriages, and behaviours, one towards another. This mn- tuall me ting-heartedneffe, being preferved frefh and S u i i T S infinitely fweetenand beautifie the Marriage ftaForan uninterruptedprefervationofthis amiabledeportmentonboth fides;letthem confider, . . . „ i. The wife hand of'Gods gracious providenceguided all the bufiaefle, and brought it to paffe. And hee commands confta’ncie inthis loving andHghcfome carnage, Rejojce with tty jj&t of ity-yMfo Let her be as the hying Mindy andpkafant Roe, andbethmerdvified alwayef withher few. SeeMoEphef. 5.25. Me thinkes this charge from the holy Ghoft, being often reverently remembred, fhould ever beate backe and bamA from boththeirhearts, all heart-nfingandbitterneffe-,diftafte, anddifafFeSions; all wickedwifties, that they hadnevermet together, that they had never feene one anothers=faces, &c. When theknot is once tied,everyman ftiouldthinkehiswife andevery wifeherhusband the fitted for himof *ny in the world. Ocherwife, fo oftenas -he fees abette^te willwift that his choife were to makeagain;and fo fall offfrom refpeft to this Gommandement; andfrom kindneffeandlove to his owne. Which is an inexpiabkdifparagement to Gods providence, andan execrable empoyfoner of Marriage comforts.
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