2.}0 Generall direitions fer a 2. That by thepower of the honourable Ordinance of Marriage, the two are madeone. And therefore they ought to be as lovingly and tenderlyaffetted one unto the other, as theywould he to their owne flefh. 3. The compaflionate andmelting compellationr, which Chrifi and his Spoufe exchange in the Canticles: - faire - one, myfrier, my love, my Dove, my undefiled, my welbeloved, the chiefs of ten thoufrid, &c. whole chafie and fervent love that ofmarried conpleslhould referableand imitate. 4. That thefe mutual! expreffions, and exercife of this matrimoniali love, are very powerful! to preferve chaftity and pureneffe in body and fpirit onboth fidesit is noted of Ifaac, that heloved Rebel ah dearely; and this was a (pedal! prefervative, that he fell not to Polygamy or concubines, as many:ofthe Patriarkesdid. II. Faithfulneffe. .1. In refpeh of the Marriage-bed; which they oughton both fides to keepe inviolable, unde- filed, and honourable. Wherein if they tranfgreffe, beides anwholehell of fpirituall miferies, they f}rike at thevery finew, heart, and life of the Marriage Knot ; and become liable (ifthe Magifirate fhould doe, as God commanded a- mongft his people) to the bloody ftroke ofaviolent death. And thereforeit behoves all that enter this (late, tobe hum- bled,and repent for allformer wantonnefeor elfe,a thoufard to one, it will breakeout either intoa fënfuall,immoderatea- bufe ofthe Marriage; which the Fathers call. Adulterywith a mansowne wife; orelfe intoa Iufifull hankering after the orange woman. 2. In refpeEt ofdomeflicall affaires, and bufinefï'e of the family. The care and burthen whereof is common to them both. The husband that bath a prodigal! and a flothfullwife, dothbut draw water with a Sive, as the Heathelr man laid, and calls his labours into a bottomleffe facke. And the wife that is tnatcht with an idle :u athrifty Husband, drawes aCart heavie laden throughà Tandy way,withont a Horfe.By which is intimated an impoflibility of thriving in theworld, and profpering in their outward Rate.
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