~comfortable walking with God. 241 3 In concealement of each others fecrets. It is a very unnatural' andmonf}rous treachery, topublifh one anothers faults and frailties, or any thing, which inhope ofkeeping counfell, they have communicated one to another. They are ill Birds, as they fay, that defile their ,owne nefts ; and franticke Bedlams that fo throwdirt in eachothers faces. III. Patience, Which is as precious andneedful' an ho- lyduty, as I can pofliblycommend in this cafe,for comfortable cenverfing together. Fora more prepared and confiant exercife whereof; con- fider, a. That two Angelis are not met together in a Matrimo- nial' [late, but a fönne and daughter of Adam: and there- fore they muff looke for infirmiries, frailties, imperfe&ions, pafiions,and provocations, on both fides. 2. That it is acharge given to all; That the Slime m t# nat. gse damne upon their wrath much more to Man and Wife linked together in the neereft bond. 3. That there neverdid, nor ever willcome any good,by the falling out of Man and Wife. Well maythey thereby become rediculous to their fervants, a by-word to their neighbours,Table -talke to the Country, troublersof their owne houfe, andas a continual' droppingoneunto another : but they (hail never gain by their mutual' haflineffe, paff- ens, and impaciencie. What good can come by a mans an- ger and indignation againfi his owne flefh? What prodigi- ousmadneffe is it for them to grow orange, whom fo many and perpetuali bands have tyed fo fait; and who without deareft andmoft intimate familiarity, canneitherenjoy civili contentment orpeace of confcience? Suppofe that theheart Mould fall out with the head, and denie unto it thofe fpirirs which become animali in thebraise, and ferve for exercife both of fente, and byconfequent of the higher part of the foule; What wouldfollow, butditemper, diftra&ion, and madnefie? Or that the head fhould fall out with the body ; and thereupon reftraine from it the influence ofanimali fpi- rics, the inttrumentsofthequickningand moving it; What would 1 4
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