246 GeneraJ1 dircaions for a as underflanding, and every way as excellent as thine owne : Nay, and if it were poffible for you tochange bodihs; hers would workeas nianlily in thine, and thineas womanly in hers, Let the husband then be fo fart;: from infulting over con temning, or undervaluinghis wivesworth, for the weake. nt (feofher axe; that out of coufaderation that her foule is naturally every way as good as his own: ; onely the excel- Ieneleof itsnative operations, Come thingdamped, as c were, and difabled by the frailty ofthat weaker body, withwhich Gods wife providence bath clothed it upon purpofe, for a more convenient and comfortable, but ingenuous fervice.. ableneffe to his good ; that I fay, hee labour the more to entertain and intreac her with all tenderneffe and honour, to recompence, as it were, her fuffering in this kinde forhis fake. 4. The Head is the well- fpring ofall quickning rtro. Lionand fenfe, l'ivelineffe and lightfomeneffe to thebody. If the derivation of animali fpirits from the braine, were re- ftrained and intercepted fora while; the body would bee prefentlyfurprized with a fenfeleffe dampe and dead palfey. The wife for the husbands fake, _ bath forfaken her native home, fathers houfe, father, mother, and many comforts in that kinde: And therefore good reafon thee lhould exile& now, and receive from herHead; new matter, and a cond. need influence of light-heartedneffe, comfortable enjoying herfelfe, and cheerefull walking. Ifhee towhole company . and conditions thee is, now fo neerely and neceffarily con- ed, and, asit were, enchained, prove dogged, the, holdsher felfeutterly undone for anyoutward contentment. 2. Let him dwell with ber .according to ..knawledge, i Pet. 3.7 i. By a wife difcovery at the ftr(l, and - timely ac- quainting himfelfewith her difpofrtion,affe&ions,infirmi- ties, pallions, imperfe&ions ; and thereupon with all holy difcretion, apply and addreffe himfelfe in a faire, and loving manner, to re&ifieand reformeall he can ; and to beare the reQwith patience, pafíing by it without patlion and imps. tier cya
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