Generali direUions fir a tenement and fpirituail nobleneffe of minde, doth from time to tk a diffolve and drive away all miffs ofwerldly:motir. zing, flormes ofbitterneff.: and brawling, matter of filch frnteleff` andbraineleffe molefting one another; and doth with a fweete and kindly heate refrelis-and fupport the heart, againflall cholerieke encounters and crof è accidents, byver` tueoffuch heavenly and healingcordials as thefe,whichwere wont tocalme and repel! the moil tempetiucus affàults upon the of fi&edSaints, yob 1.21. a.Sam.3, a8. 3. But above all, by leading his wife in theway of life, andpooh, that is called Holy. This is the flower and crowne ofallhis skill, to be a blefied and manly guide unto her to- wards everlaffing happinefle. For want of this wifedome andwill,many apoore Coyle liesbleeding unto eternal!death; under the bloody and merciletfe hand ofan ignorant, pro. phane, or Pharifaicall husband;.. which perhaps may have knowledge enough and.toomuch, to thrive in the world, to pro fper in.his outward flare; toprovide for ptofperi tie ; nay to oppreffe, over-reach, and defraud his brother ; But no wit}no undertianding, no braines at all, to teach, and tell hiswife one foote of the right way to Heaven !Wife to doe evil!, as the Prophet 1peaker, Jerem, 4. 22. But, to doe; ood, no knowledge at all : No holy habit or heart to pray with her, to infiruE}, and toencourage herin the great myftery and pra&iceofgodlineffe; tokeepe the Sabbath holy, anddayes ofhumiliation; to reade Scriptures, repeate. Sermons, and conferre ofgood things with her, &e. from which bee is fo farre; that although it be the iirongeft barre to keepe her from grace, and thebloody cut-throate ofboth their foules; he will needes perfwade that all this is too much precife- 9 ,Ad. /Means nefíe. And yet heare a Chryfa:ffo ne : Let them both gee to gaifguo a`ccee ux ib the Church, and afterward at borne let the husband require of it eorum dicannu, &legtw,,the. wife, and the wife of the husband, .th* things which were um, vet partem there e n and read or at lea orne of them. at;quarn ao,ni, & . `. ,l f And in the fame .ir ab uxore &Sermon, 7eacb ber, faith he, the feare ofGod; and all things .,oràviroexiga.. 3iepi %µp ao.Cet.8N. Doce timoremDei, &omnia tangNaq tx row abwndi alum. ionNeicrisboniareena.1411. 1,8n.. mill
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