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46S

Rasl'es.

for

Fqrrrily-Feace.

concile Heaven

and

earth togerher,thou

knoweft how

torecon

cile men

and

men, Pray

much

for

this

,

and

know

, that

thy

prayers at

laft

¡'Hall

return

into thine

owtie bofòme

:

This

now

in the general!.

Tor

peace

in

Now

for

the particulars,For'peace

in

families obferve

th.fe

Families.

rules.

Firft, thus, Obferve

mens

tempers in

your family,

the

huf

band obferve

the temper of the wife,

and confider then

whit

the

is

to

be

indulged in,

in

regard of

hertemper,

fo.

the.

wife

'-

the temper of her

husband,

the parent

of

the

child,

the

matter

of

the

fervant,and fervants

to.

their

malters,every

one

obferve

the tempers

one

of

ano

her,

one fellow-

fervanr

obferve

the

temper

of the ocher, and

it

will help

much-

topeaceinihe

fa-

mily.

Secondly obferve,

The fittelt

times and

feafons

to

debate

things

in

a

family,

you

have

the

opportunity

of

any

time, be

not rafh

in

contefting

one with another.:

The

husband

is

not

to

fall

a

debating things

when

he

fees

the

wife

in

a

diflemper;_

and

fo

the

wife

:

No,

rather

forbeare,

a

wife would

live

.at

peace,

the

complains

of

fuch and fuch evil

carriages

in

her huf-

band,

but

Lappeal

to

you, what

do

you

doe

when

there

is any

evil mifcarrìage

in

a

husband; why

you

prefently

y

out

in

words

againft

him,and then

you will

debate the

bufinetle when

he

is

in

a patlion, whereas

you

(

hould

obferve

the fitte

+

time,

wh n

you

fee him

to

be in

the

moft loving

difpoution, then

in

a

lovrng.way

debate

what hath

been unjuft and

ami{fe

in him,

then fet

it

before him,

and

then tell

him of

it

when he

is

in the

fitteft

condition

tohear

:

and fo

the

husband

thould

do accor-

dingly

to

the

wife; fomething

I

obferve hath

been

done

amifs,.

watch now for

the time

when

it

may

be molt like

anadmoni-

tion

will

take,

and this would much

conduce

to

peace.

Thirdly,

If

any

be

angry

with one another for

Tome

one

thing,

let

them take heed

that they

be

not

angry

with them for

all

things becaufe

there's

One

thing

amiffe

;

That

now

you find.

ordinarily,

if

there

be

any

thing

amifs

in

a

family,

there's

no-

thing

will pleafe

a

contentious

fpirit,

but

,

they

are angry

with

every thing

in the

family,now wifdome would teach

you

thus,

there