TheMariage-Bleßing. 407 tuall focietÿ isnotdelighted in?To reforme this in thole which ate guilty, and to preuent it inthem whichare free, remember the winesplace is tobe in thine hoye,one dwelling mutt(ordinarily)containe both. ThePhrafeofcommiag into tbe&life, and themanyof beingconioynedin. dwelling withthe husband colleâed thence,may put all wiues inmind of their duty.For wherefore comes the woman intothehoufe?what?to bean rule?No, tobeftibit c: fheeisin hie hosfe, andwithin his gates ;whichvery formeoffpea- Ming (as appeareth by the words ofthe fourth Commandement) betokeneth, the being within theiursfdi& ion, theliberties,and gouernment ofanother. it throat". womania the erottnte ofberhatband! . Godhathplaced her neer , and fo fProu.ts.4. indeed the isthe next to husband; but yet ftil heis the head, andherobedience muff be hiscrowne,thegrace,the credit, the ornament ofhisgouernment: As indeed thewell ordring &managingofthe wife,is the glory ofthe husband.A- gaine,wherefore is fhe come into the houfe?what? to deftroy it,tobe the bane andtonfumptionofit byher improuidence,by her waft,byherprodigality,by herwilfull &violent humors,inexceedingthe rate and abilityofher husband? No,(hee is come tobuilde, faith Salomon i toorder matterswith that wifdome, t Prou.rq.r: thatthe heartofber bmbandmajoraflenher', that Thee maybe vino him is the aV .ai. Merebanta fhipx, firming for his profit,and reeking toilehimgoed,adnot walled! her dajcsr. Thirdly, wherefore isliter come intothe houfe? what? tomake hisr Vecte sa. houfe a hell vittohim byher frowardnelfe? forindeed acorner opt hoofsap,nay, afolitary life in thewildernef , ih betterthen to dwellwith a contentions *mentheawideeProu.ss.s. Mares: No,Que is come thathe mayreioyce withheralltheday. ofhie life, itbeing a st 9 bieportion whichGodbathgiantbine,in the trawlswhereinhe laboareth olderthe Saito. 9.9. Laftly,why is facecome into the houfe?I coufeffe, not tobe coopedVP intoit like a bird intoa Cage; (for it mu/h dill be ahoule after herentry intoit, and not a prifont) but yetfoas that hermodeftyandher delighttoouerfeeche6Pto ;.i wayesofleerhos/holds,maycattl ehertobeflutedthewifeofthebosfe ,andnotof 7 thebeet ; remembriag that it is the Harlots badge,ehat herfeet carnetabide jurist bnafet; and that it is the Apoftlescharge, that wonrrafboaldbechafb ,sndksepeataPtäu:q.u: born 0d tend thaegoorsfrons berefttoboafe, are(commonly)prarlers,bufebodiet,anel [T.a.ç. fpeakrs oftbingrnotcomely s. Thus this manneroffpeaking vfed hereby theSpi- tit ofGod , defcribing the being ofa wife, bycomming into thehoafsofher husband, mindsall Chriftianwomen ofthefefoureneceff aryduties t Obedi- - once';Prouidence,Peaceablenelfe,andModcfty.Now to the things wi(hed,and prayed foron the womanabehalfe;Tbat (bemajbee lke Rachel andhke leab,táa I mightfpeake hereof the neceflity of knowledge , in the courfe and Rory of the Scripture, which lieth vpon all thofe which defire topray aright,that they mayknowhow toordertheir requefts inmaking their fetes to God, and may vnderftandwhat thingsaremeet tobe begged at Gods hand : but I will keepe my felfe tofuch matter as is peculiar to this prefectbutineffe. Racheland Leah, wereLabans daughters , and both ofthem the wiuesoffaceb. Good women douhtielie, batyet in forne things Inuley, as inbeingbothat once thewiuesof onernnn, tad in gluing their maiden totheir husband. Theft imperfethions of theholy people of thole times, areneither tobe blazed, asthoughwee Cooke pleafure in the difcouery oftheir fhame;nor to be followed,as though their de. ing thisor that, were afufficient plea.Therefore we mull inquirewherin it is to bewifhed,that a wife maybe like Rachel &Leah,that fo wemay reektofollow thetn;fo faire forth as they followed theLord,and no further.It wereabfnrd to prelre every fpecialiy,for by that reafon a man might witha woman blear hies; for filch hadLeehr:orthat theemightdie in trauell,forfo did Retcbe/ .This were o Gds.zç. t s. todraw blood,andnot milkeout of the breads oftheScripture.There be threegGea.39.t9a things thenin which a wifeis tobewifhed tobe like Rahe/&Leab.The t.is ftuit- fulnes : ByRachel&Leah,7acob had8 Cons, &one daughter,& by them& theirs Nn 4 God
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