41a The ems` 14 ariage.Blef1Yig. . Ifrael, the encreafingofGodsChurch, beforeall other (cúen)you®chitfe de. ` tires. Happy Is the marriage where this is intended,dubtleffe,God will crown fuck a gracious beginning with good fucceffe. And to fur dud. this,let to (hew you acourfe,by which we may w ourmarriages 6xildvpIfrael. The tirft thing n iCor.7. 39. helpefull tothis,ís,tomarry theLord.; tómatch with thole that feare (od. I know religion commethnot by defcentof nature, andholy childrenhave bTu- eIofaçs, edoutofgodle( feParents,asAbrahamoutoftheloynesofidolatrousTaab .; and wicked childrenhaue branched outofgracious progenitors;as Hophmand, pr Sam, z,u. Pbinehexout ofEli P,Amnon and Abfbalom out ofDaxid q ; fo I hate feena yeer, "s Sam 3'a>; inwhich the heft mounters of their ground hauehad the-worft encreafe , and the meaneft husbandshaue enjoyed the larger crops:but wemuttfollow Gods ordinance,and thecourfe which hehathfan&ified, anddle vvefhallhauecom- fort howfoeuer.Thiswe are fnre,thatthe luftfull marriagesofthe oldworld,in which carnali likingwas the guidc,andnotreligion,brought forth a tyrannous r Gen.&a,q. generation ; andthat the children are(at the lealt in eflimation)bolyr, for their fi Cory, a .4. godlyParents fake. And therefore he whodefireth tobeget Ifraelites, let him not willingly venture tomatch witha Cunaanite. The Iewes whichmarried 11160.13.a+ wines ofAfhdod,fpake hallo is;tbefpeecb ofAfbdode. ThoughGodcan doe much, and his ele&ion is ferret , yet it isnot fafeventuring vponan vnknowne way: xHeb.i34. Thefecond thing is,a fober vfeofmarriage.Marriage is beno,table., ifit benot difhonoured by the brutilhneffeofthofe which are called to it.Godvfually pu. nifheth mens diftempered, vnbridled, and difordered lulls, in their pofterisies. Marriage instil befaoiified. and dire&ed asother the blellings ofGod by the sr Tim.4.t. WordofGodandprayers, The third thing is Religious education : Teach achild yProu.uae. in thetradeofhismay,and when hisoldhef6allnot, departfrotoit9,Heethatdefireth 'hischildren should yeeld him the crop of comfort,muftcall into them the feed of infiru&ion. The talle ofthat will continuevntill age, withwhich the new veffell of the younger yerres is fiat (eafoned. Somefayin {come, tliatioungg Saints become olddiesels : but lhauefeldome heard ofa Saint in age, that bath beenadiuellinhisyouth. Theft threethingswellobferued, will further this . bxildoegvpoflfrael,by our marriages.It ispoffible,I know (asinpart touched before)that thisComte may falle; but yet,howfoeuer, theparents (hall haue comfort,whenthey (hall beable, in thewitrieffe ofagoodconfcience, to walls their hands in theinnocency &freedome from the guilt oftheir children wic. kedne(fe t andtheywhole negle&ofthere duties, (hall be theoration of the leudneffe and prophaneneffe oftheir pollerity; I fay ofthem as Saint Pax/ did q,Galat. fat/. offome others, in another cafe:rbeyfhaUbeare theirlodgementwhofoexertheyboo. TbeS.Deif'readinff toyeldtothehasbandrneallgood:kigs. This duty is very apparant in the pra&ife ofthrfe two.When Iamb was warnedof Godby an Angell, to rewrite. from Laban,into theLandwhere bewas borne,hemadehis wines acquainted with the matter, and difordered to them hispurpofe todepart, they forthwithgaue him this yeelding and refpe&iueanfwer ; Wbatfoexer Godhat/spider/to thee, dos aGen. ;x.a,,'its. Theywouldnothinder him inany thing,which theyfaw theLordhad re- &e, quiredof him. The like is tobe feeninSarah, thee wasno hinderance to o4 bGin.ae' brah ëmin his remouall fromhis owneCountry into Canaanb, no, nor at furls cHebu.s times, whenhe knewnotwhether he wente, nor in the fpeedy circumcifing ofhis eGcnzz' Family a, nor in his journey to facrifice hisforme o. Out ofall doubt, if(bee had been a clogge vetohim in any ofall theft, the Spirit ofGod would not haue concealed it, becaufethe wreftling with hervnwillingneffe andgain-lay. ings had been a notableeuidenceof Abrahams faith, which the Scripture is ve- ry careful) tofee out vntovs to the full. There be twowomen (toned inScrip- ture(abone others,) as examples ofGods judgement vpon thevntowardnefle ofwines toioyssewitlj, and o encourage their Huibunetsin good thsitgt. The one
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