The ell ariage-Bleßing. 4I1 one is Lotsvife: doubtleffe her loue toSodme was a great delay toLet in his departure fromir,and when (bee fhoüld haue goneon with her husband,hafte nìnntothe place appointed for their refuge, without looking backe , thee.. drew behind,(till lingering afterher wonted home. The Lord met withher inher inne, /hee becamea pillar offait r.. Theother woman is t'Kechol, Damid:fGon.ti so'. wife when thee lookel our, and law himdancing before the Arkc,fheedif fed btm inherheart; and fo fairewas Thee fromapprouing his zeal, t that at his re- turnc to his houle ,. thee entertayncd himwith afrumpe ; Oh howmat the Ki of /frael afool, this day! but licebare it not awaywithouta fcourge, /hat had no ehildvntothe dayofher death a. I remember policy cif Paoli, in hisEpi file to assa®.e.r6 Philemon i Hee wrote to him for the re.entertaining of a mnttagate feruant, &c. whomhe had begotten vnto God in his bonds. In the inferiprion heeioynes ill Philemon, wife; (and tooar dearefiller Apphiah :) nodoubt tawasneherofbphibf.ae her duty , that when the receiuing again, of Onefmue fhould lace manifefted gte. to her Husbandto 'area needfull duty,and a thingpleating roG ód,fhee fhould not put in har fpoke t o withfland the motion , but fhoald rather furtherher Husband in fuch anhontll bufnelfe. And indeed for that end was the wife created to be a helps toher Hrabaedt, in all honeft offices to ioyne withhim , to lGen :At encourage him, toprovoke him to them, to aff ff him in performing them. As the Church w en fabieilian to Cbr , menfo let the (Plusbee to their Hrabandt in ruerythingt. This w that meek, andquiet 'pint , which ie beforeGad a tbsegmuci'kEpb4.aq, 1 t ret,3.4. !ethyl. f This is a triton foreuery.wife whomGod hack blefledwitha religious bof- rha i r bind, Seeth thee her Husbands purpofes for good tbings,as namely, in there. ligious gouernmentof his family, in the eltablifhment of holyexercifes in his houle,m liberality and homily to the poore, in feeking to uphold thewor- fhip ofGod in the place wherebee liueth , or in any the like, godly pratdifc? Oh,lether not goeabout toGoolehis zeale,orkill his forwardneffe, but let her rem<:mber thefayingofBacheland Leah Whatfocu:r Godbathfendvntothee,dae it : Behold here 1 am,1mill follow thee f oteby f ote , 1 trill endiaaom. thatthefs thy Lei*fro mayharmagood effebl. 131eflèd-is that yoake where there (hall be fuch artegn ail dt awn[ g. I t is notthe portion oFeuery wife to be fo happyas tobee urged to thisduty. Many areligious sibgail is hacked with a churlifh Na. tai; yetcuen fuehalfomull remember this i Ifthey fee better then their Huf arTíro .rà bandswhat God bath commanded, though they may not vfarpe aotbaritym, yettheyw yandmtiftinallhumilityperfwadeandintreateiandcahort; and coun fellvnto good a andhappy ishee (iflice can fee hisownehappinefle) in wholehofome the Lord hathlaycdfogood aCoúnfeller. Whhoknoweth butxtCor.',ie th:t filchnwifemarfaae her Hueband.? And thus much for. theeorrefpondency whichought tobtebetwixt a good wife agdRachel and Leab. Sher is a blefling ifflierbe fritithfull, more if lisce be a flockebearing plants for the Lords 'mule, molt ofa.I l , If literbee a continual) encourager andperfwader and connrellee vntog ¿oeil. Surely ter that finds filch a Wife finds a blfng n and reeeiaeth, (no little) fauonr of +he Lerd °. -: I fay to .thee whom.:the Lord bath fo en- otsróuat nn dowel , Gib hero f rhofruit ofher hands, and lether own:market prafi herin the 'nou,3v a gat ow foilov eth that l i,nme ofthe Prayerwhich concernes the man: Andthat shoo máyefl donworthily inEphrathab, andbefamous inBethlehem. The f r l? geierall thingWhich /swilhed to him, is, that he may doe wortbt): Themeows ta those parrtcular;and isafrìrir of worthydeice, namely, that bydoingworsbtlr, bee may bt famous : And titen(thirdly)the place is noted towhich thisWertk) doing, and growing famora, is confined, Ephratbah andBethlehem. Of chete in orde ;,and felt of Doing worthi)s áhS
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