TheBridegroome: 469 feuen yè@res forawenchthat keepeth pnjepe,then tohaue an idolatrous vita, VI r x n rs t; aral,m,oratrecherousAthaliah °. The ruleoffeking thetngdomeofGod fr / c , °Sa+n "' ought totake placein all our undertakings; efpecially in Marriage, of which OMas.o.33. the purpole in Godsordainingit,asaged;jeedc ; It is thefoundation ofa fami. p Mal a ss. Iv and a familyought to bea modell of a Church; and therefore init , that fltould chiefly be intended,by which religionmay be furthered.It is notdenied but outward things inmattersof wedlock may be looked too, It is What as for yeeres,fofor eftate andmeasles there fhouldbe aproportion, for God onot the antherofconfwihm9.Daaidwas not apt byandby to encertainethe motionof 4 cocag 33 marrying fo much abovehis repch,as with thedaughterofa King,himfelfe but theConne of Ifbai,theYeoman r. Iris polfible foraman to beeeither too bale, rs Sam.rsa or tooprefumptuous in his choice. Betides the rule of theScripture (Parents layvpfor thechildren C) bindethtoacare,todifpofe of them, that as mrrchasf,Cor N./q maybe, they may enioythe more bleffedtiing , ninerather thentoreemre'. ßut ;Adaze.af. the queftion is nowtouchingthe fcope in the matterof choice; not whether , Hagar and Sarah maydwelltogether, butWhich of the two mufîbeeMains. The fpeciall thingwhich mutt be fought for,mult be this,tohaue an evenyoke fellow, which lhall be fitin bearing thatyeake, which Chrift called; ton. Our UMae sL tgr Bridegroome propounded this as amaine articlein his wooing : Bee hod ae I am ho)R ; All world (hall not win him to the conetaçl: where this wants. x i Per., Is. Hewillhaue no concordwith Belialt. This is the ruleofehoife. What faid Islam rnCor.osf co lonadab,when he was followinghis courfeagainit the pofterisyof Ahaband againfl Baal. ltthineheart eprightaemmeio? :Cunhamethy band':fuchaquail- ,xin.to.rg. onwere not amilfe, fora man toaske the womin ; Is thy bears ae minefor mat- tersofReligion? thter anti thus amI,art thoafo Alfa? thenpmmethyhand: otherwife 'asDaa?dfaidtot?'uepbtbefbeth, mhj fpeaieffthouany mare of thymatters ., whaCatSam.íg.:g Mouldwe treat ofpot Lions and ioyntures o whethebe net like to agree toge ther in theprincipal l? Idemand sowofyow,haue themen ofthis generation no need tobe taught 7 hr this lcffon ?I would I could perfwadeas many to learnt it,as I knowhaue need robe raue;ht it. The truth is,generally inmatters ofchoife,religionbeareth the fur leftfiroke. Mr thinkes,theehoife ofmanyabout wines, is likethat in vfe -hone bargainer and farmes. The gueulions are (moftly) What is it worth befdet the rent? what hole upon it, hownoire themarket, ;be mill, the fendp W hen heare ) ou ref;.L'ewstore ib0 church, or, whatMinIer lathePar,(b, or, whatgoodPrea- cher dwellethby? Thus is it in thismatteralfo; thusit runneth, tehatpertion,what .ieyntare, howmuchmoney inband,wbat feetrityfar the ref!?Not a word,bowferreli, glow, what knowledge ofGad, howdrjpofidin things thateeneerne thekingdom ofGod? , Nay, the truth is,men are foviolentthis way , that lcarcely ordinarynatus dl contentment, arelooked vnto as theyfhould r where theremay ben good la- dingofthat rhickeclay, which the Prophetfpeaketh of1, or that which Aebfab b Ilab.a. Galcbt daughter cranedat her marriage , fpringtabaweandfringe beneath e, menol"r tf t9' willloue,they haue theiraffefoions at command. Wanton Dumb, fubtillDali. Tab,fcorning Miebol,gain-fayrngZpporah, whowere not like to beentertained vpon thefe rearmes? Were (heas obedient asSarah,aswife asDeborab,as reli- gious as the Sasnamite, asdeuout as Hannah, as wellaffeâed to theworldas Lydia,yet Ihallthe bethruft outwithas much contempt as Thamar was byAm- men,if fire want there d. New fie epos this mifiudging age,nothing Bothmore I a Sam.t3uy declare the fcarfityof religion among men. The Athenian clefiring to finde out their childrens inclination, that fo they might direâ them ro filchcallings as they were fit, for,wouldbring them into a room full ofall manner ofinffru. mends : looketherefore what kinds of inftrumentany one did chufe, and fee. med to take delightin,to that callingwheretothat inllrumentbelongeth,their conclufionwas , he was difpoled. Soin this, themanner ofinensdiode dot?
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