470 ` heBridegroomes.' proclaime their hearts. It is afgne they Issue no great loue Corelig"Jti, fth they make fo fmall inquiry for religion. Their maine call is for wealth , this fheweth that their principall affe&ion isto the world. I pray God that that which is fopowerful) todifc ouer this finse, maybeaseffeeruallto reforme it, that the guiltymay lament it , and they which are yetcome tothe occafion of (hewing their difpofr tion in it,may auoidit.And thus farreofleaming to chufe. The next is oflouing where we haue chufen. It is well knownethat Guilts loue to hisChurch is the patterneof that lone fEph.g.zg. which the husbandoweth tohis wife£. Now in Chrifislose to his Church two things efpecialiy deferue note. r. Bounty (hen witholds nothing which may be for his Churches good. ) a. Perpetuity (he neuer leaueth where lìee CIcr.13.z. once loucth) I ham louedthee with aneuerlaßing lone , faith he to his Church The a.Doil. Hence we are taught,firff,Thauhe Sridegraomeslaaeto his belowed,onght toemend andreachmfarre,asanyneceftyin herfball require 4fupply. Paul faith , laneuhewn. b r COL, 13,4, rifnllktAnd indeed this is Bounty,tocarry that heartto a wife, as to leave (if it bepoffible) no neccfbty vnfupplied. Is not the loue ofChrifl tohis Church Inch? Whereinmay it be truly Paid that he`hath been fparing, or that he bath carriedthe matter witha pinchinghand ? Hauing nothing dearer to himfelfe i Eph.g.z. then himfelfe, yet in thisloue, fiegaste himfelfeaaanoffering veto Godi. Hebath k Soho t4.t8, bound himfelfe by promife tohis ele& , nottoleaaetbem camfartleffe k : Hen is m Pb;lass. touchedwitha feelingofemery infirmity), and through hi,riches has will fulfill 11tbeir s Eph.g.z;, necesftties 'a. Here IS the proportionand fcantlingof the husbands loue. What other thing isrequired whenhe is calledrbebeadofthe wife o, butthathe(hould look, out eueryway, toprote&,,tofupply,tofurni(h, to remooue inconueni_ ences,toprocurecomforts. What elfe is intended lis thatiniunion foought aEph.f.z8. menta lanetheirteiuesasthemfelaet'? Who vnlelleitbe Come hateful' miler, is pinchingto himfelfe? Now, theneed; ties ofa wife whichbe tobe fupplyed areeof..forts; either inwardor outward. The inward (whirls refpe& the foule) arechiefly to be looked vnto, the foule beingthe mere worthy part. Thehug. band ought to be vntothe wife a kinde of domefticall inftrulter. Wherefore p t Cor14:3 g elfe is lime toao(e himat homer? And howotherwife (hall he be theguide ofher q Prou. ua7.yoarh 9, ifhe benotableand willing toguideher fretmthemay ofpeace? Out- fRuth 79. wardwants mull beregarded too. Thisis that whichtheSpirit ofGod calleth t Eph.g,a9, fpreadingoftbewingt,nourtfbing andcherifbing r.Indeedl may fay as Letdid inano. Gen.19.S. ther raie,w ereforeelfeisfhecome undertheHusbands roof,?There mull bemain- tenance according to her ranke,and that with cheerfulneffe. (Chriff ladeth his Church with benefits and that vnfought to ; And theremuff be due imploy- xProu.3rar. ment;her husbands Hesiremuflerafl inher'. There is nolotte wherethere is sig. gardlinelfeintheone,andcaufelesfslpitionintheother. Here is the bountyof loue:atender anda kind refpe& had to euery need. The n.Vfe. This reprouethdie common negleâ.Husbandnfceke little to furtherthe Ial. orationof their wines:fome cannot doeit,fo greatis their ignorance, and tome caresotto doeit, fo little is theirconfcience. Bus ifthy wife die in her finne, through thy default, thy not teaching,thynot admonithing, thy not praying, withher and for her,Godwill requireher blondat thyhands.Thou art liable to y Pfa178.7t. accountforthe fouleof thy fernant, etten his which is 6ehindthe emes7, or at the zExod. te. f. mill., much more for hers which!Jathinthy bofome a, and is ordained to be an Dl`« 3.7. . heite withtheeofthegrace oflifeb. ,, Secondly, this taxeth the frraightnesof many husbandsin mattersofom- ward conuenience : there is fcarfely ought to begotten from them exceptitbe cuen wrung out by importunity, or wrought out by fome indite& and vniuffi_ fiablemenses: There is Iknow an extremityoftoomuch vxforioufneffe,fuch as is inTome who are forward to furthereuery vaineand idle humour of the wife. Butthere mull be a meaoebetwixt a fparing anda dilfolutehand.,1geed mas
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