360. H U s $. A-- N D. " ° neither the Hufband nor the Wife are any more " their own. Not only the Wife, who is the weaker " Veffel, bath yielded herfelf over to the ftronger Pro- 44 te6tion and Participation of an abler Head;' but the if Hufband hath reigned his Right in himfelf over to his feebler Confort fo, as now her Weaknefs is his, `f his Strength is hers. Yea, their very Flefh hath " altered Property : Hers is his ; his is hers. Yea, ff their very Soul and Spirit may no more be fevered,: " in refpe t of mutual Affection, than from their own 4f feveral Bodies." * This fhould be the Aim and the Condu&t of Chriftians- in conjugal Society. And what Confiderations of any other kind can balance the Thought of living for GOD and to GOD, with one whom GOD loves ; and of being blefl'ed together, not for a few Years, but throughout Eternity ? As there can be no Communion betwixt Light and Darkntfs, or betwixt a Perfon of real Religion and another of none at all ; fo there appears but little Room for Comfort, when the Parties are of different Per- fuafions and Profefions in Religion. Bigotry to a Seek may be expefted to attack, if not prevail over, the Love to a Perlon. And there are but few People, who, having conceived particular Prejudices in Favor of any one Set or Party, can cordially entertain a candid Opinion refpe&ing another. They_have been taught, perhaps in. their earlieft Life, to be difgufted .with, fome Peculiarity ; and, it muff be owned, they are ready enough to view it, in its wont Light, ever after- wards. 'Tis beft, even among truly ferious Perfons, pot to hazard force Confequences (which mutt be ten- derly pafled over) in attempting an Union upon dif - uniting Principles. Ir,may be expefted, in: mentioning this Subje&, that Perfon, .Fortune, and other prudential Confiderations, should come under Difcuflìon. But it is unneceffary here. There is generally enough of the. carnal Mind in the ' O.car, bfed.%t. lxxiv. ftrongeft
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