EpitkofS. Paulto Titus. CHAP.2.3. andworthy praile was it, that ?rifeilla aswell asavail/a her husband 365 fhould take fucha man as Apollo, home to inflruöt him in the wales of A.,s.zo. God? andofhowmany womenBoth the Apoltle inhis falutations glue more then common report of their loueand faithfulnes in the truth? As goeno further then the Romans : Prifcilla was ready for his life to laie downeher owne necks: Marie beflowed much labouron the Apoflles: 7riphe-' ». na,7riphofa,2nd Perfisdaboured much in the Lard. And the author to the Hebrews after he had heaped vp a number of the fruits of faith in men and women, bee commeth againe to commend thefaith of fundiy wo- Heb.rr. ?s men,avhareceiued their dead to lrfe,alluding to the widowofSarepta,who , K;na.rq.x:. had her fonne rellored by Elias his praìer,and theShunamite hers by Eli- 2,1(ing+3e. zesss. In a word, ler all women feriouflymeditate , r. That one thing is ne- Things foe ceffarie,euento Martha.a.That all other things are vile in comparifon of da e VYen e. this one thing ; or ifueceffarie, it is but fo farre as theyhelpe veto it. 3. That all the diligence in the particular calling is accurfed , ifabfìraóled I 2 from diligence in this generali calling of Chriflians.4.All comforts will 3 faile in time ofdilireffe but this: 11 .38.3. Remember, Lord, bow I haw 3 walked before thee m truth,andwith aperfett heart. Now we come to the behauiour of the elder women, which the A- pofile dothnot in fpeciall profecute,but in general would haue it whol- ly fquared by thisone rule,namely,whether it be fuch as becommeth holi- Ai ene bei rule ner:chat is,whether it be a witnes ofthe holines ofthe heart, and Inch as our ofrhe et. adornech the holy profeflìon ofChrift. Wherein we mull confider, r. aerwamen; That eueryChrifiian muff take out the fame leffonhere read, and that thar;rbelush as it be filc h the holy Ghoil knowing all our difeafes,direeteth this counfell toelder holinca, women efpecially,that they might come to take knowledge ofan excel- finely proud difpofition in themfelues , tooffend againft this precept, and theother particulars,farre about others. Secondly , that the Apoflleholdall it not fufficient for women out- wardly and abroad,or for a Hart or fic,as in the Church, market,or other places of meeting , to cake vp a fhewe of holy or demure behauiour, which many doe, who in private can be lafciiuious,loofe, and wanton e- nouglybutby the word an inward habite,& conílrcution befeemingho- arrlcapv. lines is meant. For by this wordPhyltians properlyexpreffe a confiant (late ofbody or hcalch,or a found conflitution:which from them is here translated to theminds, to betoken that a Chri(lian woman is Hill one and the fame,and her holy behauiour the fame,as well at one time, as an other; inone place asan other,itill bounding her felle in all her carriage within the limits ofholineffe ; neither Both the force her felfe hereunto, but it freely iffueth fr6 an inward principle, which is an habit ofbylines. -- 3. That
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