CtjAP.a.4. 376 ver(IO. Philip.}.:. NoneedleItc prccapt to cx hint younger women to loue their husbands andchild rcn. Why. A Coaretneslarie tipo>Aihe fotmiwg any thingunwarrantably, ra(hly, orcarelefly ; or without this aime Wend fet as a white before their eye,namely,the edifying ofthem- felues, and others: t.Corjo.3 r. 1. Whereas it is commonly, but inconfiderately, thought w be onelyi a minifieriall duty, tomake men andwomen wife unto faluation; we fee hence the contrarie, thatit belongeth notonely to other men , but euen to womenalto, but with this difference and referuation, that the Mini_ Berle and Minifters are appointed the ordinarie, principal!, and publike meanes of begettingand preferuingmenand womenvnto God;but this more private andcommon inf'cru&ion is appointed for theencreafe, and (irengthening in that grace giuen. Againe,the Minifier like a good Ma- der-builder, is to lay the foundation : and the red of the people are like labourers, bringing filling to theworks andhouleofGod, and may not depart from his precepts anddirecticns:and therforeLadeexhorteth the Saints, to edijie one another in the nrej4 holy faith. Let not women be afhamed therefore thus to labour with the Minifiers in the Gofpel, no more then chofe holy women which laboured with Paul: nay rather,be- caufe it is a good note, that their names are written in the600ke of life: let them be encouraged unto this holy precedeicie, and teeification of Chriftianitie ineuetie word, mien , and behaviour : neither let them makedaintie, fearing that in theft corrupteddaies,none will hehaliy to follow theit right ordered fieps;far feeing this is the ordinanceofGod, appointed to this ende and vie, it fhallprofper to the fame purpofe in fuch as whom the Lord bath any delight in , to build themvp further, when they !hall heare the gracious (peaches ofrbéi.r lippes, and lee the grace of their lines; and as for others let them at their Frill negle& their owne duties, yet 'hall it not be without vfe in them alfo, as not without comfort to their owne foules in theday ofthe Lord. That they lone their huebands, ] Now our Apofile reacheth younger women, how they (hould eery themfelues in their families, andpropoundethmany marriage verrues, whichoughtFodifcouer théfelues in all women,called vnto that eliate, and in yonger women are fpeciall ornaments; whole loue, modefiy,cha- fiitie,humilitie,and fubiectiion,fhould be as the vales oftheirheads,and- as thechaine,and garlands oftheir necks.The full ofthefe is.loue, chal- lenging rightly the fir'i placc,becaufe it is the leaderofall the red , and the cheifedofthem,ealily drawing the other after. This loue mud be fet vpon two obie&s. r. their b*elRndr. a. their children: forthis is fuch an affe&ion,as is tobe fer vpon their owne pro- prieties,and not anybeides. 'O6teii. But this may feeme aneedeleffe precept;foris itnot naturalsfor women to loue their husbandsand chil- dren?
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