Eptßkofs. PaalloTiteu. CrfnP.3.4. confequently in fpeciall fort the smileof 'wryer , her proteElor and co- tter from all thofe who would offer her wrong : and as he fpreade him wing Doer her , fo fhe bath betaken her felfe tobe calledby his name , (be parraketh ofall his honour and aduancement, ofhis gaines and income: and could not mileher felfe,but(as a vine)cteepe difgracefully ason the ground,were fhe not by himpropped and fupported : inall which re- gards and many moe , it is as little as he can expet, or the performe in way of thankefulneffe, toembrace him with fuch tenderneffe of loue and inward affeólion , asneuer findeth it (elfe futï'tciently fatisfied with requitalls. Thirdly , the loueof the husband is a notable preferuatiue of Gods wórfhip in the family, without which praiersmull needs be interrupted; as altoofherowne peace and comfort ofher life, of his and her challity andparents ofbody and of(pirit. It is notedofIiaac, that he lowed Re- 6cccah dearely,and this was a fpeciall preferuatiue, that he fell not topo- lygamie,or concubines,as themoll of the Patriarks did:andon the con- trary, thewant ofloue toones proper companion, whether manor wo- man , is thefirfl breachof the couenant, and bringeth into the boforne of Ionic Granger, to the ruine of the whole family. In a word,let this affeélion be wanting , all other duties will either benot performed,or els for fafhion,or for a while,but not conllantly. Vfe. t . To reprooue many women, who thinke it enough that they looke well ro their houfhold affaires,and fo become goodhuf.:ues, al- though they take bite more delight in their husbands then in other men,: againl whom they can bonebreake into fullenneffe, anger,and wrath, and fhewe fuch dihemper as if they were borne in fosse angry houret whereas they ought co pollef(e inwardly an honed and proper delight in them,and outwardly (hew and exprefie it,that thehusband may requite their lone with loue proportionabiebacke againe. 2. Whereas many which loue their husbands doe it finnefully and immeafurably,it is meere to lay vp lome rules for the wel doing of loch a dutie. a .To begin loue not as the mo(i at the man, or in the fïefh; but in God and for God;acjcnowledging the necellicieof the duty , becaufe God bath commanded ir: for if it beofconfcience , it will be lofting , it will buffer nothing againfl God ,and wil encounteragain(l all occalions, which would worke changeof affeetion. Secondly , loue his Conic firft and principally,bothhindri. ngftnneinhim, asPllateswife,although an heathen womi,wifhed her husbád tohaue nothing to do again(l Corill; as alto in wifdomeprouoking him togood duties,whetherpt.blik in the affemblies,or private in the fam.ily,as rcading,prayer, catechifing , and fuch like, watching her (calons ,and bell aduantages vuco both chele: con- 379 Gen.ao.s6. Ruth.34. Sfa +1. Mulierviro eoncrefeicd.C. The husband & wife are yoake- felloccesand topic compani. ons in ioy or furrow. III Gcn.lq.y. Rules for the right booing cif theltasband. z
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