BpiJYkofS. PaultoTitue. CHAP.24. by infiru6ting her, and Peeking to haue thefeed of ruling knowledge ! 381 fowne in her heart ; dwellingwith her as a ?MAN of knowledge. Secondly, ÌPccu ?n. byproteing her from danger, asDauid refereed hie two wines, Ahinoam and Abigail. Thirdly, by cherilhing her : i. her body,prouiditag ne- 'pro :eaion. ceffariesfor her , allowing her all needfulL., hones, yea and delightful) i.Sam.g .3. comforts fo faneas their ellates will fuller: and this freely and liberally c""3 out ofhis loue which is bountifuk: for in a Naballs hand or heart as drie as flint, is iufl fufpitionof want ofloue. Shee may looke to be iudged nearer then a child,and yet no father but will prouide neceffaries before his child fhali necde to aske or begge the fame of him. a. Her foule, and in it what grace offaluation heefpieth ; fo as the may fee he reioy- fech in it, and her for it in that The is thereby teflified an heire of the grace of life. 3.The gifts ofher mind ,obferuing what gifts of goner-¡ ment, wifedome,aud experienceGod bath givenhcr,and employ them, that hereby The mayfee,fbe is not onelynot defpifed , but alto incoura- ged,whenthelndeththeheart of her husband trufling in her. Fourth!y, Prom3o,,, by honouring her. As, a .efleeming her his fellow and companion:z. q. tolerating her infirmities , and beatingwithher as the weaker veffell, t. iytn o;r. Pet. 3.7. for it is amans glorie to pafiè by infirmities ; couetingall her infirmities,asChris couereth all his Churches;but yet with all patience, 2 and feafonableneffe, curing fo many as he can. 3. Sufferinghimfelfe' fometimes to be perfwaded byher, chat The may fee his good refpeët of her. Abrahammua fometimes heare Serah. The want of which wife ; Gcn.a,,:a. and holy carriage in many husbands ,pullethby force vndutifulneffe on the wife, when (he cannot fee the image of Gods glory and wifedome, Thine in his gouernment of her, who fhould beher patterneand glalfe, but he loofech his anrhoricie by vndifcreete and chiidilh behauiour: he diminifbeth her loue,by froward,teafly,hard,or niggardly vfage ofher; fo as it is iull vpon him, that hebe drawne into contempt , and ro have the comfort of his marriage withdrawne , although it bevniva that the wife fhould neglcét any part of her ducie, becaufethe husband doth a great part of his. That they lone their children)] There words commendnot veto mothers a bare affection of loue towards their children,whereinmany are excefliue,and too to fooli with the ape kill and fpoilemanyoftheir young ones, with their ouer- kind clafping and cockeringof ahem; but he teduirech foam maine du- ties.of loue tobe performed towards chem,wherein mothers mua walke as in the cheife duties ofthcir fpeciall calling ; neither are the moll of there duties foproper to them, as that the husband bath no firoke in them;buc arccommended to women the rather, becaufe while children -- be
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