enAP.ÿ.S. víCommentarie von the 384 ofall the tea; fome one mutibemade thewanton anddarling , fome o- cher fo rigorously inrreared,that they feldome feea cleare and vncloudy looke towards them:fomeone{hall haue a doubleportion,andbe fo let vp,as that all hisbrethrens fheaues,fhal] not fall down only,but be bla. lob1.5. fled before his fheaue;this is not to loue children religioufly,as lob did, who offeredfacriftce according to the number ofthorn all;and therefore let re- ligious men and women fhunne this corrupt affeélion, !tall it be with them as it was with thePatriarks,who were neuer more gríeuoufly cro: fed in any thing then in their darling. erf.5. `Difcreete ,] or temperate. A vertue before required both in the Mi- nifier,cap.t.8.and in elder men, cap.a.a. and now in younger women, beeing a grace requifite for all eslares,ages,fcxes, and conditions oflife: requiring that the raines ofaffections be fubic6ted vnto realon,and mo- derated by iudgmenr, not fuffering a thought ro beentertained and fet- A difcreetear. led in the mind which is not fiat warranted in the word: without which riage is a beat. refill i grace f therainesbe(lackedbutalittle, themincieisfucidenlyvauquifhed ,ta- yo"SWoman. ken, and lead captiue ofmanifold lufts.This grace then is the watchman and moderator of themind, keeping&guarding it frompleafuresalto- gether vnlawfull,and in lawful curbingand cuttingoff exceffe & abufe. It watcheth alto ouer the affe6lionsofthe heart, and ae Lions of the life, refilling all light behauiour,all ehildlíb carriage,al vnquiet and trouble- fome paflions,fuch asare fufpitions,ieloufres, which are the fewels and firebrandsof muchmifcheife,and the diftempersofflafhing anger,rage, and vniufl vexation.It fuffrerh not vndutifulnes to the husband,vnnatu- ralnes towards the children,vnmercifulnes towards feruants,vntoward- nes in her owne duties, vnthankefull medling with other folkes affaires. Iris a procurer and preferuatiue ofrnany graces,a bond ofher owne,and others peace, a fetlerof the comfort of her life, an ornament of her head,and ofher houle; whichonce let her be difrobed of, the may bid farweil to her families welfare ; for let any vile affe&tion beareTway but for a little while,as ofanger,impatience,exceffiue greife, intemperance, or any fuch, how is the whole houle in a kind of tumult? which as a Commonwealth in the commotion and riling offome one rebel] , can- notbe compofed and felled till the rebel! be fubdued ; which they finde too true,who in their match were left vino tbcmfelues , tomake choife of fuch as wanted then, andyet haue not attained with the feare ofGod thepra&ife of this vertue. Now then feting this vertue is Co necefiary fer all parts of life , that it ought new. tobewäting,many womë who want nor many good parrs ofnature and grace, may yet feehence their error, who conceiue that if they be generally well reputedof , both for their religious andhonell courfe,
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