EpifEfr of .3, PateltoTitus. CHAP.2. 5 courfe,& can in goodmanner pleafe their husbands in the adminiftring 385 of the family ; that then thcy may bedifpenfcd with in fome predomi- nant, indifcreete, and intemperate affeétion, efpecially ifit be morepri- vate : as now and then inextraordinary vnquietne%andbitternes,not feldome in fomebitter roote ofcouetoufnefte, drawingon iniutlice to- wards their husbands,perhaps to break out into fome prodigall and idle expenfe another way; in lathing out libertie of fpeech againft fome that cannot an facerfor themfclues,inbeeomming for fome daies the greateft firangers at homc,&c.al this while thinking that chele things,iffeldom, will hand well enough with religion : but they are roknow that all Sa- lomons wifdome could not reconcile two things fo abhorring together, thegearing ofthe heartvnto wine,or any one tuft, and the leading ofit in roil- Hedes.=.f. *lame: and it will prooue fluke vanitic to make triall ofit after him : nei- ther can it be other then the fluffing out ofa religious courfe for man or woman to glue way to any one inordinate lull. Moreof this vertu* fee in the places forenoted. Chaff, ]or pure.The Apofile by permitting the three former vertues, bath made wayvnto this fourth,which is a fruit of them , ifluing fró the loue oftheirhusband andchildren,and from tending and watching a- gainft inordinate affe&ions. And this purity or chaflity is not that ofthe virgin or Engle etlate;but it is a marriage vertue, the keeper ofthe ma- riage faith,andmay thusbe defcribed. It is a puritie both of foule and body,inregard ofvnchaf'tlulls, abandoning all vnlawfnll and frange pleafures: which defcription is wholly couched andabridged in r.Cor. 7. 34. where the Apoftle calleth it, theholineffe of bodie andfpirit: offpi- rit, when it is either not tempted to vncleannes,orbeeing tempted yeel- deth not,or yeelding is recouered by repentance: of body alto, when it neither cxciteth,nor being incited executeth not vncleannes.Nowhow equal and reafonable is it,that women,efpecially fuch as haue the reme- die ofmarriage againfìimpurity, in whome the want of it is more finne- full and dangerous, fhould be prouoked to the preferuing of fuch a ChaQirieof fweet grace as this is. Chath a v,ged F,rf , ifwe confider how the Lord approoueth and vrgeth ir. t.By by reaCoi,. his commaundement, i .Thet1.4.3.Thi sc the will of God,thatyefhould4b- 'tinefromfornication , and emery one poieffe his vejfell: that is , his body, Y which is the infiniment ofthe foule,and containing it as in a veffell in holinef feand honour. z. In that the Lordhere interpofech himfelfe; and thoughmany bus- a bands and wines thinke ofnothingbut a tnutualll fiipulation betweene themfclues, yet theLord challengeth the couenant to be made to t,.,.: .felfe,as it proceeded firft from himfelfc: fo as fhe that forfàketh the guide p,ou,,,,q -- -- of
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