The wife by 'reaping at home aooideth both fufpition of cWits, Prou.7.ri, Asalto octal on ofit. 4 wherein chis goocincsofa woman ismolt Connerfane. Fom.rt.t4. :tâ 9.36. a cí1Commerttgrse TVA the from their owne place, is as if a hirdJbotrld wander from ber owns waft. Secondly, this were the high way tobecome buffe bodies ; for what o- ther more weighty matters call themgut oftheir calling, but toprattle of perfonsand anions which concerne them not ? Whence theApofle, I.Tim.5.I 3. coupleth thefe two together , they are idle, andbsrfie-bodies: which it any wonder how they can be reconciled , thus they are eafily: thofe that are idle in their *woe duties, are molt burie bodies in other mens ; and thefe butte bodies haue two fpeciall marker to be knowne by to themfelues and others, namely , their open cares , and their loof'c tongues. Thirdly , the holy Ghotl maketh this a note of an whoorifh woman, file is eucry where but where the should be, fomecimegadding in the flreets with Thamar, fometimes in the fields with Dinah ,fomtimes without at her doore,fometimes at her ílall,but herfeet cannot abide in her hoop : and ifagainfl her wilhiter bodie be within doores, her heart, and fences will be without : Iefotbel mutt be gazing out of the windowe:' whereas if the Aa.gel askc where Sarah is, anfwer will bemade, file is in her tent ; and thedaughters of Sarah will be in their tents, not in the ta- uernes, nor aragling fo farre abroad but that their husbands can readily anfwer where they be. Fourthly, what defperateand vnauoidable cusps doe they (and iuf'ély) lay themfelues open veto, whomake no bones of violating the commandement ofGod ? how doth Sathan watch all ad- uantages to take them, when they are out oftheir wales? and how eafily doth he preuaile againfi them, when they haue pluckt thernlelues from under Gods proce&ion? Dinahwas no fooner aflaulted then ouereome in her wandring;andEne no bower abfcnt fromAdamthen ter vpon,and no fooner let vpon, then vanquished ; cum fo women eafily forfaking their own flations, are giucn suer for naofl part, ii not fo farre as the for- mer, yet in their merriments andmeetings, fo farre to forget themfelues by vnchriflian (peaches and adlions,as they hauegood cattle to end with fighs and teares. Çaod,]Goodnes is.a vernie which is fometimes ingeneral! oppofed to all that inward malice, which lurketh in the nature of men and women, wherein the whole troupe of venues are included : hereof fpeaketh the Apoflle, Eph.5.9. the fruit of the 1pirit is in a?lgoodne. And cuen this is required in women, both to bridle that natiue corruption which is fo. headlirongwithin; as alto to beautifie them outwardly , lo that others beholding them,may layof themas Paudid ofthe Romans,lam perfora- dedthatyee arefilledwithgoodneffe: and herein relembling 'Dorcas who was laid to beefallofgood:workpand(limes tleedee which f isdid:they (hall not onél), be called, but be good wines, and good women indeed, a. Sometimes it receiueth amore particular retire, and fignifieth one ofa meek e,
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