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of his authority, who 
otherwiſe will be {lighted and difregarded, through an aptneſſe 
ininferiours to take occaſion theretrom. 

2. Tomarry in the Lord, andthento live chaſtely in wedlock, , c,,.., 2 
that there may bean holyſeed : Now that he may in the Mal 2.45, 
Lord, 1.Let piety be the mover of his affeCtion, por” derdany TY 
parentage,and portion, be only as a comfortable acceſſary, con- 
fiderable in a ſecond place : \Chriſtianity and grace is the chief 
golden link and nobletye,which hath the power and priviledge 


' tomake marriage a lovely and everlaſting bond.” © 2. Let him 


thethrone-of Grace with fervency of prayer; a good wife 
p more immediate pit of God: w Sclomon could-ſay.,, 
Houſes and riches are the inheritance of fathers, but aprudent wife Prov. 19e14, 
is from the Lord: ſuch a rareand precious Jewel. ist0 be ſued *© 


and ſought for at Gods mercy-ſeat with extraordinary impor- 


tunity-and zeal; and if ſhe be procured at Gods hand by prayer, 
je hall finda thouſand times more ſweetneſs and a pe 
Fſhebe caſt on him by an ordinary providence 3z. Let him ob- 
ſerve and mark theſe (1x points in his choyce;, as, 1.. The Reports 
2. The looks: 3. Theſpeech: 4.- The apparel $: $: The compa- 
nions: 6. The education : Theſe are like the pulſes : chat ſhew 
the fitneſs and godlineſs of any party with whom he ought to 
marry

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Theſe are the duties that :Goverwoxrr.owe totheir familierin:” 
reſpe&ef-their ſouls; rocorrett them, catechize them; admoinh © 


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"7. That they preſume not aboye their callings : This was: | 
Pauls Exhortation, . That no man take this honour, to himſelf, but Heb. g. 4. 
 bethat is called of God, as was Aaron: Thi honoxr: here ,.is the 
honour of the publick. Miniſtery, except that;,” and. I know nor 
hat that every Governour of a family, who hath ſpecial abilicies, 9 
tterance, memory, may read Scriptures, repeat Sermons, pray, of 42s 
reach and inftru&- out of Seriptures,.1-Per. 4, 10. Thus 7acob Gen. 35.1 
ſaid to hishouſhold, par away the frange gods that- are. amon | 
. And without all contradittion ( ſaith the Apoſtle ) the lefſe oe Ws 2 
is bleſſed of the better :- And if the woman would learn any thing , Orig. Baka LY _— 
lt them ack their hushands at home, thas Origen would -havethe Levis. | 
word expounded in- Chriſtian families, and Augsftize faith 
That which the Preacher is un the pulpit, the ſame i; the ' houſbelder 
is the houſe, <7 
2. That they preſume not above their gifts : This was Pauls 
Exhortation to eyery man, or ts think, of himſelf mere highly. 
then he ought to think; but to rs ea according as Gd hath 
dealt to every man the meaſure of faith, yet ny nor but'm: 
ſome caſes they may lawfullydepute or ſubſtitute-ſome one-in 
the family whom they judge fitteſt unto the ſervice andimploy- 
ment, which they themſelves ſhonld ordinarily perform,as incafe " 
of 01d age and weakneſs of body ,, They - Samuet being old, made 1 Sam.8;3; 
WH 6: rs 7ndpes : - Or in want of good utterance: or expreſſion of 
|-W whatis be fi, thus Aron was Afoſes his poakſman, .and x, , 6; 
| WW in ficad of a mofith: Or in want of boldneſs and audacity, ariſing * 
, WH froma conſcionſneſs of weakneſs: thus the good Centurion ſent Luke 7.3- 
the Elders of the Jews to Chriſt *to intercede-for him-+ Or mn. 
caſethat a Miniſter of the. Goſpel ds ſojourn.in ones family,” as 
#77 did in Philemon his houfe: . Or in caſe of neceſſary py;5 SRP 
[i abſence; thusthe Apoſtle Paw/ made Timothy his deputy to the i Thed. 3: 5 ,z. 
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parents will they be(when youare 
gone) t0 their children ; and ſuch children ſhall they have, who 
are parents in the next . generation, &c. You then are the very 
making or marring'of the world : ' bye an Ko CAFR. if this 
he neglected, therich manſhall riſe up againſt you in the day of 
Judgement, and condemn-Fyou; for he being in bell,bad a care of 
his fathers houſe, that thiey might be forewarn'd;he defired 4bra- 
ham to [end Lazarus to his brethren, to teſt ifie unto them that the 
came not ts that place of . torment ; but-you-: will-not . admoniſh | 
your children, you will not teach them "doſes andthe Prophets ;, 

you will not ſhew  themthe danger of Gods hedvy diſpleaſure 
hanging over their heads; ybu will not, whileſt you live, lead a 
good example before them : O-you may tear that.your children 
ſhall be Furies of hell ro torment youu, New: the Lord open-gonr 
eyes te fr; ſer, and to fly.theſe judgements tocome. "_ 

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receive from him a continual influ- 

ence of chearfal walking, : and comfortable enjoying ofher ſelf. 

And a Savioxr (you know ) both provides for, and proteQs the 

faved : Chriſt thus ſaved his Church, he is every way a ſufficient 
Saviour, able perfeitty to ſave, even to. the very uttermoſt ; he Heb,7.25, 

. avesſoul and body, he faves fromall manner of miſery,from the : 
wrath of God, the curſe of -the Law, the venom of all ouc- 
ward croſſes, the tyranny of Satan, the ſting of death, the power. 
of the grave, the torments of hell, or ifſin be the greateit evil, 

- (asindeedit is) he will ſave his people from their ſins : I cannot Mat.ti2 1. \ þ 
fay thus of the husband , yet an husband carrietha reſemblance v 
of Chriſt,and is after a manner a-Fav1onr to:hid wife, to prate&t 
her, and provide for her. . David compares her to @ vine, ;inti- 
mating that as a vixe is underpropped and raiſed by ſome tree Pial, 128.;. 4 
or frame near towhich itis planted, ſo is the wife raiſed to the 1 
height of honour by vertue of her relation to her husband , by 
his wealth is ſhe enriched , by his honour is-ſhe dignified - heis 
under God and Chriſt, af in af ro ber. Inthe Family heis a: 

King, to govern and aid her, a Prieſt, to pray with her and for 
her; a Propher, to teach and inftruct her , a Saviowr, to provide: 
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in youth or old age, | |} | 
A molt memorabie and famous pattern for this purpoſe; isre. -. 
corded by * Vives : A young, tenaer, and beantiful Maid wa | 
matched (as he reports) toa m2 ſtricken ia yeares, whan after | 
marriage ſhe found ro have avery ful'om and diſeaſed body,” full | 
of many leathſome and contagious arjeaſes : yet notmithſtands 1 
ing, out of ſenſe and corſti:rce, that by Goas providence foe was bes. © 
come his wife, ſpe moſt worthily digeſted all with incredible patience. | 
friends and Phyſicians adviſed her by no means to cume near him, | 
and for their parts they utterly forſuck him , but ſhe ( paſſing by with + 
a loving diſdain thoſe nukinde dijjwaſicas ) becomes to himin their | 
ftead, Friend, Phyſician, Nurſe, Merher, Siſter, Danghter, Ser- © 
vant, every thing, any rhins to do him good any manner of way. eAt 
laſt by extraordinary expence, and exceſſive charges about himſle | 
came to ſeme want of ſome neceſſaries, whereapon ſhe ſold her Ring, 
Chains, richeſt Attire, Plate, andchoyceſt Jewels : and when heway 
dead, ard friends came about her, rather to congratulate her hapyy | 
ridaance, then to. bewaile her widowhood,; ſhe not only pirates | 
ſpeeches tending that way, but protiſted, if it were poſſible, ſhe would - 
willingly rederm her huchands life with the loſe of her five drdts. 
eſt children. 'Whence it appears that this worthy . woman was © 
wedded to her husbands ſoul, not to his body, ſeeing no-infir. * 


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they ay : for which ſeea right noble glorious patternin 
Prov.31. . on | 

3. That ſhe help her hw#$band, in Pie any rich and 
royal trade of Grace, in —_ and eſtabliſhing Chriſts glori- 
ous Kingdom in their houſe, andeſpecially

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time of danger, they muſt endeavour their pr9-. | 
tection, as DaviZdid, Let wy father and mether (ſaid he to the 


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_ in the ram If ICED take children out of this 

world beſpre their parents.a ir parents be ſuccourleſs(the 
' mult as they can) provide for their well-being after etr devehe 

'Thus Chriſt commended his Mother to his Diſciple 7obs, @ little 

before he gave up the ghoſt. It is recorded of the Stork, That 

when the dams are old, the young ones feed them, and when 

through age they are ready to faint in their flying, the young John tg. 27. 
ones help them; and when theyare paſt flying, the young ones: ww 
 arry them on'their weak backs, Thus Nature teacheth chuldren 

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their authority ceaſeth, {Þ that ſaryants mayo, We oxght 19%: xv, Pe 
bey Ged rather thew mens.” ed rw EM eas, wo 
3. But ſome Anabapriſts objeRt, That all men are alike, and Ob. 
' that there is no ſuch difference as berwixt Maters and Servants, * C723, 
nay it 58 expreſly forbidden tobe ſervants of men. 1 anſwer, to Sol, 
be a ſervant, 1n that place, is not ſymply to bein ſubjection under 
another, but to be fo obſequious to. man, astÞ prefer him before 
Gid: Hence the Apoſtle elſewhere in the Daries of ſervants,lays 
down this Antithelis, Nor as men-pleaſers, but as.the ſervants of Eph.6.6,7- 
Chriſt , again, doing ſervice as to the Lord, and not to men: The 
meaning is, That we muſt do Dty to a after, not as meerly 
t0a 9241, but as to one - 3# Chriſts ſtead, 'Maſters by vertue of 
their office and place , bearetheimage ef Chriſt, *Chriſt com- 
municates his authority unto them, and fo in performing Dary 
. toMaſters, we perform Daty to Chriſt, andin denying Dary 
to Maſters, we deny Daty to Chriſt ; Thus the Lord ſaid to $e- 
nul, when the people rejeted his Government,  T bey have 
wt rejefted thee, but they have rejefted me, that T ſhowld nor reign x Sam 8, 75 
wer them. Conſider this, all ye that are Servants, though Aſ7a- 
fer: ſhould neither reward your good ſervice, nor revenge your 
il ſervice, yet Chrilt will do hoth : This is your prerogative that 
fear God above all other Servants , others may ferye their Ma- 
ſters with fear and trembling, inſingleneſs of heart, and with 
good will, but onely Chriftians and Saints do ſervice 45 ro (rift, 
and this makes them not content themſelves with doing the - 
thing, butto endeavour to do it after the beſt manner they can, 
{as God and Chrift may accept of it. . 
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