Tvvo mariage sermons the former on Prov. 19. 14. By Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith. The latter on Iohn 2. 1--12. By that learned and judicious divine Mr William Bradshaw some time fellow of Sidney Colledge in Cambridge.
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             Tvvo mariage sermons the former on Prov. 19. 14. By Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith. The latter on Iohn 2. 1--12. By that learned and judicious divine Mr William Bradshaw some time fellow of Sidney Colledge in Cambridge.
             Gataker, Thomas, 1574-1654.
             Bradshaw, William, 1571-1618. aut
          
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           TWO
           MARIAGE
           SERMONS
           :
           THE
           FORMER
           ON
           PROV
           .
           19.
           14.
           
        
         
           By
           THOMAS
           GATAKER
           B.
           of
           D.
           and
           Pastor
           of
           Rotherhith
           .
        
         
           THE
           LATTER
           ON
           IOHN
           2.
           
           1-12
           .
        
         
           By
           that
           learned
           and
           judicious
           Divine
           Mr
           WILLIAM
           BRADSHAW
           some
           time
           Fellow
           of
           SIDNEY
           COLLEDGE
           in
           CAMBRIDGE
           ▪
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Edward
             Griffin
          
           for
           
             Fulke
             Clifton
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           shop
           on
           New
           Fish-street
           hill
           vnder
           Saint
           Margerets
           Church
           .
           1620.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             
             
             
               A
               Good
               Wife
               Gods
               Gift
               .
            
             
               A
               MARIAGE
               SERMON
               ON
               PROV
               .
               19.
               14.
               
            
             
               By
               THOMAS
               GATAKER
               B.
               of
               D.
               and
               Pastor
               of
               Rotherhith
               .
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               by
               EDWARD
               GRIFFIN
               for
               FVLKE
               CLIFTON
               .
               1620.
               
            
          
           
             
             
             
               TO
               THE
               WORSHIPFVLL
               MY
               LOVING
               COSENS
               ,
               Mr
               IOHN
               SCVDAMORE
               of
               Kenchurch
               in
               Hereford-shire
               ,
               and
               Mrs
               ELIZABETH
               SCVDAMORE
               his
               Wife
               ,
               many
               happy
               dayes
               togither
               with
               all
               true
               Blessednes
               both
               temporall
               and
               eternall
               .
            
             
               RIght
               deere
               ,
               and
               vnfeinedly
               beloued
               in
               Christ
               Iesus
               ,
               I
               haue
               a
               long
               time
               much
               desired
               some
               good
               occasion
               of
               testifying
               mine
               hearty
               affection
               to
               your selues
               in
               particular
               among
               others
               of
               
               that
               Familie
               ,
               which
               I
               acknowledge
               my selfe
               so
               deeply
               indebted
               vnto
               .
               And
               I
               seeme
               now
               at
               length
               to
               haue
               lighted
               on
               that
               ,
               that
               I
               haue
               so
               long
               longed
               for
               .
               Being
               to
               publish
               
                 a
                 wedding
                 Sermō
              
               of
               a
               worthy
               Frend
               deceassed
               ,
               
               (
               which
               I
               wish
               ,
               if
               Gods
               good
               will
               had
               so
               bin
               ,
               he
               had
               liued
               to
               doe
               himselfe
               )
               conteyning
               matter
               concerning
               the
               holy
               disposition
               &
               Christian
               managing
               of
               
                 Mariage
                 Feasts
              
               ;
               I
               thought
               good
               to
               adioyne
               to
               it
               (
               being
               it selfe
               but
               short
               )
               some
               Meditations
               of
               mine
               owne
               ,
               of
               somewhat
               a
               neere
               subiect
               ,
               the
               occasion
               of
               such
               Feasts
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               
                 A
                 good
                 Wife
              
               ,
               by
               Salomon
               said
               to
               be
               
                 Gods
                 Gift
              
               .
               That
               which
               here
               I
               addresse
               vnto
               you
               ,
               as
               to
               remaine
               a
               Monument
               of
               mine
               hearty
               well-wishing
               vnto
               you
               ,
               so
               to
               abide
               by
               you
               ,
               as
               
                 a
                 Monitor
              
               to
               put
               you
               both
               in
               minde
               ,
               what
               a
               blessing
               of
               God
               
               you
               enjoy
               either
               in
               other
               ,
               and
               what
               cause
               you
               haue
               to
               be
               thankfull
               to
               him
               either
               for
               other
               .
               Since
               it
               pleased
               God
               by
               his
               prouidence
               and
               your
               Frends
               agreement
               to
               bring
               you
               togither
               ,
               and
               to
               knit
               that
               sacred
               knot
               betweene
               you
               ,
               I
               haue
               not
               yet
               bin
               so
               happy
               ,
               as
               to
               be
               an
               eye-witnes
               of
               your
               Christian
               &
               religious
               cohabitation
               &
               conversation
               :
               but
               haue
               by
               many
               bin
               informed
               of
               it
               ,
               to
               my
               great
               ioy
               ,
               that
               you
               tread
               both
               in
               the
               steps
               of
               your
               pious
               Parents
               ,
               and
               therein
               shew
               your selues
               to
               be
               their
               Children
               ,
               a
               not
               
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 flesh
              
               onely
               ,
               but
               (
               which
               would
               haue
               bin
               their
               greatest
               comfort
               ,
               had
               they
               survived
               to
               haue
               seene
               it
               ,
               and
               shall
               be
               your
               cheifest
               happines
               both
               here
               and
               hereafter
               )
               
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 promise
              
               ,
               euen
               of
               eternall
               saluation
               ,
               annexed
               to
               the
               gratious
               
                 Couenant
                 of
                 
                 Faith
                 in
                 Christ
              
               ;
               which
               by
               your
               godly
               practise
               you
               shew
               your selues
               to
               haue
               common
               interest
               in
               with
               them
               .
               And
               indeed
               to
               speake
               in
               the
               Holy
               Ghosts
               language
               ,
               then
               b
               are
               we
               truly
               the
               Children
               of
               our
               religious
               Parents
               and
               Ancestors
               ,
               when
               in
               goodnes
               and
               godlines
               we
               take
               after
               those
               that
               we
               come
               of
               .
               c
               They
               are
               
                 Abrahams
                 Children
              
               ,
               that
               
                 doe
                 Abrahams
                 works
              
               ;
               and
               d
               that
               
                 tread
                 in
                 the
                 steps
                 of
                 Abrahams
                 Faith
                 ,
              
               who
               is
               
                 the
                 Father
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Faithfull
                 .
              
               Those
               that
               take
               other
               courses
               ,
               and
               degenerate
               ,
               (
               as
               e
               too
               many
               do
               ,
               )
               from
               the
               Faith
               and
               Piety
               of
               their
               Parents
               ,
               are
               in
               Gods
               account
               ,
               as
               our
               Sauiour
               termeth
               the
               Iewes
               ,
               but
               f
               
                 a
                 bastardly
                 brood
              
               ;
               rather
               g
               Hittites
               
               and
               Canaanites
               ,
               then
               h
               
                 right
                 Hebrews
              
               ,
               or
               i
               
                 true
                 Israelites
              
               ,
               though
               they
               come
               of
               Abraham
               or
               Israel
               either
               
                 after
                 the
                 flesh
              
               .
               They
               are
               not
               k
               
                 the
                 Israel
                 of
                 God
              
               ,
               vnto
               whom
               the
               blessing
               is
               promised
               of
               
                 mercy
                 and
                 peace
              
               ;
               yea
               of
               l
               
                 peace
                 ,
                 peace
              
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               of
               m
               
                 much
                 peace
              
               ,
               n
               
                 true
                 peace
              
               ,
               o
               
                 all
                 manner
                 of
                 peace
              
               ,
               such
               peace
               as
               no
               *
               wicked
               one
               euer
               had
               or
               can
               haue
               .
               Which
               p
               peace
               far
               
                 surpassing
                 all
              
               humane
               conceipt
               ,
               that
               you
               may
               constantly
               retaine
               in
               part
               here
               ,
               and
               attaine
               finally
               vnto
               the
               full
               fruition
               of
               it
               hereafter
               ;
               hold
               on
               ,
               I
               beseech
               you
               ,
               in
               that
               good
               course
               ,
               that
               by
               Gods
               goodnes
               you
               haue
               already
               entred
               into
               ,
               and
               haue
               made
               some
               good
               progresse
               in
               .
               Hold
               on
               ,
               I
               say
               :
               yea
               hold
               out
               :
               For
               q
               it
               is
               
                 holding
                 out
                 to
                 the
                 end
              
               ,
               that
               must
               bring
               you
               to
               r
               
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 your
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 Faith
                 ,
                 the
                 saluation
                 of
                 your
                 Soules
                 .
              
               And
               that
               you
               may
               so
               do
               ;
               (
               because
               standing
               still
               is
               dangerous
               ;
               and
               s
               vnlesse
               daily
               we
               win
               ground
               ,
               we
               soone
               fall
               behind
               hand
               and
               goe
               backward
               ;
               )
               let
               it
               be
               your
               continuall
               care
               and
               constant
               endeuour
               t
               
                 to
                 grow
                 in
                 grace
                 &
                 in
                 the
                 knowledge
                 of
                 our
                 Lord
                 and
                 Sauiour
                 Iesus
                 Christ
                 ;
                 to
                 whom
                 be
                 glory
                 both
                 now
                 and
                 for
                 euer
                 :
              
               And
               to
               whose
               holy
               protection
               committing
               you
               and
               yours
               now
               and
               for
               euer
               ,
               I
               take
               leaue
               of
               you
               for
               the
               present
               ,
               and
               rest
               in
               Him.
               
            
             
               
                 Your
                 affectionate
                 Kinsman
                 and
                 hearty
                 well-wisher
                 ,
                 Thomas
                 Gataker
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Faults
               of
               moment
               to
               be
               amended
               .
            
             
               Pag.
               5.
               lin
               .
               5.
               for
               clipped
               read
               slipped
               .
               p.
               6.
               l.
               4.
               after
               those
               
                 put
                 in
              
               his
               .
               p.
               7.
               l.
               2.
               for
               her
               read
               heere
               .
               p.
               21.
               
                 in
                 marg
                 .
                 for
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 read
              
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               A
               GOOD
               WIFE
               GODS
               GIFT
               .
            
             
               
                 PROVERBS
                 19.
                 14.
                 
              
               
                 Houses
                 and
                 Riches
                 are
                 the
                 Inheritance
                 of
                 the
                 Fathers
                 :
                 But
                 a
                 prudent
                 Wife
                 is
                 of
                 the
                 Lord.
                 
              
            
             
               THERE
               be
               two
               things
               especially
               that
               commend
               a
               worke
               ,
               a
               
                 the
                 Autor
              
               ,
               and
               
                 the
                 Matter
              
               .
               Both
               of
               them
               conspire
               to
               commend
               this
               Booke
               ,
               as
               in
               
                 the
                 Title
              
               of
               it
               they
               are
               both
               expressed
               .
            
             
               b
               The
               Proverbs
               ,
               or
               Parables
               of
               Salomon
               ,
               the
               Sonne
               of
               Dauid
               ,
               King
               of
               Israel
               .
            
             
               For
               
                 the
                 Autor
              
               ,
               
               (
               to
               omit
               
                 the
                 Principall
              
               ,
               c
               
                 Gods
                 Spirit
              
               :
               for
               ,
               d
               
                 All
                 Scripture
                 is
                 inspired
                 of
                 God
                 :
                 )
                 the
                 Pen-man
              
               of
               it
               was
               Salomon
               ,
               e
               the
               wisest
               meere
               man
               that
               euer
               was
               in
               the
               world
               since
               Adam
               ,
               by
               the
               testimonie
               euen
               of
               wisedome
               it selfe
               .
            
             
               For
               
                 the
                 Matter
              
               ;
               
               it
               is
               Prouerbs
               or
               Parables
               ,
               (
               as
               the
               
               word
               in
               the
               Originall
               signifieth
               )
               f
               Master-sentences
               ,
               such
               as
               rule
               or
               sway
               ,
               and
               are
               or
               may
               be
               of
               principall
               vse
               in
               mans
               Life
               .
            
             
               Now
               consisting
               for
               the
               most
               part
               of
               such
               Aphorisms
               and
               short
               Sentences
               ,
               from
               the
               beginning
               especially
               of
               the
               tenth
               Chapter
               ;
               it
               is
               not
               necessary
               ,
               that
               they
               should
               haue
               any
               coherence
               one
               with
               an
               other
               ;
               neither
               indeed
               for
               the
               most
               part
               haue
               they
               .
               
            
             
               Yet
               this
               and
               the
               next
               before
               it
               ,
               haue
               some
               connexion
               :
               g
               the
               former
               being
               of
               the
               inconuenience
               that
               commeth
               by
               a
               bad
               wife
               ;
            
             
               h
               This
               latter
               of
               the
               benefit
               that
               a
               good
               wife
               ,
               that
               a
               wise
               and
               a
               discreet
               woman
               bringeth
               with
               her
               .
            
             
               There
               Salomon
               compared
               two
               grand
               euils
               togither
               ,
               and
               made
               a
               bad
               wife
               the
               worse
               of
               the
               twaine
               :
            
             
               Here
               he
               compareth
               two
               great
               benefits
               togither
               ,
               and
               maketh
               a
               good
               wife
               the
               better
               of
               the
               two
               .
            
             
               For
               the
               former
               ;
               i
               
                 A
                 foolish
                 Sonne
              
               ,
               saith
               
                 Salomon
                 ,
                 is
                 his
                 Fathers
                 sorrow
                 :
                 and
                 a
                 brawling
                 wife
                 as
                 a
                 continuall
                 dropping
                 .
              
            
             
               k
               
                 Mala
                 intestina
                 grauissima
                 .
                 Euils
                 are
                 the
                 more
                 greiuous
                 ,
                 the
                 neerer
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 more
                 inward
                 they
                 are
              
               ;
               as
               diseases
               in
               the
               entrailes
               .
               And
               l
               
                 mala
                 domestica
                 ,
                 domesticall
                 euils
              
               ,
               vex
               a
               man
               most
               ,
               when
               m
               
                 a
                 mans
                 enemies
              
               ,
               as
               our
               Sauiour
               speaketh
               ,
               
               
                 are
                 those
                 of
                 his
                 owne
                 house
                 .
              
            
             
               *
               It
               is
               no
               small
               inconuenience
               to
               dwell
               neere
               a
               bad
               neigbour
               ;
               were
               such
               a
               one
               further
               of
               vs
               ,
               he
               would
               be
               lesse
               troublesome
               to
               vs.
               And
               surely
               if
               to
               haue
               good
               neighbours
               be
               a
               matter
               of
               no
               small
               moment
               ,
               
               then
               somwhat
               also
               it
               must
               needs
               be
               for
               a
               man
               to
               want
               such
               ,
               and
               much
               more
               for
               a
               man
               to
               haue
               them
               that
               dwell
               neere
               him
               euill-affected
               toward
               him
               .
               An
               euill
               at
               the
               next
               dore
               may
               be
               bad
               enough
               ,
               and
               may
               proue
               ouer
               troublesome
               ;
               an
               euill
               within
               dores
               ,
               at
               home
               ,
               in
               a
               mans
               owne
               house
               much
               more
               .
            
             
               But
               againe
               within
               dores
               there
               are
               degrees
               also
               :
               in
               a
               mans
               owne
               familie
               there
               are
               some
               neerer
               then
               others
               .
               A
               sonne
               is
               neerer
               then
               a
               seruant
               ,
               and
               a
               wife
               then
               a
               sonne
               .
               n
               It
               is
               a
               sore
               crosse
               to
               be
               troubled
               ,
               and
               it
               be
               but
               with
               bad
               seruants
               .
               It
               is
               no
               small
               vexation
               to
               finde
               vntoward
               and
               vnfaithfull
               cariage
               toward
               him
               o
               
                 in
                 those
                 that
                 eat
                 his
                 bread
                 ,
              
               that
               feed
               at
               his
               bord
               ;
               much
               more
               to
               sustaine
               it
               at
               the
               hands
               
                 of
                 her
              
               ,
               that
               taketh
               vp
               the
               same
               bed
               with
               him
               ,
               p
               
                 that
                 lieth
                 in
                 his
                 bosome
              
               .
               No
               euill
               to
               a
               bad
               bed-fellow
               ,
               q
               to
               a
               bosome-euill
               ,
               to
               that
               euill
               that
               lieth
               within
               or
               about
               the
               breast
               .
            
             
               Though
               true
               mercy
               and
               compassion
               in
               some
               measure
               extend
               it self
               vnto
               all
               those
               ,
               whose
               miseries
               and
               calamities
               we
               are
               acquainted
               with
               :
               yet
               the
               misfortunes
               of
               our
               deere
               frends
               affect
               vs
               more
               then
               of
               meere
               strangers
               :
               And
               r
               the
               wrongs
               and
               iniuries
               offered
               vs
               by
               professed
               and
               pretended
               frends
               we
               are
               wont
               to
               take
               more
               to
               heart
               .
               s
               
                 It
                 was
                 not
                 mine
                 enemy
              
               ,
               saith
               
                 Dauid
                 ,
                 that
                 did
                 me
                 this
                 wrong
                 ;
                 for
                 then
                 I
                 could
                 haue
                 borne
                 it
                 .
                 But
                 it
                 was
                 thou
                 ,
                 ô
                 Man
                 ,
                 my
                 companion
                 ,
                 my
                 guide
                 ,
                 and
                 my
                 familiar
                 frend
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               Brethren
               are
               neerer
               then
               Frends
               .
               And
               howsoeuer
               Salomon
               truly
               saith
               ,
               that
               t
               
                 a
                 Frend
                 sometime
                 sticketh
                 closer
              
               to
               a
               man
               
                 then
                 a
                 Brother
              
               :
               yet
               in
               nature
               a
               
               u
               Brother
               is
               neerer
               then
               any
               Frend
               is
               or
               can
               be
               .
               There
               is
               a
               ciuill
               knot
               onely
               betweene
               Frend
               and
               Frend
               ;
               there
               is
               a
               naturall
               band
               betweene
               Brother
               and
               Brother
               .
               And
               therefore
               ,
               x
               
                 A
                 Brother
                 offended
                 is
                 harder
                 to
                 win
                 then
                 a
                 strong
                 Citie
                 ;
                 and
                 their
                 contentions
                 are
                 as
              
               y
               
                 barres
                 of
                 brasse
              
               .
               It
               is
               easier
               glewing
               of
               bords
               togither
               ,
               that
               haue
               bin
               vnglewed
               ,
               againe
               ;
               then
               healing
               vp
               the
               flesh
               that
               is
               gashed
               and
               diuided
               :
               and
               the
               reason
               is
               ,
               because
               z
               there
               was
               but
               an
               artificiall
               connexion
               before
               in
               the
               one
               ,
               there
               was
               a
               naturall
               conjunction
               in
               the
               other
               .
            
             
               But
               Children
               they
               are
               yet
               neerer
               then
               either
               Frends
               or
               Brethren
               .
               They
               are
               a
               
                 partes
                 nostri
                 ,
                 viscera
                 nostra
              
               ;
               they
               are
               as
               b
               
                 our
                 very
                 bowels
                 ,
                 and
                 part
                 of
                 our selues
                 .
              
               And
               therefore
               no
               maruaile
               if
               Salomon
               say
               ,
               that
               c
               
                 A
                 foolish
                 Sonne
                 is
                 a
                 sorrow
                 to
                 his
                 Father
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 heauinesse
                 to
                 his
                 Mother
                 .
              
               And
               ,
               d
               
                 He
                 that
                 begetteth
                 a
                 Foole
                 ,
                 begetteth
                 himselfe
                 sorrow
                 :
                 and
                 the
                 Father
                 of
                 a
                 Foole
              
               e
               
                 shall
                 haue
                 no
                 ioy
              
               .
            
             
               But
               behold
               here
               a
               further
               euill
               then
               any
               of
               the
               former
               .
               
                 An
                 euill
                 wife
                 ,
                 a
                 contentious
                 woman
              
               worse
               then
               any
               of
               them
               all
               .
               Husband
               and
               Wife
               are
               neerer
               then
               Frends
               ,
               and
               Brethren
               ;
               or
               then
               Parents
               and
               Children
               .
               Children
               ,
               though
               they
               spring
               from
               their
               Parents
               ,
               yet
               they
               abide
               not
               alwayes
               with
               them
               .
               They
               are
               as
               f
               riuers
               rising
               from
               one
               head
               ,
               but
               taking
               seuerall
               wayes
               ,
               making
               seuerall
               streames
               ,
               and
               running
               apart
               in
               seuerall
               Channels
               .
               But
               man
               and
               wife
               must
               bide
               by
               it
               .
               They
               are
               as
               two
               streames
               ,
               that
               rising
               from
               seuerall
               heads
               ,
               fall
               the
               one
               into
               the
               other
               ,
               
               *
               mingle
               their
               waters
               togither
               ,
               and
               are
               not
               seuered
               againe
               till
               they
               are
               swallowed
               vp
               in
               the
               Sea.
               Children
               are
               as
               g
               branches
               shooting
               out
               of
               one
               stemme
               ,
               diuided
               and
               seuered
               either
               from
               other
               ,
               or
               as
               grifts
               and
               siences
               cut
               of
               ,
               or
               boughes
               and
               branches
               clipped
               of
               from
               their
               natiue
               stocke
               ,
               and
               either
               planted
               or
               engraffed
               els-where
               .
               Man
               and
               Wife
               are
               as
               the
               stock
               and
               sience
               ,
               the
               one
               h
               ingraffed
               into
               the
               other
               ,
               and
               so
               fastned
               togither
               ,
               that
               they
               cannot
               againe
               be
               sundred
               ,
               or
               as
               i
               those
               two
               peeces
               in
               the
               Prophets
               hand
               inclosed
               in
               one
               barke
               ,
               and
               making
               both
               but
               one
               branch
               .
               And
               k
               Therefore
               ,
               saith
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               
                 shall
                 a
                 man
                 leaue
                 Father
                 and
                 Mother
                 ,
                 and
              
               l
               
                 be
                 glewed
                 vnto
              
               ,
               or
               
               
                 cleaue
                 fast
                 to
                 his
                 wife
                 :
                 and
                 They
              
               o
               
                 two
                 shall
                 be
                 one
                 flesh
              
               .
            
             
               The
               neerer
               the
               bond
               then
               ,
               the
               greater
               the
               euill
               ,
               where
               it
               falleth
               out
               otherwise
               then
               it
               ought
               .
               p
               
                 A
                 foolish
                 Sonne
              
               ,
               saith
               
                 Salomon
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 calamitie
                 of
                 his
                 Father
                 .
              
               And
               how
               is
               he
               his
               calamitie
               ?
               He
               is
               q
               
                 filius
                 pudefaciens
              
               ,
               such
               an
               one
               as
               shameth
               his
               Parents
               ,
               and
               maketh
               them
               glad
               to
               hide
               their
               heads
               in
               the
               house
               .
               But
               r
               an
               euill
               wife
               is
               
                 as
                 the
                 raine
                 dropping
              
               in
               through
               the
               tiles
               ,
               that
               maketh
               him
               weary
               of
               the
               house
               ,
               that
               vexeth
               him
               so
               that
               it
               driueth
               him
               out
               of
               dores
               .
            
             
               Yea
               s
               
                 as
                 a
                 dropping
                 in
                 a
                 rainy
                 day
                 ,
              
               when
               it
               is
               foule
               without
               and
               it
               droppeth
               within
               .
               So
               that
               it
               maketh
               a
               man
               at
               his
               wits
               end
               ,
               vncertaine
               whither
               it
               be
               better
               for
               him
               to
               be
               abroad
               in
               the
               raine
               ,
               or
               to
               bide
               within
               dores
               in
               the
               dropping
               .
               And
               for
               this
               cause
               Augustine
               compareth
               
                 an
                 euill
                 Conscience
                 to
                 a
                 badwife
                 ,
              
               (
               and
               it
               may
               seeme
               that
               he
               pleased
               himselfe
               somewhat
               in
               the
               similitude
               ,
               t
               he
               maketh
               vse
               so
               oft
               of
               it
               :
               )
               which
               
               when
               a
               man
               hath
               many
               troubles
               &
               afflictions
               from
               without
               ,
               and
               would
               looke
               home
               ,
               hoping
               for
               some
               comfort
               from
               within
               ,
               is
               much
               more
               troublesome
               to
               him
               then
               any
               of
               those
               outward
               crosses
               are
               ;
               is
               as
               a
               rocke
               or
               a
               shelf
               to
               Sea-men
               in
               a
               storme
               ,
               where
               they
               hoped
               to
               haue
               found
               harbor
               and
               shelter
               against
               it
               .
            
             
               Yea
               further
               ,
               not
               
                 as
                 a
                 dropping
              
               onely
               that
               driueth
               a
               man
               from
               his
               house
               and
               home
               ,
               and
               that
               when
               it
               raineth
               ;
               but
               u
               
                 as
                 a
                 continuall
                 dropping
              
               in
               such
               a
               day
               :
               So
               that
               a
               bad
               wife
               is
               worse
               then
               a
               quartane
               ague
               ,
               wherein
               a
               man
               hath
               two
               good
               dayes
               for
               one
               euill
               .
               He
               that
               hath
               an
               euill
               wife
               ,
               is
               as
               one
               that
               hath
               an
               euill
               soule
               ,
               a
               guilty
               conscience
               ,
               that
               euermore
               sticketh
               by
               him
               ,
               that
               euery-where
               accompanieth
               him
               ,
               is
               a
               continuall
               euill
               companion
               with
               him
               x
               at
               bed
               and
               bord
               ,
               y
               such
               as
               he
               cannot
               shift
               of
               or
               shun
               .
               And
               no
               meruaile
               therefore
               if
               it
               be
               deemed
               the
               greatest
               temporall
               euill
               ,
               because
               the
               most
               continuall
               ,
               and
               the
               most
               inward
               ,
               for
               a
               man
               to
               be
               matched
               with
               an
               euill
               wife
               ,
               or
               a
               woman
               with
               an
               euill
               husband
               :
               For
               what
               is
               said
               of
               the
               one
               ,
               is
               as
               true
               of
               the
               other
               ,
               the
               relation
               betweene
               them
               being
               alike
               .
            
             
               To
               draw
               all
               to
               an
               head
               then
               .
               An
               vnkind
               Neighbour
               is
               a
               crosse
               :
               but
               an
               vnfaithfull
               Frend
               is
               a
               great
               crosse
               ;
               an
               vnnaturall
               Brother
               a
               greater
               :
               an
               vngratious
               Childe
               yet
               a
               greater
               :
               but
               a
               wicked
               ,
               vnquiet
               ,
               or
               disloyall
               wife
               is
               the
               2
               greatest
               of
               all
               ,
               and
               if
               we
               beleeue
               Salomon
               ,
               goeth
               beyond
               them
               all
               .
               In
               regard
               whereof
               he
               also
               els-where
               pronounceth
               ,
               that
               z
               
                 it
                 is
                 better
                 to
                 abide
                 on
                 a
                 corner
                 of
                 the
                 house
                 top
              
               without
               ,
               
                 then
                 to
                 continue
                 with
                 such
                 a
                 one
                 in
                 a
                 wide
                 house
                 :
              
               yea
               that
               3
               
                 it
                 is
                 better
                 to
                 liue
                 in
                 the
                 wildernes
                 with
                 the
                 wilde
                 beasts
                 ,
              
               then
               with
               such
               .
            
             
             
               But
               to
               leaue
               this
               that
               is
               without
               my
               Text
               ,
               and
               yet
               next
               dore
               to
               it
               ,
               (
               so
               neere
               her
               do
               good
               and
               bad
               neighbour
               togither
               ,
               )
               and
               to
               come
               neerer
               home
               :
               Some
               it
               may
               be
               hearing
               Salomon
               speake
               on
               this
               manner
               ,
               might
               say
               ,
               as
               our
               Sauiours
               Disciples
               sometime
               said
               ,
               a
               
                 If
                 the
                 case
                 so
                 stand
                 betweene
                 man
                 and
                 wife
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 good
                 then
                 not
                 to
                 mary
                 .
              
            
             
               Now
               to
               such
               Salomon
               seemeth
               to
               answer
               in
               the
               words
               of
               my
               Text
               ,
               that
               
                 It
                 is
                 not
                 euill
                 to
                 mary
                 ,
                 but
                 it
                 is
                 good
                 to
                 be
                 wary
                 :
              
               that
               
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 the
                 abuse
                 or
                 badnes
                 of
                 some
                 ,
                 that
                 ought
                 to
                 make
                 Gods
                 ordinance
                 the
                 lesse
                 valued
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 lesse
                 esteemed
                 ,
                 being
                 in
                 it selfe
                 and
                 of
                 it selfe
                 a
                 matter
                 of
                 great
                 benefit
                 :
              
               that
               
                 as
                 the
                 inconuenience
                 is
                 great
                 and
                 grieuous
                 that
                 a
                 bad
                 wife
                 bringeth
                 with
                 her
                 ;
                 so
                 the
                 benefit
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 is
                 no
                 lesse
                 that
                 commeth
                 by
                 a
                 good
                 wife
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 wise
                 and
                 a
                 discreet
                 woman
                 :
              
               who
               is
               therfore
               here
               commended
               as
               a
               speciall
               Gift
               ,
               as
               a
               principall
               Blessing
               of
               God
               ,
               such
               as
               goeth
               beyond
               any
               other
               temporall
               Blessing
               whatsoeuer
               .
               And
               surely
               b
               as
               there
               is
               no
               greater
               temporall
               crosse
               or
               curse
               then
               the
               one
               ;
               so
               is
               there
               no
               greater
               temporall
               blessing
               then
               the
               other
               .
               c
            
             
               Now
               this
               Salomon
               to
               shew
               ,
               as
               before
               he
               compared
               two
               great
               euils
               togither
               ,
               and
               found
               a
               bad
               wife
               to
               be
               the
               worse
               :
               so
               here
               he
               compareth
               two
               great
               benefits
               togither
               ,
               and
               affirmeth
               a
               good
               wife
               to
               be
               the
               greater
               .
            
             
               House
               and
               possessions
               ,
               wealth
               and
               riches
               ,
               land
               and
               liuing
               is
               d
               that
               ,
               that
               most
               men
               regard
               ,
               and
               looke
               
               
                 after
                 :
                 yea
                 men
                 are
                 wont
                 to
                 seeke
                 wiues
                 for
                 wealth
                 .
                 But
                 saith
              
               Salomon
               ,
               as
               e
               a
               good
               name
               ,
               so
               a
               good
               wife
               ,
               a
               wise
               and
               a
               discreet
               woman
               is
               better
               then
               wealth
               ;
               her
               price
               is
               far
               aboue
               pearles
               :
               For
               House
               and
               possessions
               are
               the
               inheritance
               of
               the
               Fathers
               ;
               but
               a
               prudent
               wife
               is
               of
               the
               Lord.
               
            
             
               Which
               yet
               we
               are
               not
               so
               to
               vnderstand
               ,
               
               neither
               the
               former
               part
               ,
               as
               if
               worldly
               wealth
               ,
               and
               riches
               and
               possessions
               were
               not
               Gods
               gifts
               :
               for
               f
               
                 It
                 is
                 the
                 blessing
                 of
                 God
                 that
                 maketh
                 a
                 man
                 rich
                 :
              
               g
               
                 vnles
                 he
                 build
                 the
                 house
                 it
                 will
                 neuer
                 be
                 built
                 :
              
               and
               h
               
                 it
                 is
                 he
                 that
                 giueth
                 men
                 power
                 to
                 gather
                 wealth
                 togither
                 .
              
            
             
               Nor
               yet
               againe
               the
               latter
               part
               ;
               as
               if
               Parents
               had
               no
               hand
               ,
               right
               or
               power
               in
               disposing
               of
               their
               Children
               ,
               or
               in
               aduising
               them
               and
               prouiding
               in
               that
               kinde
               for
               them
               .
               i
               Sampson
               requireth
               his
               Parents
               consent
               .
               And
               k
               God
               chargeth
               his
               people
               not
               to
               make
               matches
               betweene
               their
               Children
               and
               the
               Canaanites
               ,
               either
               by
               giuing
               their
               Daughters
               vnto
               the
               Sonnes
               of
               the
               Canaanites
               ,
               or
               by
               taking
               the
               Canaanites
               Daughters
               vnto
               their
               Sonnes
               :
               which
               he
               would
               not
               doe
               ,
               were
               not
               they
               at
               all
               to
               deale
               in
               the
               disposing
               of
               them
               .
               And
               many
               ,
               no
               doubt
               ,
               would
               they
               take
               aduice
               of
               their
               Parents
               ,
               and
               not
               follow
               their
               owne
               fancies
               ,
               and
               make
               their
               wanton
               eye
               ,
               or
               their
               wandring
               lust
               ,
               their
               chooser
               and
               counsailer
               in
               such
               cases
               ,
               might
               do
               much
               better
               then
               for
               want
               hereof
               they
               doe
               .
            
             
               But
               the
               meaning
               of
               Salomon
               is
               this
               onely
               ,
               that
               the
               one
               is
               a
               more
               speciall
               gift
               of
               God
               then
               the
               other
               ;
               that
               there
               is
               a
               more
               speciall
               hand
               of
               God
               in
               the
               one
               then
               in
               the
               other
               .
               As
               that
               is
               a
               lesse
               benefit
               
               then
               this
               :
               so
               that
               is
               in
               mans
               power
               more
               then
               this
               .
            
             
               So
               that
               two
               points
               then
               here
               in
               Solomons
               words
               offer
               themselues
               vnto
               vs
               :
            
             
               The
               former
               ,
               that
               
                 A
                 good
                 Wife
                 is
                 Gods
                 gift
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 latter
                 ,
                 that
              
               Gods
               prouidence
               is
               more
               speciall
               in
               a
               Wife
               then
               in
               Wealth
               .
            
             
               For
               the
               former
               .
               
                 A
                 good
                 wife
                 is
                 Gods
                 gift
                 .
              
               
               For
               
                 a
                 prudent
                 wife
              
               ,
               saith
               
                 Solomon
                 ,
                 is
                 of
                 the
                 Lord.
              
               And
               l
               
                 He
                 that
                 findeth
                 a
                 wife
              
               ,
               (
               that
               is
               ,
               
                 a
                 good
                 wife
              
               ,
               as
               ,
               a
               m
               name
               for
               
                 a
                 good
                 name
              
               ,
               n
               as
               if
               
                 an
                 euill
                 wife
                 were
                 no
                 wife
                 ,
              
               deserued
               not
               the
               name
               of
               
                 a
                 wife
                 :
                 )
                 hath
                 found
                 a
                 good
                 thing
                 ;
                 and
                 hath
                 obtained
                 a
                 speciall
                 fauour
                 from
                 God.
                 
              
            
             
               It
               was
               one
               of
               the
               first
               reall
               and
               royall
               gifts
               that
               *
               God
               with
               his
               owne
               hand
               bestowed
               vpon
               Adam
               .
               And
               it
               must
               needs
               be
               no
               small
               matter
               that
               God
               giueth
               with
               his
               owne
               hand
               .
               
               The
               Kings
               Almoner
               may
               cast
               small
               siluer
               about
               :
               but
               if
               the
               King
               giue
               a
               man
               somewhat
               with
               his
               owne
               hand
               out
               of
               his
               purse
               or
               pocket
               ,
               it
               is
               expected
               it
               should
               be
               a
               peece
               of
               gold
               at
               least
               .
               The
               woman
               was
               Gods
               owne
               gift
               to
               Adam
               .
               And
               shee
               was
               Gods
               gift
               bestowed
               on
               him
               o
               to
               consummate
               and
               make
               vp
               his
               happinesse
               .
               Though
               he
               were
               at
               the
               first
               of
               himselfe
               happy
               ,
               yet
               not
               so
               happy
               as
               he
               might
               be
               ,
               vntill
               he
               had
               one
               to
               partake
               with
               him
               in
               his
               happines
               .
            
             
               It
               was
               God
               that
               at
               first
               gaue
               Adam
               his
               wife
               ;
               and
               it
               is
               God
               that
               giueth
               euery
               man
               his
               wife
               to
               this
               day
               .
               p
               God
               ,
               saith
               Abraham
               to
               his
               seruant
               ,
               
                 will
                 send
                 his
                 Angell
                 along
                 with
                 thee
                 ,
                 and
                 will
                 prosper
                 thee
                 in
                 thy
                 iourney
              
               ;
               when
               he
               sent
               him
               about
               a
               wife
               for
               his
               Son
               Isaak
               .
               And
               q
               
                 Those
                 that
                 God
                 hath
                 ioyned
                 togither
                 ,
              
               
               saith
               our
               Sauiour
               ,
               
                 let
                 not
                 man
                 seuer
              
               .
               As
               Augustine
               saith
               ,
               that
               r
               
                 He
                 that
                 at
                 the
                 first
                 created
                 man
                 without
                 man
                 ,
                 doth
                 now
                 procreate
                 man
                 by
                 man
                 :
              
               so
               he
               that
               gaue
               man
               a
               wife
               at
               the
               first
               immediately
               ,
               doth
               still
               giue
               men
               wiues
               by
               meanes
               ;
               s
               good
               ones
               in
               mercy
               ,
               t
               euill
               ones
               in
               wrath
               ;
               the
               one
               for
               solace
               and
               comfort
               ,
               the
               other
               for
               tryall
               ,
               cure
               ,
               correction
               ,
               or
               punishment
               .
               No
               mariages
               are
               consummate
               on
               earth
               ▪
               that
               were
               not
               first
               concluded
               and
               made
               vp
               in
               heauen
               :
               and
               none
               are
               blest
               here
               ,
               that
               were
               not
               in
               mercy
               made
               there
               .
            
             
               For
               the
               latter
               ;
               
               
                 There
                 is
                 a
                 more
                 speciall
                 prouidence
                 of
                 God
                 in
                 a
                 Wife
                 then
                 in
                 Wealth
                 .
              
               Humane
               wisedome
               and
               fore-cast
               ,
               endeuour
               and
               industry
               may
               strike
               a
               greater
               stroke
               and
               haue
               a
               more
               speciall
               hand
               in
               the
               one
               then
               in
               the
               other
               .
               Men
               of
               wealth
               may
               leaue
               their
               heires
               land
               and
               liuings
               but
               *
               they
               cannot
               so
               easily
               prouide
               fit
               wiues
               for
               them
               .
            
             
               For
               first
               ,
               
               they
               may
               be
               deceiued
               in
               their
               choise
               .
               Many
               haue
               good
               skill
               in
               choosing
               of
               wares
               ,
               in
               valewing
               of
               lands
               ,
               in
               beating
               a
               bargaine
               ,
               in
               making
               a
               purchase
               ,
               that
               are
               yet
               but
               blind
               buzards
               in
               the
               choise
               of
               a
               wife
               .
               Yea
               the
               wisest
               that
               are
               may
               be
               soone
               here
               ouer-reached
               ▪
               Since
               
                 all
                 is
                 not
                 gold
              
               as
               we
               say
               ,
               
                 that
                 glistereth
              
               .
               n
               
                 The
                 heart
                 of
                 man
              
               ,
               saith
               the
               Prophet
               ,
               
                 is
                 deceitfull
                 aboue
                 all
                 things
              
               .
               And
               ,
               x
               
                 None
                 can
                 tell
                 what
                 is
                 in
                 man
                 or
                 woman
                 ▪
                 but
                 their
                 owne
                 Spirit
                 that
                 is
                 within
                 them
                 .
              
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               they
               cannot
               lincke
               hearts
               as
               they
               list
               .
               A
               Father
               may
               finde
               out
               a
               fit
               wife
               ,
               and
               thinke
               such
               a
               one
               a
               meete
               match
               for
               his
               Sonne
               ▪
               and
               her
               Parents
               may
               be
               also
               of
               the
               same
               minde
               with
               him
               ,
               as
               willing
               
               to
               entertaine
               the
               motion
               as
               he
               is
               to
               make
               it
               ;
               and
               yet
               it
               may
               be
               ,
               when
               they
               haue
               done
               all
               they
               can
               ,
               they
               cannot
               fasten
               their
               affections
               .
               As
               y
               Faith
               ,
               so
               z
               
                 Loue
                 cannot
                 be
                 constrained
              
               .
               a
               As
               there
               is
               no
               affection
               more
               forcible
               ;
               so
               there
               is
               none
               freer
               from
               force
               and
               compulsion
               .
               The
               very
               offer
               of
               enforcement
               turneth
               it
               oft
               into
               hatred
               .
               There
               are
               secret
               lincks
               of
               affection
               ,
               that
               no
               reason
               can
               be
               rendred
               of
               :
               as
               b
               there
               are
               inbred
               dislikes
               ,
               that
               can
               neither
               be
               resolued
               ,
               nor
               reconciled
               .
               When
               Parents
               haue
               a
               long
               time
               beaten
               the
               bush
               ,
               an
               other
               oft
               ,
               as
               we
               say
               ,
               catcheth
               the
               bird
               :
               affections
               are
               set
               some
               other
               way
               ,
               and
               cannot
               be
               remoued
               .
               And
               things
               fall
               out
               many
               times
               so
               vnexpectedly
               ,
               such
               strong
               liking
               taken
               to
               some
               sodainly
               not
               once
               thought
               on
               before
               ,
               and
               such
               strange
               alienation
               of
               affections
               ,
               where
               there
               hath
               bin
               much
               labouring
               to
               linck
               them
               ,
               and
               that
               where
               outward
               inducements
               of
               person
               estate
               ,
               yeeres
               &c.
               haue
               concurred
               ,
               that
               euen
               a
               naturall
               mans
               dimme
               eye
               may
               easily
               see
               &
               discerne
               a
               more
               speciall
               prouidence
               of
               God
               oft
               carying
               things
               in
               these
               cases
               :
               And
               the
               tongues
               euen
               of
               such
               are
               enforced
               sometime
               to
               confesse
               ,
               as
               the
               Aegyptian
               Magitians
               of
               Moses
               his
               miracles
               ,
               c
               
                 Digitus
                 Dei
                 hic
                 est
                 ,
                 There
                 is
                 a
                 finger
                 of
                 God
                 here
              
               ;
               so
               with
               Rebekkaes
               prophane
               frends
               ,
               in
               such
               Mariage
               matches
               ;
               d
               
                 A
                 Domino
                 factum
                 est
                 istud
                 ;
                 This
                 is
                 euen
                 Gods
                 owne
                 doing
                 ;
                 and
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 contradicting
                 of
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               To
               make
               some
               Use
               of
               these
               Points
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               
               Is
               a
               good
               wife
               such
               a
               speciall
               gift
               of
               God
               ?
               then
               is
               Mariage
               questionles
               a
               Blessing
               ,
               and
               no
               small
               one
               ,
               of
               it self
               :
               one
               of
               the
               greatest
               outward
               Blessings
               
               
               
               
               
               that
               in
               this
               world
               man
               enioyeth
               .
               e
               
                 Blessed
                 is
                 euery
                 one
              
               ,
               saith
               the
               Psalmist
               ,
               
                 that
                 feareth
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 walketh
                 in
                 his
                 wayes
                 .
                 For
                 thou
                 shalt
                 eat
                 of
                 the
                 labour
                 of
                 thine
                 hands
                 :
                 happy
                 art
                 thou
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 shall
                 goe
                 well
                 with
                 thee
                 .
                 Thy
                 wife
                 shall
                 be
                 as
                 the
                 fruitfull
                 vine
                 by
                 the
                 sides
                 of
                 thine
                 house
                 :
                 and
                 thy
                 Children
                 like
                 the
                 Olive
                 plants
                 round
                 about
                 thy
                 table
                 .
                 Lo
                 ,
                 thus
                 shall
                 the
                 man
                 be
                 blessed
                 that
                 feareth
                 God.
              
               In
               the
               first
               place
               commeth
               the
               Wife
               as
               the
               first
               and
               principall
               blessing
               ,
               and
               the
               Children
               in
               the
               next
               .
               And
               surely
               to
               reason
               backward
               to
               that
               the
               Apostle
               doth
               :
               f
               
                 If
                 the
                 roote
              
               ,
               saith
               he
               ,
               
                 be
                 holy
                 ,
                 the
                 branches
                 also
                 be
                 holy
                 :
              
               and
               ,
               
                 If
                 the
                 branches
              
               ,
               say
               I
               ,
               
                 be
                 holy
                 then
                 the
                 roote
                 that
                 beareth
                 them
                 much
                 more
                 .
              
               So
               here
               ,
               
                 If
                 the
                 branches
                 be
                 blessed
                 ,
                 the
                 roote
                 that
                 beareth
                 them
                 much
                 more
                 .
              
               If
               Children
               be
               a
               Blessing
               ,
               then
               g
               the
               roote
               whence
               they
               spring
               ought
               much
               more
               to
               be
               so
               esteemed
               .
               h
               
                 Behold
                 ,
                 Children
                 and
                 the
                 fruit
                 of
                 the
                 wombe
                 ,
                 are
                 the
                 gift
                 of
                 God
                 ,
              
               saith
               i
               Salomon
               .
               Children
               are
               the
               gift
               of
               God
               ;
               but
               the
               Wife
               is
               a
               more
               speciall
               gift
               of
               God
               :
               shee
               commeth
               in
               the
               first
               place
               ,
               they
               in
               the
               second
               :
               And
               gifts
               are
               vsually
               answerable
               to
               the
               greatnes
               of
               the
               Giuer
               .
               It
               was
               a
               witty
               answer
               of
               a
               great
               Prince
               ,
               when
               he
               was
               disposed
               to
               be
               rid
               of
               a
               bold
               begging
               Philosopher
               :
               he
               asked
               a
               groat
               of
               him
               ,
               and
               the
               King
               told
               him
               ,
               k
               
                 It
                 was
                 too
                 litle
                 for
                 a
                 Prince
                 to
                 giue
              
               ;
               he
               requested
               the
               King
               then
               to
               giue
               him
               a
               Talent
               ,
               and
               the
               King
               told
               him
               ,
               l
               
                 It
                 was
                 too
                 much
                 for
                 a
                 Begger
                 to
                 craue
                 .
              
               And
               surely
               God
               indeed
               in
               his
               speciall
               gifts
               to
               vs
               ,
               is
               wont
               m
               to
               regard
               not
               so
               much
               what
               is
               fit
               for
               vs
               to
               aske
               or
               to
               expect
               ,
               as
               what
               standeth
               with
               his
               goodnes
               and
               greatnes
               to
               giue
               .
            
             
             
               n
               God
               ,
               saith
               
                 Moses
                 ,
                 looked
                 vpon
                 all
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 made
                 and
                 behold
                 all
                 was
                 very
                 good
                 .
              
               And
               o
               
                 Euery
                 creature
              
               ,
               or
               
                 ordinance
                 of
                 God
              
               ,
               saith
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               (
               and
               he
               had
               spoken
               of
               Meat
               and
               Mariage
               in
               the
               words
               before-going
               :
               )
               
                 is
                 good
              
               .
               All
               Gods
               Creatures
               and
               Ordinances
               are
               good
               then
               ;
               
               but
               some
               are
               more
               excellent
               then
               others
               .
               And
               Mariage
               being
               of
               this
               latter
               sort
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               holy
               onely
               ,
               but
               euen
               honorable
               also
               .
               p
               Mariage
               ,
               saith
               the
               Apostle
               )
               
                 is
                 honourable
                 among
                 all
                 men
              
               :
               and
               no
               disgrace
               then
               to
               any
               man.
               So
               are
               we
               to
               esteeme
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               contemne
               what
               God
               hath
               graced
               ,
               or
               to
               dishonor
               what
               he
               hath
               honoured
               .
               We
               shall
               but
               wrong
               the
               giuer
               in
               debasing
               his
               gift
               .
            
             
               Againe
               ,
               is
               a
               good
               Wife
               such
               a
               speciall
               gift
               of
               God
               ?
               Then
               if
               we
               finde
               in
               mariage
               ,
               inconueniences
               ,
               hinderances
               ,
               distractions
               ,
               disturbances
               :
               Let
               vs
               learne
               what
               we
               are
               to
               ascribe
               it
               vnto
               :
               Not
               to
               Gods
               gift
               or
               ordinance
               ,
               but
               q
               to
               mans
               corruption
               abusing
               Gods
               gift
               ,
               peruerting
               Gods
               ordinance
               ,
               and
               turning
               that
               to
               his
               owne
               euill
               ,
               that
               God
               hath
               giuen
               him
               for
               his
               good
               .
               For
               r
               there
               is
               nothing
               but
               is
               good
               as
               it
               commeth
               from
               God.
               But
               as
               s
               pure
               water
               may
               take
               a
               taint
               from
               the
               pipe
               that
               conveigheth
               it
               ,
               and
               t
               the
               Sunne
               beames
               receiue
               a
               tincture
               from
               the
               coloured
               glasse
               that
               they
               passe
               through
               :
               so
               our
               foule
               hands
               and
               filthy
               fingers
               oft
               soile
               and
               sully
               Gods
               Ordinances
               ,
               and
               our
               filth
               and
               corruption
               doth
               oft
               so
               taint
               and
               infect
               them
               ,
               that
               they
               loose
               not
               onely
               much
               of
               their
               natiue
               grace
               ,
               and
               so
               strangely
               transformed
               ,
               that
               u
               God
               himselfe
               can
               scarcely
               discerne
               his
               owne
               in
               them
               ,
               but
               they
               misse
               also
               of
               their
               fruit
               and
               efficacie
               ,
               
               and
               3
               of
               good
               and
               commodious
               ,
               through
               our
               owne
               default
               ,
               become
               euill
               and
               incommodious
               vnto
               us
               .
               And
               as
               4
               Tyrannie
               in
               gouernment
               is
               not
               the
               fault
               of
               Gods
               Ordinance
               ,
               but
               of
               mans
               corruption
               abusing
               it
               :
               so
               in
               these
               cases
               ,
               the
               euill
               and
               inconuenience
               is
               not
               the
               fruit
               of
               Gods
               Ordinance
               ,
               but
               of
               mans
               corruption
               accompanying
               it
               .
            
             
               If
               we
               shall
               finde
               then
               in
               the
               maried
               estate
               troubles
               and
               distractions
               ,
               &c.
               (
               as
               x
               the
               single
               life
               is
               commonly
               commended
               for
               quietnes
               ;
               )
               y
               let
               vs
               not
               accuse
               God
               ;
               as
               Adam
               sometime
               closely
               did
               ;
               z
               
                 The
                 woman
              
               ,
               saith
               he
               ,
               
                 that
                 Thou
                 gauest
                 me
                 ;
                 shee
                 gaue
                 me
                 of
                 the
                 tree
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 ate
                 :
              
               as
               if
               he
               had
               said
               ,
               
                 If
                 thou
                 hadst
                 not
                 giuen
                 me
                 the
                 woman
                 ,
                 shee
                 had
                 not
                 giuen
                 me
                 of
                 the
                 fruit
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 shee
                 had
                 not
                 giuen
                 me
                 it
                 .
                 I
                 had
                 not
                 eaten
                 of
                 it
                 .
              
               a
               Gods
               gifts
               are
               all
               good
               .
               But
               let
               vs
               lay
               the
               fault
               where
               it
               is
               ;
               vpon
               our selues
               and
               our
               owne
               corruption
               ,
               that
               b
               turneth
               honie
               into
               gall
               ,
               and
               good
               nutriment
               ,
               c
               as
               the
               foule
               stomacke
               into
               choler
               ,
               or
               ,
               d
               as
               the
               spider
               and
               toade
               ,
               into
               venime
               and
               poyson
               .
               Els
               shall
               we
               be
               like
               those
               of
               whom
               Solomon
               saith
               ;
               e
               
                 The
                 folly
                 of
                 a
                 man
                 perverteth
                 his
                 way
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 foolish
                 heart
                 fretteth
                 against
                 God.
                 
              
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               Is
               a
               good
               wife
               Gods
               gift
               ?
               then
               let
               those
               that
               want
               them
               ,
               learne
               how
               and
               where
               to
               
               seeke
               them
               .
               Doest
               thou
               want
               a
               wife
               ?
               and
               wouldest
               haue
               one
               ,
               and
               such
               a
               one
               ,
               as
               thou
               maist
               haue
               comfort
               in
               ?
               Seeke
               her
               of
               God
               ,
               seeke
               her
               with
               God.
               
            
             
               Seeke
               her
               ,
               
               I
               say
               ,
               first
               at
               Gods
               hands
               ,
               seek
               her
               where
               shee
               is
               to
               be
               had
               .
               Humble
               thy selfe
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               betake
               thy selfe
               by
               prayer
               and
               supplication
               vnto
               God.
               f
               
                 Euery
                 good
                 gift
              
               ,
               saith
               
                 Iames
                 ,
                 is
                 of
                 God
                 from
                 aboue
                 :
              
               and
               to
               be
               sought
               therefore
               at
               his
               hands
               :
               and
               if
               euery
               good
               gift
               ,
               this
               more
               specially
               ,
               that
               is
               so
               speciall
               a
               gift
               ,
               and
               of
               so
               principall
               vse
               .
               And
               ,
               g
               
                 Euery
                 Creature
              
               or
               Ordinance
               ,
               saith
               
                 Paul
                 ,
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 sanctified
                 by
                 prayer
                 .
              
               And
               if
               euery
               Ordinance
               of
               God
               should
               be
               sanctified
               by
               prayer
               ;
               and
               it
               ought
               h
               
                 to
                 vshter
                 all
                 our
                 actions
              
               ,
               be
               they
               ciuill
               or
               sacred
               ▪
               then
               this
               also
               among
               others
               ,
               yea
               this
               aboue
               and
               before
               others
               ,
               *
               as
               that
               which
               (
               through
               the
               blessing
               of
               God
               vpon
               it
               )
               may
               proue
               a
               matter
               of
               the
               greatest
               benefit
               vnto
               vs
               ,
               and
               without
               it
               a
               meanes
               of
               the
               greatest
               euill
               .
            
             
               Yea
               ,
               seeke
               her
               as
               of
               God
               ,
               so
               with
               God.
               
               Aske
               counsell
               at
               the
               mouth
               of
               God
               ,
               when
               thou
               goest
               about
               any
               such
               businesse
               .
               i
               
                 The
                 Ordinances
                 of
                 God
              
               ,
               saith
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               
                 are
                 sanctified
                 vnto
                 vs
              
               ,
               as
               well
               
                 by
                 the
                 word
                 of
                 God
              
               ,
               as
               
                 by
                 prayer
              
               .
               Then
               are
               they
               sanctified
               vnto
               vs
               by
               prayer
               ,
               when
               we
               craue
               leaue
               for
               the
               vse
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               a
               blessing
               vpon
               the
               vse
               of
               them
               by
               prayer
               at
               Gods
               hands
               .
               Then
               are
               they
               sanctified
               vnto
               vs
               by
               the
               word
               of
               God
               ,
               when
               we
               haue
               warrant
               ,
               and
               take
               direction
               ,
               for
               what
               we
               do
               in
               them
               ,
               out
               of
               Gods
               word
               ,
               when
               we
               aske
               counsell
               at
               Gods
               mouth
               .
               Then
               we
               seeke
               them
               with
               God
               ,
               when
               we
               seeke
               them
               by
               good
               meanes
               ,
               when
               we
               seeke
               them
               in
               due
               manner
               .
            
             
             
               For
               when
               it
               is
               said
               that
               
                 a
                 good
                 wife
                 is
                 of
                 God
              
               ;
               we
               are
               not
               so
               to
               conceiue
               it
               ,
               that
               we
               are
               in
               such
               cases
               to
               vse
               no
               meanes
               at
               all
               ;
               but
               we
               are
               to
               vse
               none
               but
               good
               and
               lawfull
               meanes
               ,
               such
               as
               God
               hath
               appointed
               ,
               either
               prescribed
               or
               permitted
               .
               k
               
                 The
                 wife
                 is
                 bound
              
               ,
               saith
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               
                 while
                 her
                 husband
                 liueth
                 :
                 but
                 if
                 her
                 husband
                 be
                 dead
                 ,
                 shee
                 is
                 at
                 liberty
                 to
                 marry
                 where
                 she
                 will
                 ,
                 but
                 yet
                 ,
              
               l
               
                 in
                 Domino
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Lord.
                 
              
            
             
               Wherein
               they
               offend
               ,
               either
               that
               goe
               too
               neere
               ,
               matching
               within
               those
               degrees
               that
               m
               God
               hath
               inhibited
               :
               or
               that
               go
               too
               far
               of
               ,
               matching
               n
               with
               such
               as
               they
               are
               by
               religion
               prohibited
               to
               mary
               ;
               and
               so
               transgressing
               those
               rules
               and
               directions
               that
               the
               word
               of
               God
               giueth
               .
            
             
               As
               also
               those
               that
               be
               vnder
               the
               gouernment
               of
               others
               ,
               or
               that
               desire
               those
               that
               be
               in
               the
               power
               of
               others
               to
               dispose
               of
               ;
               they
               then
               seeke
               in
               the
               Lord
               ,
               when
               they
               aduise
               with
               ,
               and
               are
               content
               to
               be
               disposed
               of
               by
               those
               ,
               whom
               God
               hath
               giuen
               power
               ouer
               them
               ;
               or
               when
               they
               seeke
               not
               to
               them
               in
               the
               first
               place
               ,
               but
               to
               those
               ,
               by
               whom
               God
               will
               haue
               them
               to
               be
               disposed
               .
               That
               which
               not
               Gods
               people
               alone
               ,
               but
               o
               the
               Heathen
               also
               ,
               by
               the
               light
               of
               Nature
               ,
               saw
               to
               be
               equall
               and
               right
               .
               When
               they
               take
               other
               courses
               ,
               they
               seeke
               beside
               God
               ,
               and
               cannot
               hope
               or
               expect
               any
               blessing
               from
               God
               ,
               whose
               order
               and
               ordinance
               therein
               they
               breake
               .
               In
               a
               word
               ,
               wouldst
               thou
               be
               blessed
               in
               thy
               wooing
               ,
               in
               thy
               wiuing
               ?
               Take
               God
               ▪
               with
               thee
               in
               wooing
               ,
               invite
               him
               to
               thy
               wedding
               .
               He
               ,
               if
               he
               be
               pleased
               ,
               will
               turne
               thy
               water
               into
               wine
               ;
               if
               he
               be
               displeased
               ,
               he
               will
               turne
               thy
               wine
               into
               vinegar
               .
            
             
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               
               learne
               hence
               what
               principally
               to
               aime
               at
               in
               the
               choise
               of
               a
               wife
               :
               to
               wit
               ,
               at
               virtue
               and
               wisdome
               ,
               discretion
               and
               godlines
               :
               for
               that
               is
               indeed
               true
               wisedome
               .
            
             
               Solomon
               saith
               not
               ,
               
                 a
                 faire
                 wife
                 is
                 the
                 gift
                 of
                 God.
              
               And
               yet
               is
               p
               beauty
               Gods
               gift
               ;
               and
               q
               a
               gift
               of
               good
               regard
               .
               Neither
               saith
               he
               ,
               
                 a
                 wealthy
                 wife
                 is
                 the
                 gift
                 of
                 God
                 :
              
               And
               yet
               is
               r
               wealth
               also
               Gods
               blessing
               ,
               where
               it
               is
               accompanied
               with
               well-doing
               .
               But
               ,
               
                 a
                 discreet
              
               ,
               or
               
                 a
                 wise
                 woman
                 is
                 the
                 gift
                 of
                 God.
                 
              
            
             
               Many
               indeed
               there
               are
               ,
               that
               choose
               their
               wife
               by
               the
               eye
               :
               s
               
                 The
                 Sonnes
                 of
                 God
                 saw
                 the
                 Daughters
                 of
                 Men
                 to
                 be
                 faire
                 :
                 and
                 they
                 tooke
                 them
                 wiues
                 of
                 them
                 where
                 they
                 liked
                 :
              
               as
               if
               they
               were
               to
               buy
               a
               picture
               or
               an
               image
               to
               hang
               vp
               in
               the
               house
               ,
               or
               to
               stand
               somewhere
               for
               a
               shew
               .
               But
               t
               Beauty
               ,
               saith
               the
               Heathen
               man
               ,
               
                 without
                 virtue
                 ,
                 is
                 like
                 a
                 baite
                 floating
                 without
                 an
                 hooke
              
               ;
               it
               hath
               a
               baite
               to
               entice
               ,
               but
               no
               hooke
               to
               hold
               .
               And
               ,
               u
               
                 A
                 faire
                 woman
              
               ,
               saith
               
                 Salomon
                 ,
                 without
                 discretion
                 is
                 like
                 a
                 gold
                 ring
                 in
                 a
                 swines
                 snout
                 .
              
               x
               
                 Fauour
                 is
                 deceitfull
                 ,
                 and
                 beauty
                 is
                 but
              
               y
               
                 vanitie
                 :
                 but
                 a
                 woman
                 that
                 feareth
                 God
                 is
                 praise-worthy
                 indeed
                 .
              
            
             
               Others
               againe
               regard
               wealth
               onely
               ;
               as
               if
               they
               went
               about
               a
               purchase
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               were
               to
               mary
               not
               them
               but
               their
               money
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               were
               to
               wed
               not
               the
               wife
               ,
               but
               her
               wealth
               .
               But
               Solomon
               ,
               when
               he
               saith
               ,
               
               
                 Houses
                 and
                 Riches
                 are
                 the
                 inheritance
                 of
                 the
                 Fathers
                 :
                 but
                 a
                 prudent
                 Wife
                 is
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 :
              
               he
               implieth
               that
               these
               things
               may
               bee
               seuered
               ,
               the
               one
               may
               bee
               without
               the
               other
               .
               Lands
               may
               come
               by
               inheritance
               ;
               when
               a
               virtue
               may
               not
               .
               b
               Goods
               they
               are
               wherewith
               
                 men
                 may
                 do
                 good
              
               ,
               but
               not
               such
               as
               make
               those
               good
               that
               haue
               them
               .
               c
               
                 Better
                 it
                 is
              
               ,
               said
               the
               Heathen
               man
               ,
               
                 to
                 haue
                 a
                 man
                 without
                 money
                 ,
                 then
                 to
                 haue
                 money
                 without
                 a
                 man
                 :
              
               so
               better
               it
               is
               to
               haue
               a
               wife
               without
               wealth
               ,
               then
               to
               haue
               wealth
               without
               a
               wife
               .
               And
               surely
               ,
               what
               comfort
               can
               a
               man
               haue
               of
               wealth
               with
               such
               a
               wife
               ,
               that
               shall
               be
               as
               a
               corrosiue
               to
               his
               heart
               ,
               d
               
                 as
                 corruption
                 and
                 rottennesse
                 in
                 his
                 bones
                 ?
              
            
             
               Againe
               ,
               let
               Parents
               learne
               here
               what
               to
               aime
               at
               in
               the
               education
               of
               their
               Children
               ,
               whom
               they
               desire
               to
               dispose
               of
               ,
               
               and
               to
               dispose
               of
               so
               as
               they
               may
               be
               a
               blessing
               ,
               not
               a
               crosse
               or
               a
               curse
               to
               those
               that
               shall
               haue
               them
               :
               Not
               studie
               onely
               how
               to
               prouide
               portions
               for
               them
               :
               though
               an
               honest
               care
               also
               is
               to
               be
               had
               in
               that
               kinde
               .
               e
               Parents
               ,
               saith
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               
                 ought
                 to
                 lay
                 vp
                 for
                 their
                 Children
                 .
              
               And
               ,
               f
               
                 He
                 that
                 prouideth
                 not
                 for
                 his
                 issue
                 ,
                 is
                 worse
                 then
                 an
                 Infidell
                 .
              
               Nor
               how
               to
               trim
               them
               vp
               ,
               and
               set
               them
               out
               ,
               in
               whorish
               or
               garish
               manner
               ,
               to
               make
               them
               baites
               to
               catch
               fooles
               with
               ;
               but
               labour
               to
               traine
               them
               vp
               in
               true
               wisedome
               ,
               and
               discretion
               ,
               in
               the
               feare
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               such
               graces
               as
               may
               make
               them
               truly
               amiable
               ,
               as
               g
               well
               in
               Gods
               sight
               as
               in
               mans
               eyes
               ;
               in
               houswifry
               ,
               and
               industry
               ,
               and
               skill
               to
               manage
               houshold
               affaires
               :
               that
               so
               they
               may
               be
               helpers
               to
               their
               Husbands
               ,
               (
               and
               not
               hinderers
               ;
               )
               as
               h
               to
               that
               end
               they
               were
               made
               at
               first
               .
            
             
             
               Yea
               hence
               let
               the
               wife
               learne
               what
               she
               is
               to
               striue
               to
               ,
               
               and
               labour
               for
               ,
               that
               she
               may
               be
               indeed
               a
               good
               gift
               of
               God
               :
               i
               Not
               so
               much
               to
               decke
               and
               tricke
               her selfe
               vp
               to
               the
               eye
               ,
               as
               to
               haue
               her
               
                 inner
                 man
                 adorned
              
               with
               holy
               skill
               and
               discretion
               ,
               whereby
               to
               cary
               her selfe
               wisely
               and
               discreetly
               in
               that
               place
               and
               condition
               that
               God
               hath
               called
               her
               vnto
               :
               That
               she
               may
               with
               the
               
                 wise
                 woman
              
               ,
               k
               
                 build
                 vp
                 the
                 house
              
               ;
               and
               be
               l
               
                 a
                 crowne
              
               and
               m
               a
               grace
               to
               him
               that
               hath
               her
               .
               That
               n
               her
               Husband
               and
               Children
               may
               haue
               cause
               to
               blesse
               her
               ,
               and
               to
               blesse
               God
               for
               her
               ;
               and
               count
               it
               a
               blessed
               time
               when
               they
               came
               first
               togither
               .
            
             
               Let
               her
               consider
               what
               a
               fearefull
               thing
               it
               is
               to
               be
               otherwise
               .
               For
               her
               that
               was
               o
               made
               for
               
                 a
                 helpe
              
               ,
               to
               proue
               not
               an
               helpe
               but
               an
               hurt
               :
               for
               her
               that
               was
               giuen
               for
               a
               blessing
               ,
               to
               proue
               a
               crosse
               and
               a
               curse
               .
               As
               one
               saith
               of
               Eve
               ,
               p
               
                 reaft
                 from
                 Adam
                 as
                 a
                 rib
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 shot
                 by
                 Satan
                 at
                 him
                 as
                 a
                 shaft
                 :
              
               bestowed
               on
               him
               by
               God
               to
               consummate
               his
               felicitie
               ,
               but
               made
               by
               Satans
               slight
               and
               her
               owne
               default
               ,
               the
               meanes
               of
               his
               extreame
               misery
               .
            
             
               Fourthly
               ,
               let
               men
               be
               admonished
               hence
               ,
               whom
               to
               ascribe
               it
               vnto
               ,
               if
               ought
               haue
               bin
               done
               in
               this
               kinde
               for
               them
               :
               euen
               to
               God
               himselfe
               principally
               ,
               whose
               speciall
               gift
               a
               good
               wife
               is
               .
               Let
               vs
               take
               
               heede
               how
               in
               this
               case
               q
               we
               
                 sacrifice
                 to
                 our
                 yearne
                 ,
                 or
                 burne
                 incense
                 to
                 our
                 net
                 .
              
               Ascribe
               not
               what
               is
               done
               for
               thee
               ,
               to
               the
               mediation
               of
               frends
               ,
               or
               to
               thine
               owne
               plots
               and
               policies
               ,
               smoothnes
               of
               language
               ,
               fairenes
               of
               looke
               ,
               or
               the
               like
               .
               No
               :
               acknowledge
               God
               to
               haue
               bin
               the
               principall
               agent
               in
               the
               busines
               :
               regard
               man
               and
               thine
               owne
               meanes
               ,
               but
               as
               his
               Instruments
               .
               
                 Of
                 him
                 shee
                 is
              
               ,
               saith
               Salomon
               :
               not
               r
               as
               a
               Creature
               onely
               made
               of
               him
               ,
               bnt
               as
               s
               one
               matched
               vnto
               thee
               by
               him
               :
               nor
               as
               knit
               to
               thee
               by
               his
               ordinance
               ,
               
               but
               as
               t
               assigned
               thee
               by
               his
               prouidence
               :
               For
               that
               is
               it
               ,
               that
               Solomon
               here
               principally
               aimeth
               at
               .
            
             
               Yea
               let
               them
               hence
               learne
               what
               they
               owe
               vnto
               God
               ,
               whom
               God
               hath
               vouchsafed
               such
               a
               blessing
               vnto
               .
               Hath
               God
               bestowed
               such
               a
               Wife
               on
               thee
               ,
               as
               Salomon
               here
               speaketh
               of
               ?
               It
               is
               a
               pretious
               Iewell
               ;
               such
               as
               thy
               Father
               could
               neuer
               leaue
               thee
               .
               It
               is
               a
               greater
               Treasure
               then
               the
               greatest
               Prince
               on
               earth
               ,
               then
               the
               mightiest
               Monarch
               in
               the
               world
               is
               able
               to
               bequeath
               to
               his
               Heire
               .
               We
               see
               how
               Parents
               are
               oft
               troubled
               in
               making
               search
               for
               their
               Sonnes
               ,
               and
               yet
               when
               they
               haue
               done
               their
               best
               endeuour
               ,
               misse
               of
               that
               they
               desire
               .
               We
               might
               here
               rise
               by
               degrees
               on
               the
               better
               side
               ,
               as
               we
               did
               before
               on
               the
               worse
               .
               As
               euils
               ,
               so
               good
               things
               ,
               the
               more
               inward
               the
               greater
               .
               A
               t
               trusty
               seruant
               is
               no
               small
               blessing
               ;
               a
               u
               kinde
               neighbour
               is
               a
               great
               one
               ;
               x
               a
               faithfull
               frend
               a
               greater
               ;
               
               y
               a
               wise
               sonne
               yet
               a
               greater
               ;
               and
               a
               prudent
               wife
               the
               greatest
               of
               all
               :
               a
               greater
               blessing
               then
               any
               of
               the
               former
               ,
               that
               yet
               for
               temporall
               blessings
               may
               seeme
               of
               the
               greatest
               .
               And
               how
               do
               maried
               persons
               then
               stand
               engaged
               to
               God
               aboue
               others
               ,
               whom
               he
               hath
               blessed
               in
               their
               choise
               ?
               A
               great
               measure
               of
               thankfulnes
               owe
               they
               vnto
               him
               ,
               proportionable
               in
               some
               sort
               to
               the
               blessing
               bestowed
               on
               them
               .
            
             
               Yea
               as
               there
               is
               a
               greater
               measure
               of
               thankfulnesse
               required
               of
               them
               ,
               then
               of
               others
               whom
               God
               hath
               not
               blessed
               in
               that
               manner
               :
               so
               there
               is
               a
               peculiar
               kinde
               of
               thankfulnes
               required
               on
               their
               part
               .
               All
               Gods
               fauours
               require
               thankfulnes
               :
               and
               the
               more
               fauours
               the
               more
               thankfulnes
               :
               but
               some
               speciall
               fauours
               require
               some
               peculiar
               kinde
               of
               acknowledgment
               ,
               proportioned
               to
               the
               quality
               of
               the
               fauour
               receiued
               .
               a
               Children
               are
               Gods
               gift
               :
               and
               our
               thankfulnes
               to
               him
               for
               them
               is
               to
               be
               shewed
               in
               such
               duties
               ,
               as
               he
               requireth
               of
               vs
               in
               the
               behalfe
               of
               them
               ,
               b
               in
               the
               carefull
               education
               and
               training
               them
               vp
               in
               good
               courses
               .
               In
               like
               manner
               :
               Thy
               Wife
               thou
               hast
               of
               Gods
               gift
               :
               and
               thy
               thankfulnes
               to
               him
               for
               her
               ,
               must
               be
               shewed
               in
               the
               performance
               of
               such
               duties
               ,
               as
               he
               requireth
               of
               thee
               in
               regard
               of
               her
               ,
               c
               of
               loue
               ,
               of
               kindnes
               ,
               of
               concord
               ,
               counsell
               ,
               contentment
               &c.
               
            
             
               Fiftly
               ,
               
               Is
               the
               Wife
               giuen
               vnto
               her
               Husband
               by
               God
               ?
               then
               must
               shee
               resolue
               to
               giue
               her self
               wholy
               to
               him
               as
               her
               Owner
               ,
               on
               whom
               God
               hath
               bestowed
               her
               ,
               to
               whom
               he
               hath
               assigned
               her
               .
               When
               Parents
               haue
               put
               out
               their
               Children
               ,
               the
               Children
               must
               be
               content
               to
               be
               guided
               by
               those
               to
               whom
               they
               commit
               them
               :
               and
               when
               God
               hath
               giuen
               a
               
               Daughter
               ,
               she
               must
               be
               content
               to
               liue
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               be
               guided
               by
               him
               ,
               whom
               God
               hath
               giuen
               her
               vnto
               .
               Neither
               is
               she
               to
               forsake
               him
               .
               For
               d
               they
               are
               not
               to
               be
               sundred
               ,
               nor
               seuered
               ,
               whom
               God
               hath
               conjoyned
               and
               made
               one
               .
               And
               there
               is
               a
               foule
               brand
               therefore
               vpon
               her
               ,
               e
               
                 that
                 forsaketh
                 the
                 guide
                 of
                 her
                 youth
                 ,
                 and
                 forgetteth
                 the
                 Couenant
                 of
                 her
                 God.
              
               Nor
               to
               refuse
               to
               be
               ruled
               by
               him
               :
               but
               f
               
                 submit
                 and
                 subiect
              
               her self
               vnto
               him
               ,
               vnto
               whom
               God
               hath
               giuen
               her
               :
               for
               g
               
                 that
                 is
                 comely
              
               ,
               saith
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               
                 in
                 the
                 Lord
              
               :
               and
               to
               be
               imbraced
               therefore
               of
               her
               ,
               as
               her
               Lot
               by
               God
               assigned
               her
               .
            
             
               Yea
               ,
               
               is
               the
               Wife
               giuen
               the
               Husband
               by
               God
               ?
               then
               should
               he
               esteeme
               her
               as
               
                 a
                 gift
                 of
                 God
              
               :
               and
               h
               
                 liue
                 with
                 her
              
               ,
               as
               with
               one
               giuen
               him
               and
               bestowed
               vpon
               him
               by
               God.
               We
               cannot
               abide
               to
               see
               any
               thing
               that
               we
               haue
               giuen
               an
               other
               euill-vsed
               .
               And
               it
               be
               but
               a
               dog
               ,
               an
               hound
               ,
               or
               a
               whelp
               ,
               if
               we
               see
               it
               neglected
               ,
               where
               we
               bestowed
               it
               ,
               we
               are
               wont
               to
               take
               it
               euill
               .
               But
               if
               we
               should
               see
               a
               jewell
               of
               some
               value
               ,
               bestowed
               by
               vs
               on
               a
               frend
               as
               a
               token
               of
               our
               loue
               toward
               him
               ,
               set
               light
               by
               him
               ,
               or
               should
               finde
               it
               cast
               aside
               in
               some
               corner
               ,
               would
               we
               not
               much
               more
               be
               grieued
               at
               it
               ,
               and
               iudge
               that
               he
               set
               as
               light
               by
               our
               loue
               ,
               as
               he
               doth
               by
               our
               loue-token
               .
               And
               hath
               not
               God
               then
               iust
               cause
               to
               take
               it
               euill
               at
               thy
               hands
               ,
               when
               he
               shall
               see
               his
               gift
               abused
               ,
               euill
               entertained
               ,
               and
               worse
               vsed
               ;
               when
               he
               shall
               see
               her
               misused
               of
               thee
               ,
               whom
               he
               hath
               as
               a
               speciall
               fauour
               bestowed
               on
               thee
               ,
               and
               hath
               therefore
               giuen
               thee
               i
               a
               speciall
               charge
               well
               and
               kindly
               to
               vse
               ?
               How
               are
               we
               wont
               to
               be
               grieued
               ,
               when
               we
               see
               matters
               fall
               our
               amisse
               ,
               
               where
               we
               haue
               bin
               meanes
               to
               make
               the
               match
               ?
               If
               the
               wife
               be
               misused
               ,
               that
               we
               haue
               holpen
               one
               to
               ,
               we
               are
               wont
               to
               count
               it
               a
               wrong
               to
               our selues
               .
               And
               no
               maruaile
               then
               ,
               if
               God
               himselfe
               take
               to
               heart
               the
               wrongs
               done
               by
               vs
               ,
               to
               those
               that
               he
               hath
               joyned
               to
               vs
               ,
               if
               k
               he
               haue
               a
               quarrell
               against
               him
               that
               shall
               transgresse
               against
               her
               ,
               whom
               he
               hath
               inseparably
               joyned
               to
               him
               ,
               to
               be
               
                 his
                 Companion
                 and
                 his
                 wife
                 by
              
               l
               
                 a
                 Couenant
                 of
                 Salt.
              
               
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               
               if
               a
               good
               Wife
               be
               such
               a
               speciall
               gift
               of
               God
               ,
               then
               a
               good
               Husband
               is
               no
               lesse
               .
               For
               the
               Husband
               is
               as
               needfull
               for
               the
               Wife
               ,
               as
               the
               Wife
               is
               for
               the
               Husband
               .
               m
               
                 Thy
                 desire
              
               ,
               saith
               God
               ,
               
                 shall
                 be
                 vnto
                 him
              
               .
               And
               if
               the
               Husband
               then
               be
               so
               to
               esteem
               of
               his
               Wife
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               thankfull
               to
               God
               for
               her
               ;
               then
               is
               the
               Wife
               no
               lesse
               to
               esteeme
               so
               of
               her
               Husband
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               thankfull
               likewise
               to
               God
               for
               him
               .
            
             
               In
               a
               word
               ,
               let
               both
               man
               and
               wife
               so
               esteeme
               either
               of
               other
               ,
               as
               joyned
               by
               Gods
               counsell
               ,
               as
               giuen
               by
               Gods
               hand
               ;
               and
               so
               receiue
               either
               other
               as
               from
               God
               ,
               be
               thankfull
               either
               for
               other
               vnto
               God
               ,
               seek
               the
               good
               either
               of
               other
               in
               God
               ;
               and
               then
               will
               God
               vndoubtedly
               with
               his
               blessing
               ,
               accompanie
               his
               gift
               ,
               to
               his
               owne
               glory
               ,
               and
               their
               mutuall
               good
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
             
               
                 A
                 MARIAGE
                 FEAST
              
               .
               A
               SERMON
               ON
               THE
               FORMER
               PART
               OF
               THE
               SECOND
               CHAPTER
               OF
               THE
               EVANGELIST
               IOHN
               ;
            
             
               By
               that
               learned
               and
               judicious
               Divine
               Mr
               WILLIAM
               BRADSHAW
               sometime
               Fellow
               of
               SIDNEY
               COLLEDGE
               in
               CAMBRIDGE
               .
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               by
               EDWARD
               GRIFFIN
               for
               FVLKE
               CLIFTON
               .
               1620.
               
            
          
           
             
             
             
               TO
               THE
               WORSHIPFVLL
               AND
               RELIGIOVS
               ,
               Mr
               GEORGE
               WILMER
               Esquire
               ,
               and
               Mrs
               MARGERET
               WILMER
               his
               Wife
               ,
               increase
               of
               spirituall
               grace
               ,
               and
               mutuall
               comfort
               in
               CHRIST
               IESVS
               .
            
             
               WORSHIPFVLL
               AND
               beloued
               in
               Christ
               ;
               At
               the
               solemne
               knitting
               of
               you
               togither
               ,
               was
               this
               Sermon
               preached
               by
               that
               worthy
               Seruant
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               our
               common
               frend
               ,
               now
               with
               God
               ,
               then
               first
               (
               as
               I
               haue
               heard
               him
               say
               )
               performing
               that
               office
               that
               then
               he
               did
               .
               Which
               of
               late
               lighting
               vpon
               ,
               among
               other
               his
               loose
               papers
               ,
               I
               thought
               it
               would
               not
               be
               amisse
               rather
               to
               send
               it
               abroad
               ,
               then
               to
               suffer
               it
               (
               as
               it
               might
               soone
               perhaps
               otherwise
               )
               to
               miscary
               and
               so
               perish
               ▪
               The
               piety
               
               and
               pithines
               of
               the
               discourse
               it selfe
               seemed
               to
               require
               no
               lesse
               of
               me
               :
               that
               which
               any
               indicious
               &
               religious
               ,
               I
               assure
               my self
               ,
               will
               with
               me
               easily
               acknowledge
               .
               The
               rarity
               likewise
               of
               the
               subiect
               the
               rather
               encited
               me
               thereunto
               .
               He
               treadeth
               a
               tracke
               not
               so
               vsually
               beaten
               .
               Of
               
                 Mariage
                 Sermons
              
               ,
               that
               entreat
               of
               
                 Mariage
                 duties
              
               ,
               there
               are
               extant
               not
               a
               few
               .
               Such
               as
               handle
               the
               religious
               managing
               of
               
                 Mariage
                 Feasts
              
               ,
               I
               suppose
               not
               many
               ;
               I
               remember
               not
               to
               haue
               seene
               any
               .
               It
               is
               that
               ,
               that
               this
               holy
               Man
               of
               God
               doth
               here
               principally
               insist
               vpon
               :
               and
               it
               is
               a
               point
               very
               necessarie
               ,
               and
               of
               no
               small
               vse
               .
               For
               to
               let
               passe
               that
               grosse
               abuse
               ,
               too
               too
               frequent
               among
               the
               prophaner
               sort
               ,
               that
               esteeme
               such
               meetings
               neuer
               well
               seasoned
               ,
               or
               aright
               celebrated
               ,
               vnlesse
               filthy
               discourse
               and
               a
               obscene
               songs
               be
               as
               common
               as
               any
               ordinarie
               seruice
               ;
               as
               if
               they
               were
               not
               dealing
               with
               a
               sacred
               ordinance
               of
               God
               ,
               but
               were
               about
               the
               sacrilegious
               rites
               of
               some
               impure
               Idoll
               ;
               and
               so
               ,
               like
               the
               idolatrous
               Iewes
               ,
               that
               turned
               b
               Bethel
               into
               c
               Beth-aven
               ,
               making
               a
               Brothel-house
               of
               a
               Bride-house
               :
               As
               also
               to
               passe
               by
               the
               brutish
               and
               swinish
               
               disposition
               of
               those
               that
               thinke
               there
               is
               no
               true
               welcome
               ,
               nor
               good
               fellowship
               ,
               as
               they
               tearme
               it
               ,
               vnlesse
               there
               be
               deepe
               carousing
               and
               drinking
               of
               healths
               to
               Bride
               and
               Bridegroome
               ,
               and
               euery
               idle
               fellowes
               Mistris
               ,
               till
               the
               whole
               companies
               wits
               be
               so
               d
               drownd
               in
               drinke
               ,
               that
               not
               religion
               onely
               ,
               but
               *
               reason
               it selfe
               is
               vtterly
               exiled
               ,
               and
               the
               meeting
               may
               well
               seeme
               to
               be
               rather
               a
               drunken
               match
               then
               a
               Mariage
               Feast
               .
               To
               let
               passe
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               the
               palpable
               loosenes
               and
               lewdnes
               of
               such
               :
               euen
               the
               best
               at
               such
               meetings
               are
               too
               prone
               by
               ouer-sight
               ,
               and
               forgetfulnes
               of
               their
               dutie
               to
               ouer-shoot
               themselues
               ,
               and
               to
               exceed
               that
               Christian
               decorum
               that
               in
               such
               solemnities
               ought
               to
               be
               obserued
               .
               It
               was
               not
               without
               cause
               that
               e
               Iob
               was
               so
               iealous
               of
               his
               Children
               ,
               what
               time
               they
               held
               their
               mutuall
               meetings
               of
               somewhat
               the
               like
               nature
               .
               f
               Youth
               ,
               and
               g
               wine
               ,
               and
               mirth
               ,
               and
               other
               delights
               ,
               are
               pleasing
               and
               enticing
               obiects
               ,
               and
               h
               cary
               the
               wisest
               oft
               vnawares
               further
               then
               Religion
               well
               warranteth
               .
               i
               Which
               yet
               is
               not
               spoken
               simply
               to
               
               condemne
               such
               solemnities
               :
               (
               It
               was
               wisely
               and
               wittily
               said
               of
               the
               Heathen
               Man
               ,
               that
               k
               
                 Amans
                 life
                 without
                 festiuities
                 ,
                 〈◊〉
                 like
                 along
                 and
                 wearisome
                 w●●
                 without
                 Innes
                 :
              
               )
               but
               to
               shew
               what
               neede
               there
               is
               o●
               direction
               and
               admonition
               for
               Christian
               cariage
               in
               that
               kinde
               .
               l
               Lycurgus
               did
               not
               well
               nor
               wisely
               ,
               when
               he
               cut
               downe
               all
               the
               vines
               in
               his
               countrey
               ,
               because
               the
               wine
               that
               came
               of
               them
               was
               too
               much
               abused
               by
               many
               .
               Neither
               ought
               
                 Mariage
                 Feasts
              
               to
               be
               vtterly
               abandoned
               ,
               nor
               Musicke
               ,
               or
               other
               honest
               mirth
               be
               exiled
               and
               banished
               from
               them
               ,
               because
               too
               many
               ordinarily
               exceed
               in
               the
               one
               ,
               and
               not
               a
               few
               wretchedly
               abuse
               the
               other
               .
               Yea
               ,
               if
               mirth
               and
               festiuitie
               be
               euer
               seasonable
               ,
               it
               is
               at
               such
               times
               :
               m
               Christ
               himselfe
               and
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               yeeld
               and
               approue
               it
               .
               Onely
               Christian
               n
               Sobriety
               ought
               then
               to
               be
               both
               our
               o
               Feast-Master
               ,
               and
               our
               Mirth-Master
               ,
               our
               
                 Lord
                 of
                 Rule
              
               ,
               not
               
                 of
                 Misrule
              
               ,
               to
               moderate
               both
               our
               diet
               and
               our
               mirth
               at
               such
               meetings
               .
               And
               the
               rather
               should
               Sobriety
               and
               Modestie
               be
               at
               
               such
               times
               obserued
               ,
               not
               onely
               in
               regard
               of
               p
               the
               holinesse
               and
               honourablenes
               of
               that
               blessed
               Ordinance
               of
               God
               that
               then
               we
               deale
               with
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               q
               not
               pollute
               that
               ,
               that
               God
               hath
               purified
               ,
               nor
               dishonor
               that
               ,
               that
               he
               hath
               honoured
               ;
               but
               for
               that
               also
               we
               are
               then
               laying
               as
               it
               were
               the
               first
               foundation
               of
               a
               new
               Familie
               :
               and
               r
               the
               building
               proueth
               commonly
               as
               the
               foundation
               is
               well
               or
               euill
               laid
               .
               s
               It
               is
               euill
               building
               on
               a
               quagmire
               ;
               and
               laying
               a
               foundation
               in
               wet
               weather
               .
               A
               sober
               and
               a
               modest
               entrance
               giueth
               good
               hope
               of
               the
               like
               progresse
               ;
               as
               t
               the
               contrary
               is
               a
               foule
               presage
               of
               euill
               after-demeanure
               .
               This
               how
               to
               preuent
               is
               breifely
               ,
               but
               effectually
               here
               shewed
               .
               That
               which
               I
               haue
               therefore
               thought
               fit
               to
               present
               You
               rather
               with
               ,
               then
               any
               other
               of
               the
               Authors
               frends
               ;
               that
               vnder
               your
               names
               that
               might
               come
               abroad
               to
               the
               vse
               of
               others
               ,
               that
               was
               principally
               at
               the
               first
               intended
               for
               your
               good
               ;
               and
               partly
               also
               thereby
               to
               renew
               with
               you
               the
               remembrance
               of
               him
               ,
               by
               whose
               holy
               hand
               you
               were
               publikely
               at
               first
               ioyned
               togither
               .
               Which
               coniunction
               God
               in
               mercy
               
               of
               his
               good
               pleasure
               long
               continue
               ,
               and
               so
               blesse
               and
               sanctifie
               vnto
               you
               ,
               that
               you
               may
               haue
               mutuall
               comfort
               either
               in
               other
               by
               sincere
               holinesse
               here
               ,
               and
               eternall
               coniunction
               either
               with
               other
               in
               perfect
               happinesse
               els-where
               .
            
             
               
                 Yours
                 in
                 Christ
                 ,
                 
                   Thomas
                   Gataker
                
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               A
               MARIAGE
               FEAST
               .
            
             
               
                 IOH.
                 2.
                 1
                 —
                 12.
                 
              
               
                 
                   1.
                   
                   And
                   the
                   third
                   day
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   Mariage
                   in
                   Cana
                   of
                   Galile
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   Mother
                   of
                   Iesus
                   was
                   there
                   .
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   And
                   both
                   Iesus
                   was
                   called
                   and
                   his
                   Disciples
                   to
                   the
                   Mariage
                   .
                
                 
                   3.
                   
                   And
                   when
                   they
                   wanted
                   Wine
                   ,
                   the
                   Mother
                   of
                   Iesus
                   said
                   vnto
                   him
                   ;
                   They
                   haue
                   no
                   Wine
                   .
                
                 
                   4.
                   
                   Iesus
                   said
                   vnto
                   her
                   ;
                   Woman
                   ,
                   what
                   haue
                   I
                   to
                   doe
                   with
                   thee
                   ?
                   mine
                   houre
                   is
                   not
                   yet
                   come
                   .
                
                 
                   5.
                   
                   His
                   Mother
                   said
                   vnto
                   the
                   Seruants
                   ;
                   whatsoeuer
                   he
                   saith
                   vnto
                   you
                   ,
                   do
                   it
                   .
                
                 
                   6.
                   
                   Now
                   there
                   were
                   set
                   there
                   six
                   water-pots
                   of
                   stone
                   ,
                   after
                   the
                   Iewish
                   manner
                   of
                   Purification
                   ,
                   conteyning
                   two
                   or
                   three
                   firkins
                   a-peece
                   .
                
                 
                   7
                   Iesus
                   said
                   vnto
                   them
                   ;
                   Fill
                   the
                   water-pots
                   with
                   water
                   .
                   And
                   they
                   filled
                   them
                   vp
                   to
                   the
                   brim
                   .
                
                 
                   8
                   And
                   he
                   said
                   vnto
                   them
                   ;
                   Draw
                   out
                   now
                   and
                   beare
                   vnto
                   the
                   Gouernor
                   of
                   the
                   Feast
                   .
                   And
                   they
                   bare
                   it
                   .
                
                 
                   9
                   When
                   the
                   Ruler
                   of
                   the
                   Feast
                   had
                   tasted
                   the
                   Water
                   that
                   was
                   made
                   Wine
                   ,
                   not
                   knowing
                   whence
                   it
                   was
                   ,
                   (
                   but
                   the
                   seruants
                   that
                   drew
                   the
                   water
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   knew
                   )
                   the
                   Gouernor
                   of
                   the
                   Feast
                   called
                   the
                   Bridgrome
                   ,
                
                 
                   10.
                   
                   And
                   said
                   vnto
                   him
                   ;
                   Euery
                   man
                   at
                   the
                   beginning
                   setteth
                   forth
                   good
                   wine
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   men
                   haue
                   well
                   drunke
                   ,
                   then
                   that
                   that
                   is
                   worse
                   :
                   but
                   thou
                   hast
                   kept
                   the
                   good
                   wine
                   till
                   now
                   .
                
                 
                   11.
                   
                   This
                   beginning
                   of
                   Miracles
                   did
                   Iesus
                   in
                   Cana
                   of
                   Galile
                   ;
                   and
                   manifested
                   forth
                   his
                   glory
                   :
                   and
                   his
                   Disciples
                   beleeued
                   in
                   him
                   .
                
              
            
             
               I
               Cannot
               handle
               euery
               thing
               in
               this
               Storie
               ,
               which
               shall
               offer
               it selfe
               :
               But
               must
               only
               insist
               vpon
               those
               parts
               therof
               ,
               that
               may
               most
               directly
               concerne
               this
               present
               solemnitie
               .
            
             
               The
               maine
               scope
               &
               drift
               of
               this
               whole
               Narration
               seems
               to
               be
               this
               .
               
               To
               shew
               ,
               what
               an
               honourable
               estimation
               and
               account
               our
               blessed
               Sauiour
               Iesus
               Christ
               ,
               doth
               make
               of
               the
               holy
               and
               honorable
               estate
               of
               Mariage
               ,
               notwithstanding
               that
               himselfe
               was
               borne
               of
               a
               Virgin
               ,
               and
               did
               himselfe
               in
               his
               owne
               person
               liue
               and
               die
               a
               Virgin.
               
            
             
               This
               honourable
               estimation
               of
               his
               ,
               is
               manifested
               ,
               In
               his
               gracing
               and
               countenancing
               ,
               the
               solemnization
               of
               this
               speciall
               Mariage
               ,
               mentioned
               in
               this
               Storie
               .
            
             
               Our
               Sauiour
               graceth
               and
               countenanceth
               it
               two
               manner
               of
               wayes
               .
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 By
                 his
                 presence
                 and
                 companie
                 at
                 the
                 Feast
                 .
              
               
                 
                 2.
                 
                 By
                 working
                 a
                 miracle
                 at
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 first
                 miracle
                 that
                 euer
                 he
                 wrought
                 .
              
            
             
               Of
               both
               these
               in
               order
               ;
               omitting
               to
               speake
               any
               thing
               ,
               of
               the
               matters
               that
               passe
               betweene
               Christ
               and
               his
               Mother
               ,
               betweene
               Christs
               Mother
               and
               the
               Wayters
               ,
               betweene
               Christ
               and
               the
               Wayters
               ,
               and
               betweene
               the
               Gouernor
               of
               the
               Feast
               and
               the
               Bridegroome
               .
               Because
               the
               Doctrine
               flowing
               from
               these
               particulars
               ,
               is
               not
               so
               pertinent
               to
               this
               present
               Occasion
               .
            
             
               But
               before
               that
               we
               descend
               into
               particulars
               ,
               let
               vs
               first
               in
               the
               generall
               obserue
               from
               the
               maine
               scope
               and
               drift
               of
               this
               Storie
               ,
               this
               instruction
               .
            
             
               That
               the
               more
               that
               Sathan
               and
               his
               accursed
               Imps
               ,
               
               shall
               labour
               to
               disgrace
               and
               discountenance
               any
               sacred
               Ordinance
               of
               God
               ;
               the
               more
               will
               God
               grace
               and
               honour
               the
               same
               .
            
             
               The
               truth
               of
               this
               appeares
               in
               no
               one
               thing
               more
               ,
               then
               in
               this
               matter
               of
               Mariage
               .
               It
               is
               wonderfull
               to
               consider
               ,
               how
               the
               Diuell
               hath
               euer
               laboured
               to
               disgrace
               and
               put
               it
               out
               of
               countenance
               :
               How
               he
               hath
               made
               the
               day
               of
               ones
               Mariage
               ,
               as
               ignominious
               and
               reprochfull
               ,
               as
               if
               it
               were
               the
               day
               of
               ones
               publique
               penance
               or
               execution
               ;
               what
               laughing
               and
               scoffing
               ,
               what
               flearing
               ,
               jering
               ,
               and
               nodding
               the
               head
               is
               there
               ,
               not
               onely
               of
               such
               as
               are
               yet
               single
               ,
               but
               of
               those
               that
               are
               themselues
               maried
               persons
               ;
               not
               only
               of
               profane
               swaggerers
               ,
               and
               those
               of
               the
               damned
               crue
               (
               as
               they
               are
               called
               )
               but
               of
               those
               (
               many
               times
               )
               that
               haue
               the
               reputation
               of
               Ciuill
               honest
               men
               ,
               yea
               of
               Professors
               of
               Religion
               .
               In
               so
               much
               ,
               as
               if
               those
               that
               are
               to
               be
               knit
               togither
               in
               this
               sacred
               bond
               ,
               were
               
               to
               measure
               their
               estate
               by
               the
               mindes
               ,
               words
               ,
               and
               ordinarie
               behauiours
               of
               the
               Spectators
               ,
               yea
               many
               times
               of
               those
               ,
               who
               seeme
               to
               honor
               the
               Solemnitie
               with
               their
               presence
               and
               attendance
               :
               It
               were
               better
               for
               them
               to
               stand
               as
               long
               in
               a
               white
               sheet
               ,
               or
               to
               be
               carted
               thorow
               the
               streets
               ,
               then
               to
               present
               themselues
               into
               the
               Congregation
               to
               knit
               this
               holy
               and
               inviolable
               knot
               .
               For
               in
               that
               case
               lightly
               you
               should
               haue
               none
               but
               vnhappy
               boyes
               ,
               and
               such
               persons
               as
               are
               naught
               themselues
               ,
               to
               make
               signes
               of
               disgrace
               ;
               good
               mindes
               vse
               to
               pitie
               them
               that
               are
               so
               publikely
               (
               though
               deseruedly
               )
               disgraced
               .
               But
               here
               ,
               for
               the
               most
               part
               ,
               all
               ,
               good
               and
               bad
               ,
               old
               and
               young
               ,
               set
               themselues
               ,
               though
               not
               with
               their
               hands
               ,
               yet
               with
               their
               hearts
               ,
               countenances
               ,
               and
               words
               ,
               to
               cast
               durt
               and
               puddle
               water
               in
               the
               faces
               of
               those
               that
               are
               to
               enter
               into
               this
               Calling
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               were
               to
               enter
               into
               a
               Calling
               most
               sinfull
               ,
               and
               shamefull
               ,
               and
               most
               odious
               and
               vile
               both
               in
               the
               eyes
               of
               God
               and
               man.
               
            
             
               This
               is
               indeed
               a
               hellish
               and
               damnable
               iniquitie
               ;
               but
               behold
               yet
               a
               greater
               iniquitie
               then
               this
               :
               Sathan
               hath
               so
               wouen
               his
               owne
               impuritie
               ,
               with
               the
               pure
               Ordinance
               of
               God
               ,
               that
               a
               Mariage
               ,
               is
               accounted
               no
               Mariage
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               not
               solemnized
               with
               beastly
               and
               profane
               Songs
               ,
               Sonnets
               ,
               Ijggs
               ,
               indited
               by
               some
               hellish
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               chaunted
               by
               those
               ,
               that
               are
               the
               publique
               incendiaries
               of
               all
               filthy
               lusts
               ;
               and
               these
               are
               ordinarily
               made
               in
               the
               scorne
               and
               derision
               of
               this
               Holy
               Estate
               ,
               to
               delight
               and
               solace
               the
               Guests
               withall
               .
               But
               indeed
               they
               tend
               to
               no
               other
               end
               ,
               but
               to
               despite
               and
               disgrace
               this
               worthy
               Ordinance
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               to
               make
               it
               seeme
               in
               the
               eyes
               of
               men
               ,
               
               nothing
               else
               but
               a
               matter
               of
               obscenenesse
               and
               filthinesse
               .
               So
               that
               if
               God
               himselfe
               had
               not
               had
               a
               speciall
               care
               ,
               to
               vphold
               ,
               to
               grace
               and
               countenance
               this
               Estate
               ,
               by
               how
               much
               more
               Sathan
               laboureth
               to
               make
               it
               odious
               and
               vile
               ,
               all
               the
               world
               long
               before
               this
               ,
               had
               bin
               a
               very
               Stewes
               and
               Brothel-house
               .
               See
               then
               ,
               the
               care
               that
               God
               hath
               to
               honour
               this
               ancient
               Ordinance
               of
               his
               ;
               how
               (
               notwithstanding
               that
               Sathan
               hath
               euer
               done
               his
               vttermost
               to
               disgrace
               it
               ,
               and
               make
               it
               vile
               )
               God
               subjecteth
               the
               whole
               world
               vnto
               it
               ,
               not
               fooles
               onely
               ,
               but
               wise
               ,
               not
               poore
               ,
               but
               the
               richest
               ,
               not
               profane
               persons
               onely
               ,
               but
               the
               holiest
               and
               the
               religiousest
               that
               euer
               were
               ,
               not
               base
               persons
               ,
               but
               Kings
               and
               Emperors
               :
               So
               that
               not
               onely
               all
               sorts
               and
               degrees
               of
               men
               ,
               but
               in
               a
               manner
               euery
               man
               and
               woman
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               he
               bringeth
               vnder
               this
               yoke
               ;
               so
               that
               the
               whole
               world
               (
               to
               account
               of
               )
               is
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               but
               a
               maried
               person
               :
               And
               this
               is
               so
               much
               the
               more
               to
               be
               wondred
               at
               ,
               that
               the
               Diuell
               can
               make
               that
               so
               shamefull
               ,
               which
               is
               so
               common
               .
               It
               is
               not
               so
               in
               sinnes
               ,
               nor
               it
               would
               not
               be
               so
               in
               this
               ,
               if
               it
               were
               not
               a
               speciall
               diuine
               Ordinance
               .
            
             
               This
               should
               incourage
               vs
               ,
               
               with
               all
               alacritie
               and
               confident
               Spirits
               ,
               to
               submit
               our selues
               to
               any
               of
               Gods
               Ordinances
               ,
               and
               with
               so
               much
               the
               greater
               courage
               and
               heart
               ,
               by
               how
               much
               the
               more
               contemptible
               ,
               &
               despised
               ,
               they
               shall
               appeare
               to
               be
               amongst
               men
               .
               For
               the
               more
               that
               men
               do
               despite
               Gods
               Ordinances
               ,
               the
               more
               will
               God
               honour
               the
               same
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               with
               honest
               hearts
               shall
               vndergo
               the
               same
               .
               You
               may
               see
               Gen.
               2.
               that
               the
               very
               first
               worke
               that
               God
               did
               ,
               after
               the
               very
               first
               creation
               of
               man
               
               and
               woman
               ,
               was
               his
               marying
               of
               man
               to
               woman
               :
               and
               you
               see
               here
               ,
               that
               one
               of
               the
               first
               Wonders
               that
               Christ
               wrought
               was
               in
               honour
               of
               a
               Mariage
               .
            
             
               We
               come
               now
               to
               the
               first
               point
               ,
               wherein
               Christ
               graceth
               and
               honoureth
               Mariage
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               ,
               by
               vouchsafing
               his
               presence
               at
               the
               solemnization
               of
               it
               ,
               or
               at
               the
               Mariage
               Feast
               .
            
             
               Wherein
               these
               two
               points
               are
               to
               be
               considered
               in
               order
               .
            
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 The
                 inviting
                 of
                 Christ
                 vnto
                 the
                 Mariage
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 His
                 comming
                 vnto
                 it
                 ,
                 being
                 invited
                 .
              
            
             
               From
               the
               first
               point
               let
               vs
               learne
               these
               Instructions
               in
               order
               .
               
            
             
               That
               the
               Mariage
               Feasts
               ,
               
               and
               Solemnities
               of
               Christians
               ,
               ought
               so
               to
               be
               ordered
               ,
               that
               nothing
               ought
               to
               be
               done
               or
               committed
               therein
               ,
               that
               may
               not
               beseeme
               the
               presence
               of
               our
               Sauiour
               Christ.
               
            
             
               Of
               this
               iudgement
               and
               affection
               were
               these
               Parties
               ,
               that
               at
               this
               time
               invited
               our
               Sauiour
               Christ
               ,
               else
               they
               would
               neuer
               haue
               invited
               him
               .
               For
               far
               be
               it
               that
               we
               should
               thinke
               ,
               (
               yea
               the
               Storie
               shewes
               the
               contrary
               )
               that
               these
               Persons
               called
               Christ
               to
               this
               Feast
               ,
               to
               vex
               and
               greiue
               his
               Soule
               ,
               with
               scurrile
               and
               ribald
               merriments
               ,
               and
               with
               wanton
               and
               vnchast
               sports
               &
               delights
               ;
               or
               that
               for
               reuerence
               of
               Christs
               presence
               ,
               they
               excluded
               and
               laid
               aside
               any
               lawfull
               delights
               fitting
               such
               an
               Exercise
               ;
               and
               therefore
               ,
               though
               there
               was
               a
               solemne
               Feast
               at
               this
               Mariage
               ,
               and
               though
               out
               of
               question
               the
               day
               was
               spent
               in
               delights
               and
               pleasures
               ,
               (
               as
               is
               most
               meete
               for
               such
               matters
               )
               yet
               they
               were
               such
               delights
               and
               pleasures
               ,
               as
               they
               durst
               call
               our
               Sauiour
               Christ
               vnto
               ,
               yea
               and
               make
               him
               a
               partaker
               of
               .
            
             
             
               Fie
               therefore
               and
               a
               shame
               of
               such
               mirth
               as
               doth
               not
               beseeme
               the
               presence
               of
               Christ
               ,
               
               of
               such
               words
               ,
               as
               beseeme
               not
               his
               eares
               ,
               of
               such
               actions
               and
               exercises
               as
               beseeme
               not
               his
               holy
               eyes
               ;
               such
               mirth
               and
               pastime
               is
               not
               befitting
               any
               Solemnitie
               ,
               much
               lesse
               so
               honorable
               a
               Solemnitie
               ,
               as
               Mariage
               is
               or
               ought
               to
               be
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               sacred
               knot
               ,
               whereby
               two
               persons
               are
               inviolably
               knit
               togither
               by
               the
               hand
               of
               God.
               As
               therefore
               this
               day
               ,
               many
               of
               you
               are
               called
               to
               feast
               and
               rejoyce
               with
               these
               Parties
               ,
               that
               are
               to
               be
               vnited
               in
               a
               faithfull
               bond
               :
               So
               I
               beseech
               you
               ,
               as
               you
               will
               answer
               it
               before
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               looke
               for
               a
               blessing
               vpon
               these
               Parties
               ,
               in
               loue
               of
               whom
               you
               are
               assembled
               ,
               that
               you
               would
               looke
               to
               your
               mirth
               ,
               and
               see
               whether
               it
               be
               such
               ,
               as
               in
               your
               Consciences
               you
               are
               perswaded
               ,
               that
               Christ
               Iesus
               himselfe
               ,
               if
               he
               were
               present
               ,
               would
               not
               be
               offended
               ,
               but
               well
               pleased
               with
               it
               .
               Consider
               whether
               thy
               mirth
               and
               laughter
               be
               such
               ,
               as
               Christ
               Iesus
               would
               be
               delighted
               therein
               with
               thee
               :
               For
               Christ
               our
               head
               ,
               mourneth
               with
               those
               that
               mourne
               in
               him
               ,
               and
               rejoceth
               with
               those
               that
               rejoyce
               in
               him
               :
               Otherwise
               assure
               thy selfe
               ,
               that
               that
               pleasure
               of
               thine
               ,
               with
               which
               Christ
               Iesus
               is
               displeased
               ,
               shall
               be
               turned
               into
               paine
               ;
               that
               that
               ioy
               of
               thine
               ,
               wherein
               Christ
               doth
               not
               ioy
               with
               thee
               ,
               shall
               be
               turned
               into
               sorrow
               ;
               that
               laughter
               of
               thine
               ,
               that
               is
               offensiue
               to
               him
               ,
               shall
               be
               turned
               into
               teares
               .
               There
               cannot
               be
               a
               greater
               wrong
               offred
               ▪
               to
               a
               man
               ,
               then
               for
               any
               to
               make
               themselues
               merry
               with
               that
               ,
               which
               shal
               greiue
               and
               vex
               him
               :
               How
               much
               more
               is
               it
               an
               hainous
               wrong
               vnto
               God
               ,
               when
               men
               shall
               be
               assembled
               to
               solace
               &
               delight
               themselues
               in
               those
               things
               ,
               
               which
               doe
               anger
               and
               displease
               him
               .
               Especially
               at
               such
               a
               time
               ,
               when
               he
               should
               be
               moued
               to
               bestow
               a
               blessing
               vpon
               the
               Parties
               married
               ;
               and
               then
               ,
               when
               we
               begg
               all
               joy
               and
               comfort
               for
               them
               at
               the
               hand
               of
               God.
               Verily
               ,
               the
               monstrous
               profane
               abuses
               that
               ordinarily
               vse
               to
               be
               vpon
               such
               Occasions
               ,
               are
               no
               doubt
               the
               speciall
               causes
               ,
               of
               so
               many
               curses
               ,
               that
               the
               Lord
               layeth
               vpon
               many
               that
               enter
               into
               this
               honourable
               state
               ,
               when
               the
               same
               shall
               in
               such
               vile
               manner
               be
               profaned
               and
               abused
               by
               them
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               
               the
               example
               of
               these
               virtuous
               persons
               that
               were
               maried
               in
               Cana
               ,
               and
               of
               them
               that
               made
               this
               Feast
               ,
               is
               to
               be
               imitated
               of
               all
               true
               Christians
               ,
               that
               haue
               giuen
               their
               names
               to
               Iesus
               Christ
               :
               they
               must
               call
               Christ
               Iesus
               to
               their
               Wedding
               ,
               they
               must
               invite
               him
               to
               their
               Mariage
               Feast
               .
            
             
               And
               great
               reason
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               among
               others
               ,
               nay
               aboue
               all
               other
               Guests
               ,
               Christ
               Iesus
               should
               be
               one
               .
            
             
               For
               1.
               
               
               If
               you
               that
               are
               to
               be
               maried
               be
               Christians
               ,
               Christ
               Iesus
               is
               the
               greatest
               frend
               that
               you
               haue
               in
               the
               whole
               world
               ,
               in
               heauen
               ,
               or
               in
               earth
               :
               And
               nature
               and
               custome
               hath
               taught
               men
               this
               ,
               to
               call
               their
               cheifest
               and
               best
               frends
               to
               their
               Weddings
               .
               So
               that
               inviting
               others
               and
               passing
               by
               him
               ,
               it
               shewes
               that
               they
               make
               higher
               account
               of
               others
               then
               of
               him
               ,
               and
               that
               (
               at
               the
               least
               )
               he
               is
               none
               of
               their
               dearest
               frends
               .
               And
               they
               are
               deadly
               enemies
               to
               Christ
               that
               take
               not
               him
               to
               be
               their
               dearest
               frend
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               
               As
               Christ
               is
               the
               dearest
               frend
               to
               euery
               true
               Christian
               ,
               so
               is
               he
               the
               neerest
               neighbour
               :
               Thou
               needs
               not
               send
               far
               for
               him
               ,
               he
               is
               deere
               alwayes
               ,
               and
               
               at
               hand
               to
               those
               that
               call
               vpon
               him
               :
               And
               it
               is
               the
               vse
               euer
               to
               invite
               our
               neerest
               neighbours
               ,
               if
               they
               be
               our
               frends
               .
               Now
               the
               Diuell
               is
               his
               Inmate
               ,
               who
               hath
               not
               Christ
               for
               his
               neerest
               neighbour
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               
               There
               is
               none
               hath
               more
               interest
               in
               the
               Bride
               and
               Bridegroome
               ,
               then
               Christ
               Iesus
               .
               He
               first
               gaue
               them
               both
               to
               their
               Parents
               ;
               He
               hath
               kept
               and
               preserued
               them
               to
               this
               estate
               ;
               He
               it
               is
               that
               hath
               giuen
               them
               their
               health
               ,
               wealth
               ,
               strength
               ,
               beauty
               ,
               &
               whatsoeuer
               is
               worthy
               or
               louely
               in
               them
               :
               He
               could
               take
               it
               away
               at
               his
               pleasure
               againe
               ;
               yea
               he
               could
               in
               a
               moment
               take
               the
               Bride
               from
               the
               Bride-Grome
               ,
               and
               on
               a
               sudden
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               twinckling
               of
               an
               eye
               ,
               turne
               all
               this
               preparation
               of
               joy
               into
               heauinesse
               and
               greife
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               
               All
               Christians
               ,
               are
               the
               Sonnes
               and
               Daughters
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               they
               are
               married
               in
               the
               house
               of
               God
               :
               Their
               Parents
               vpon
               earth
               are
               but
               Gods
               deputies
               .
               What
               a
               shame
               were
               it
               then
               to
               exclude
               Christ
               Iesus
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               invite
               him
               ?
            
             
               5.
               
               
               He
               sends
               all
               those
               things
               ,
               wherewith
               thou
               solemnizest
               thy
               feast
               :
               they
               are
               all
               his
               presents
               .
               And
               wilt
               thou
               faile
               to
               invite
               him
               ,
               that
               sendeth
               prouisions
               in
               so
               franckly
               and
               liberally
               to
               thee
               ?
            
             
               6.
               
               
               Who
               is
               it
               but
               Christ
               Iesus
               ,
               that
               can
               blesse
               any
               Mariage
               ,
               and
               make
               it
               comfortable
               and
               joyfull
               to
               the
               Parties
               ?
               Who
               but
               he
               can
               curse
               it
               ,
               and
               make
               it
               an
               yron
               yoke
               to
               both
               the
               parties
               ?
               Therefore
               great
               cause
               there
               is
               to
               invite
               him
               aboue
               all
               other
               .
            
             
               But
               alas
               (
               it
               will
               be
               said
               )
               Christ
               is
               now
               in
               heauen
               ,
               and
               will
               not
               come
               ,
               though
               he
               should
               be
               invited
               ;
               That
               for
               our
               parts
               wee
               would
               count
               our selues
               
               happy
               ,
               if
               he
               would
               vouchsafe
               to
               come
               to
               vs.
               
            
             
               I
               answer
               ,
               that
               though
               Christ
               Iesus
               be
               locally
               absent
               in
               regard
               of
               his
               bodie
               ,
               yet
               in
               regard
               of
               his
               Spirit
               he
               is
               present
               :
               and
               if
               mens
               hearts
               were
               set
               vpon
               him
               ,
               as
               they
               ought
               to
               be
               ;
               if
               they
               did
               but
               desire
               his
               presence
               ,
               they
               should
               finde
               his
               presence
               ,
               euen
               in
               as
               comfortable
               a
               manner
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               should
               descend
               from
               the
               Right
               Hand
               of
               his
               Father
               ,
               and
               in
               his
               bodie
               ,
               goe
               with
               the
               Bridegrome
               and
               Bride
               to
               Church
               ,
               and
               sit
               downe
               at
               the
               table
               with
               them
               .
            
             
               You
               therefore
               that
               are
               interessed
               in
               this
               present
               Action
               ,
               
               where
               so
               many
               Guests
               are
               invited
               ,
               examine
               your
               owne
               Soules
               and
               Consciences
               ,
               whether
               you
               haue
               not
               forgotten
               the
               principall
               Guest
               :
               It
               were
               better
               that
               the
               day
               of
               thy
               Mariage
               had
               bin
               the
               day
               of
               thy
               Buriall
               ,
               then
               that
               it
               should
               be
               said
               ,
               Thou
               wast
               married
               ,
               and
               Christ
               Iesus
               not
               remembred
               :
               And
               therefore
               if
               your
               Consciences
               smite
               you
               in
               this
               ,
               see
               that
               before
               you
               goe
               out
               of
               this
               place
               you
               invite
               him
               :
               It
               is
               not
               too
               late
               ;
               thou
               art
               now
               in
               his
               presence
               ,
               lift
               vp
               thy
               heart
               and
               minde
               ,
               and
               desire
               him
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               be
               present
               ,
               and
               that
               thou
               maist
               haue
               his
               blessed
               companie
               ;
               and
               then
               you
               shall
               be
               sure
               of
               a
               blessed
               and
               joyfull
               issue
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               
               Christians
               that
               would
               haue
               Christ
               Iesus
               present
               ,
               at
               their
               Feasts
               and
               Mariage-Solemnities
               ,
               may
               learne
               hence
               ,
               what
               persons
               they
               are
               to
               invite
               to
               keep
               Christ
               company
               .
               For
               in
               the
               Text
               it
               is
               specified
               of
               this
               Wedding
               ,
               that
               the
               Mother
               of
               Christ
               was
               there
               ,
               and
               the
               Disciples
               of
               Christ
               ;
               all
               godly
               persons
               ,
               all
               speciall
               frends
               vnto
               Christ.
               We
               say
               in
               the
               Prouerbe
               ,
               
                 It
                 s
                 merry
                 when
                 frends
                 meet
              
               ;
               
               And
               we
               know
               by
               experience
               ,
               that
               if
               men
               invite
               their
               speciall
               frend
               ,
               they
               will
               haue
               a
               care
               what
               company
               they
               entertaine
               him
               withall
               .
               If
               it
               may
               be
               ,
               they
               will
               take
               order
               that
               some
               that
               they
               know
               he
               loueth
               shall
               be
               invited
               to
               keepe
               him
               company
               ,
               at
               least
               such
               as
               they
               thinke
               he
               doth
               not
               hate
               .
               Neither
               can
               a
               man
               doe
               his
               frend
               a
               greater
               wrong
               ,
               then
               to
               invite
               him
               to
               feasting
               and
               merriment
               ,
               when
               togither
               with
               him
               ,
               he
               inviteth
               such
               as
               will
               by
               all
               possible
               meanes
               disgrace
               &
               despite
               him
               .
            
             
               Beloued
               ,
               
               Christ
               Iesus
               is
               the
               dearest
               frend
               thou
               hast
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               what
               interest
               he
               hath
               to
               be
               a
               bidden
               Guest
               ,
               to
               all
               Christian
               Mariages
               ,
               I
               haue
               shewed
               before
               .
               There
               's
               none
               but
               will
               say
               ,
               they
               haue
               called
               Christ
               Iesus
               to
               their
               Mariage
               ,
               and
               do
               desire
               aboue
               all
               things
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               bestow
               a
               blessing
               vpon
               them
               ;
               you
               come
               to
               the
               Church
               in
               this
               solemne
               manner
               ,
               to
               that
               very
               end
               and
               purpose
               to
               call
               him
               :
               But
               how
               doe
               Christians
               vse
               Christ
               Iesus
               at
               such
               times
               ?
               Certainly
               men
               vsually
               prouide
               Christ
               such
               companions
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               should
               rake
               hell
               for
               them
               .
               Such
               as
               set
               themselues
               ,
               by
               blasphemie
               ,
               ribaldrie
               ,
               and
               all
               kinde
               of
               profanesse
               ,
               to
               despite
               Christ
               Iesus
               ,
               and
               to
               offer
               all
               indignities
               possible
               to
               Him
               and
               his
               Religion
               .
               Is
               it
               therefore
               any
               wonder
               ,
               that
               Christ
               his
               own
               ordinance
               to
               some
               should
               proue
               a
               curse
               ;
               when
               he
               himself
               ,
               in
               the
               solemnization
               thereof
               ,
               shall
               be
               in
               such
               a
               manner
               cursed
               and
               blasphemed
               ,
               and
               when
               men
               at
               such
               times
               in
               steed
               of
               inviting
               the
               Mother
               of
               Christ
               and
               his
               Disciples
               ,
               to
               keepe
               Christ
               companie
               ,
               shall
               bid
               Annas
               ,
               and
               Caiphas
               ,
               and
               Malchus
               ,
               and
               other
               such
               like
               mates
               ,
               whom
               they
               know
               will
               
               set
               themselues
               to
               disgrace
               and
               scorne
               Iesus
               by
               all
               possible
               meanes
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               second
               place
               it
               is
               to
               bee
               considered
               ,
               
               that
               Christ
               commeth
               to
               the
               Mariage
               Feast
               being
               called
               .
            
             
               Whence
               in
               order
               ,
               let
               vs
               obserue
               these
               Instructions
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               
               the
               wonderfull
               meeknesse
               and
               lowlinesse
               of
               Iesus
               Christ
               ;
               that
               being
               called
               ,
               would
               vouchsafe
               his
               presence
               ,
               to
               countenance
               and
               grace
               the
               mariage
               of
               these
               two
               Persons
               ,
               who
               as
               it
               seemes
               were
               but
               some
               poore
               couple
               ,
               else
               they
               would
               in
               all
               likelyhood
               haue
               forecast
               to
               haue
               had
               wine
               enough
               .
               It
               would
               be
               thought
               a
               folly
               worthy
               to
               be
               chronicled
               ,
               if
               a
               Swineheard
               or
               a
               Shepheard
               ,
               should
               presume
               to
               invite
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               his
               Councell
               ,
               to
               his
               wedding
               .
               All
               the
               Kingdome
               would
               be
               in
               a
               wonderment
               ,
               if
               being
               so
               invited
               ,
               they
               should
               come
               and
               grace
               his
               Mariage
               with
               their
               Presence
               and
               with
               Gifts
               .
               Is
               it
               not
               much
               more
               to
               be
               wondred
               at
               ,
               that
               the
               King
               of
               Glory
               ,
               the
               Eternall
               Sonne
               of
               God
               should
               descend
               so
               low
               ,
               to
               grace
               with
               his
               high
               and
               holy
               presence
               ,
               so
               base
               and
               lowly
               a
               Couple
               .
            
             
               As
               Christ
               was
               ,
               
               so
               ought
               much
               more
               all
               his
               Ministers
               to
               be
               :
               Kings
               and
               Princes
               may
               and
               ought
               in
               such
               Cases
               to
               keep
               State
               ;
               but
               it
               must
               not
               be
               so
               with
               the
               Ministers
               of
               Christ
               ;
               They
               must
               be
               as
               Christ
               and
               his
               Apostles
               were
               ,
               
               
                 All
                 vnto
                 all
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 gaine
                 some
                 .
              
               Though
               they
               ought
               to
               rebuke
               Kings
               and
               Emperors
               when
               they
               are
               called
               vnto
               it
               ,
               yet
               they
               ought
               also
               to
               subiect
               themselues
               to
               the
               meanest
               and
               lowest
               of
               Gods
               people
               ,
               and
               should
               not
               
               thinke
               much
               to
               goe
               to
               the
               meetings
               of
               the
               meanest
               ,
               if
               a
               Christian
               Soule
               should
               desire
               it
               .
            
             
               Obserue
               secondly
               ,
               
               what
               a
               wonderfull
               grace
               and
               countenance
               herein
               Christ
               sheweth
               to
               this
               Ordinance
               .
               Verily
               ,
               if
               he
               had
               done
               no
               more
               ,
               but
               this
               ,
               to
               sit
               downe
               at
               the
               Table
               with
               them
               ,
               to
               eat
               of
               their
               meats
               ,
               and
               to
               drinke
               of
               their
               cups
               ,
               it
               had
               bin
               a
               far
               greater
               honour
               ,
               then
               if
               he
               had
               sent
               a
               Companie
               of
               Angels
               from
               heauen
               visibly
               to
               haue
               waited
               vpon
               and
               serued
               the
               Bridegroome
               and
               Bride
               ,
               that
               same
               day
               .
               If
               the
               Antichristian
               Papist
               had
               but
               such
               a
               president
               ,
               to
               grace
               their
               impure
               Votaries
               ,
               their
               Monks
               ,
               and
               their
               Nunns
               ▪
               if
               Christ
               had
               but
               gone
               in
               that
               manner
               ,
               being
               invited
               ,
               to
               a
               Monasterie
               ,
               a
               Priorie
               ,
               a
               Nunnery
               ,
               or
               a
               Hermitage
               ,
               it
               had
               bin
               enough
               to
               haue
               cried
               downe
               Mariage
               for
               euer
               ,
               and
               to
               haue
               aduanced
               their
               loose
               single
               life
               infinitely
               aboue
               it
               .
            
             
               This
               should
               teach
               vs
               to
               make
               the
               same
               vse
               of
               it
               for
               the
               magnifying
               of
               Mariage
               ,
               
               which
               they
               would
               haue
               made
               of
               it
               ,
               if
               they
               had
               it
               for
               their
               counterfeit
               Virginitie
               ;
               though
               its
               most
               probable
               ,
               that
               the
               Papists
               would
               not
               haue
               shewed
               themselues
               so
               forward
               for
               it
               ,
               if
               they
               should
               haue
               perceiued
               that
               Christ
               had
               bin
               such
               a
               frend
               vnto
               it
               .
            
             
               Note
               thirdly
               from
               hence
               ,
               
               that
               Christ
               Iesus
               is
               no
               enemie
               to
               honest
               mirth
               &
               delight
               ,
               at
               such
               meetings
               and
               solemnities
               as
               this
               ,
               but
               hath
               by
               his
               owne
               presence
               and
               precedent
               approued
               it
               .
               Though
               we
               doe
               not
               read
               in
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               that
               Christ
               euer
               laughed
               ,
               yet
               we
               neede
               not
               thinke
               that
               he
               was
               so
               rigide
               and
               austere
               ,
               that
               he
               could
               indure
               no
               mirth
               and
               delight
               ;
               
               As
               though
               men
               in
               his
               Presence
               were
               in
               their
               silent
               dumps
               ,
               and
               made
               dumbe
               shewes
               onely
               one
               to
               another
               .
               Surely
               then
               would
               not
               Christ
               haue
               bin
               so
               often
               invited
               to
               Feasts
               as
               he
               was
               ;
               or
               if
               he
               had
               ,
               he
               would
               not
               haue
               frequented
               them
               so
               often
               :
               For
               the
               speciall
               vse
               of
               Feasts
               are
               for
               frends
               to
               rejoyce
               and
               make
               merry
               togither
               in
               ;
               and
               therefore
               in
               the
               Holy
               Tongue
               haue
               their
               *
               name
               ,
               from
               leaping
               and
               rejoycing
               .
            
             
               So
               that
               we
               see
               hence
               ,
               
               That
               there
               is
               a
               season
               and
               a
               time
               when
               Christians
               may
               rejoyce
               togither
               ,
               yea
               and
               that
               in
               the
               presence
               and
               before
               the
               face
               of
               Christ
               Iesus
               himselfe
               ;
               he
               sitting
               by
               ,
               and
               looking
               on
               .
               Seruants
               vse
               to
               be
               most
               merry
               amongst
               themselues
               ,
               and
               the
               presence
               of
               Master
               and
               Mistris
               damps
               their
               mirth
               .
               But
               the
               Seruants
               of
               Christ
               may
               be
               as
               merry
               in
               his
               presence
               as
               behinde
               his
               backe
               .
               Yea
               they
               are
               more
               merry
               when
               he
               sits
               at
               table
               with
               them
               ,
               then
               when
               he
               is
               absent
               .
            
             
               I
               obserue
               this
               the
               rather
               ,
               to
               crosse
               an
               illusion
               of
               Sathan
               ,
               whereby
               he
               vsually
               perswades
               the
               merry
               Greekes
               of
               the
               world
               ;
               That
               if
               they
               should
               once
               devote
               themselues
               to
               the
               Seruice
               of
               Iesus
               Christ
               ,
               that
               then
               they
               must
               bid
               an
               euerlasting
               farewell
               to
               all
               mirth
               and
               delight
               ;
               that
               then
               all
               their
               merry
               dayes
               are
               gone
               ;
               that
               in
               the
               kingdome
               of
               Christ
               ,
               there
               is
               nothing
               ,
               but
               sighing
               and
               groning
               ,
               and
               fasting
               and
               prayer
               .
               But
               see
               here
               the
               contrary
               :
               euen
               in
               the
               kingdome
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               in
               his
               House
               ,
               there
               is
               marrying
               and
               giuing
               in
               mariage
               ,
               drinking
               of
               wine
               ,
               feasting
               ,
               and
               rejoycing
               euen
               in
               the
               very
               face
               of
               Christ.
               Nay
               it
               s
               not
               possible
               ,
               that
               any
               person
               vpon
               
               earth
               ,
               should
               joy
               as
               the
               seruants
               of
               Christ
               doe
               .
               Doe
               but
               consider
               the
               joy
               of
               a
               condemned
               person
               ,
               when
               at
               the
               place
               of
               Execution
               he
               hath
               receiued
               a
               pardon
               :
               Such
               is
               the
               joy
               of
               Christs
               seruants
               ,
               especially
               then
               ,
               when
               Christ
               comes
               vnto
               them
               .
               For
               before
               he
               vses
               to
               come
               ,
               he
               suffers
               men
               to
               be
               as
               persons
               at
               the
               point
               of
               Execution
               ,
               he
               brings
               them
               euen
               to
               the
               pit
               of
               Hell
               ,
               to
               Hell
               mouth
               ,
               and
               then
               when
               he
               comes
               to
               them
               ,
               he
               brings
               a
               Pardon
               with
               him
               .
               Christs
               seruants
               indeed
               haue
               many
               greifes
               ,
               and
               qualmes
               come
               ouer
               their
               heart
               ;
               but
               it
               is
               then
               with
               them
               ,
               as
               with
               women
               neere
               their
               time
               of
               bringing
               forth
               ;
               they
               are
               in
               trauaile
               with
               some
               joy
               .
               Cleane
               contrary
               it
               is
               with
               wicked
               ones
               ;
               who
               haue
               oft-times
               many
               flashings
               of
               joy
               :
               but
               when
               they
               are
               in
               the
               height
               of
               it
               ,
               they
               are
               then
               big-bellied
               ,
               and
               ready
               to
               trauell
               of
               some
               sorrow
               :
               and
               their
               owne
               wofull
               experience
               makes
               them
               expect
               it
               .
               For
               it
               s
               very
               vsuall
               with
               them
               in
               the
               extremitie
               of
               their
               mirth
               to
               say
               ,
               
                 I
                 pray
                 God
                 I
                 heare
                 of
                 no
                 sorrow
                 ,
                 I
                 haue
                 bin
                 this
                 day
                 so
                 merry
                 .
              
               And
               good
               cause
               they
               haue
               so
               to
               feare
               ,
               that
               cannot
               be
               merry
               ,
               except
               the
               Diuell
               play
               the
               Musitian
               ;
               that
               cannot
               sing
               ,
               except
               the
               dittie
               be
               made
               in
               Hell.
               Let
               all
               our
               jolly
               Gallants
               and
               merry
               Companions
               therefore
               know
               ,
               That
               the
               Children
               of
               God
               can
               be
               merry
               and
               pleasant
               ,
               though
               they
               cannot
               cog
               ,
               lie
               ,
               sweare
               ,
               swagger
               ,
               talke
               lasciuiously
               ,
               and
               filthily
               ,
               &c.
               
               And
               they
               shall
               then
               be
               euerlastingly
               merry
               ,
               
               when
               the
               wicked
               that
               now
               seeme
               to
               be
               made
               of
               nothing
               else
               but
               mirth
               and
               pleasure
               ,
               shall
               gnash
               their
               teeth
               and
               howle
               in
               Hell
               for
               euer
               and
               euer
               .
            
             
             
             
             
             
             
               4ly
               .
               
               Sith
               Christ
               is
               ready
               to
               come
               to
               our
               Mariages
               and
               Weddings
               ;
               This
               should
               teach
               vs
               ,
               to
               prouide
               for
               him
               ,
               those
               dishes
               ,
               that
               himselfe
               best
               loues
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               vseth
               most
               to
               feed
               vpon
               .
               In
               which
               prouision
               ,
               thou
               needst
               not
               to
               put
               euer
               the
               more
               in
               the
               Pot
               for
               him
               ,
               or
               vpon
               the
               Spit
               ,
               or
               in
               the
               Ouen
               .
               But
               the
               Table
               that
               thou
               art
               to
               spread
               to
               Christ
               must
               be
               in
               thy
               heart
               ;
               see
               that
               thy
               heart
               stand
               syncerely
               affected
               vnto
               him
               ;
               yea
               thou
               must
               dresse
               and
               prepare
               thy
               Soule
               for
               him
               .
               
               For
               as
               the
               speciall
               meat
               that
               he
               prepared
               for
               himselfe
               to
               feed
               vpon
               ,
               was
               ,
               his
               doing
               of
               his
               Fathers
               will
               ;
               so
               the
               best
               dish
               that
               thou
               canst
               prepare
               for
               him
               ,
               is
               ,
               Thy
               obedience
               to
               his
               will.
               
            
             
               Those
               therefore
               that
               call
               Christ
               to
               their
               lewdnes
               ,
               
               ribaldrie
               ,
               blasphemie
               ,
               &c.
               they
               call
               him
               to
               a
               banket
               of
               Carrian
               ,
               or
               a
               worse
               matter
               then
               that
               ;
               and
               offer
               him
               a
               bowle
               of
               vineger
               and
               gall
               to
               drinke
               .
            
             
               The
               second
               meanes
               ,
               
               by
               which
               Christ
               dignifieth
               Mariage
               ,
               is
               ,
               by
               working
               a
               Miracle
               ,
               yea
               the
               first
               Miracle
               that
               euer
               he
               wrought
               ,
               a
               Miracle
               whereby
               he
               turnes
               water
               into
               wine
               ,
               yea
               into
               most
               excellent
               wine
               .
               I
               must
               in
               regard
               of
               Time
               ,
               handle
               all
               these
               points
               togither
               confusedly
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               
               Hence
               obserue
               that
               Christ
               being
               called
               to
               the
               Mariage
               ,
               cometh
               thither
               God
               as
               well
               as
               man
               ;
               yea
               and
               graceth
               the
               Mariage
               with
               the
               manifestation
               of
               his
               Deity
               ;
               so
               that
               those
               that
               haue
               this
               grace
               to
               call
               Christ
               Iesus
               to
               their
               Mariage
               ,
               (
               and
               all
               such
               call
               him
               ,
               as
               heartily
               call
               vpon
               him
               ,
               )
               they
               shall
               feele
               his
               presence
               ,
               yea
               and
               his
               diuine
               power
               in
               his
               presence
               ;
               for
               Christ
               neuer
               comes
               being
               called
               ,
               but
               he
               leaues
               behinde
               him
               some
               prints
               of
               his
               Godhead
               &
               divine
               power
               .
            
             
             
               And
               this
               may
               be
               a
               signe
               vnto
               thee
               ;
               
               That
               thou
               neuer
               didst
               heartily
               call
               Christ
               Iesus
               ,
               vnto
               thy
               house
               ,
               and
               vnto
               thy
               table
               ,
               if
               thou
               hast
               had
               no
               sense
               and
               feeling
               of
               his
               diuine
               power
               ,
               doing
               a
               greater
               worke
               and
               more
               powerfull
               within
               thy selfe
               ,
               then
               is
               the
               turning
               of
               water
               into
               wine
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               
               Obserue
               how
               Christ
               recompenceth
               those
               that
               are
               kind
               vnto
               him
               ,
               how
               in
               their
               necessitie
               he
               worketh
               a
               Miracle
               to
               supply
               their
               want
               .
               So
               that
               they
               ,
               that
               haue
               this
               grace
               ,
               to
               invite
               Christ
               Iesus
               ,
               and
               to
               call
               him
               to
               their
               Feasts
               ,
               rather
               then
               they
               shall
               want
               any
               thing
               needfull
               for
               them
               ,
               he
               will
               worke
               Miracles
               .
            
             
               What
               greater
               incouragement
               can
               men
               haue
               then
               this
               ,
               to
               make
               Christ
               Iesus
               alwayes
               their
               cheefest
               Guest
               ?
               For
               then
               ,
               rather
               then
               they
               shall
               die
               for
               hunger
               or
               thirst
               ,
               he
               will
               raine
               milke
               ,
               and
               honie
               ,
               and
               Quailes
               from
               Heauen
               ,
               to
               feede
               and
               nourish
               them
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               
               In
               that
               Christ
               vpon
               present
               necessitie
               turnes
               Water
               into
               Wine
               ,
               the
               present
               Feast
               requiring
               it
               ;
               It
               teacheth
               vs
               ,
               That
               Christs
               extraordinarie
               works
               are
               not
               for
               gazing
               and
               wonderment
               ,
               but
               for
               speciall
               vse
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               seuerall
               necessities
               of
               his
               Seruants
               .
               They
               wanted
               wine
               ,
               the
               soule
               and
               life
               of
               a
               Feast
               ;
               and
               Christ
               by
               Miracle
               makes
               wine
               .
            
             
               And
               first
               this
               againe
               ,
               
               should
               be
               a
               wonderfull
               incouragement
               ,
               especially
               to
               persons
               entring
               into
               the
               state
               of
               Matrimonie
               ,
               which
               seemeth
               to
               bring
               many
               necessities
               with
               it
               ,
               to
               make
               speciall
               account
               of
               such
               a
               Guest
               ,
               who
               will
               not
               onely
               supply
               their
               wants
               in
               generall
               ,
               but
               their
               speciall
               wants
               ,
               belonging
               
               to
               their
               speciall
               places
               .
               He
               that
               but
               in
               a
               matter
               of
               ceremonie
               and
               complement
               ,
               turned
               water
               into
               wine
               ,
               that
               there
               might
               be
               no
               dishonor
               to
               that
               Feast
               ,
               where
               he
               was
               a
               Guest
               :
               Will
               he
               see
               any
               needfull
               thing
               wanting
               to
               them
               that
               marry
               in
               his
               feare
               ?
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               
               this
               should
               comfort
               men
               against
               the
               ouer-much
               cares
               of
               this
               world
               ,
               for
               Wife
               ,
               and
               Children
               .
               He
               that
               now
               turned
               water
               into
               wine
               ,
               can
               turne
               stones
               into
               bread
               ▪
               lead
               into
               siluer
               ,
               brasse
               into
               gold
               ,
               &
               will
               do
               it
               rather
               then
               thou
               shouldest
               want
               ,
               and
               if
               in
               his
               wisedome
               he
               did
               see
               it
               good
               for
               these
               he
               can
               also
               as
               ,
               easily
               turne
               a
               bad
               Husband
               into
               a
               good
               ,
               and
               a
               bad
               Wife
               into
               a
               good
               ,
               a
               Poore
               man
               into
               a
               Rich
               ,
               a
               Base
               man
               into
               a
               Noble
               ,
               a
               Cottage
               into
               a
               Pallace
               &c.
               Make
               much
               therefore
               of
               Christ.
               For
               on
               the
               contrary
               side
               ,
               exclude
               Christ
               out
               of
               your
               Feasts
               ,
               and
               he
               will
               turne
               thy
               wine
               into
               water
               ,
               if
               not
               in
               the
               glasse
               ,
               or
               in
               thy
               mouth
               ,
               yet
               in
               thy
               stomack
               ;
               so
               that
               it
               shall
               do
               thy
               Spirits
               no
               more
               good
               ,
               then
               if
               thou
               hadst
               drunke
               a
               cup
               of
               cold
               water
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               
               this
               should
               teach
               vs
               to
               imitate
               Christ.
               Doth
               he
               in
               this
               manner
               honour
               Mariage
               by
               a
               Miracle
               ?
               Surely
               ,
               those
               persons
               that
               are
               maried
               ,
               should
               honour
               him
               with
               the
               like-Miracle
               .
               They
               should
               endeuour
               also
               to
               turne
               water
               into
               wine
               .
               But
               how
               ?
               Surely
               ,
               whereas
               their
               former
               lives
               and
               conversations
               haue
               bin
               vnto
               Christ
               but
               (
               as
               it
               were
               )
               a
               cup
               of
               heartlesse
               water
               ;
               they
               should
               be
               vnto
               him
               by
               their
               amendment
               ,
               as
               a
               cup
               of
               wine
               to
               cheere
               vp
               his
               heart
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A01553-e220
           
             Mr.
             W.
             Br.
             
          
           
             a
             Rom.
             9.
             8.
             
          
           
             b
             Eorum
             filij
             dicimur
             ,
             quorum
             actus
             imitamur
             .
             Origen
             .
             in
             Ezech.
             hom
             .
             4.
             
             &
             Greg.
             Rom.
             mor.
             lib.
             20.
             cap.
             17.
             
          
           
             c
             Ioh.
             8.
             39.
             
             Etiam
             virtus
             fecit
             mihi
             fratrem
             Iesum
             ,
             patrem
             Abraham
             .
             Origen
             .
             in
             Ezech.
             hō
             .
             8.
             &
             in
             Rom.
             c.
             4.
             
          
           
             d
             Rom.
             4.
             12
             ,
             23.
             
             Israel
             spiritalis
             à
             carnali
             ,
             non
             nobilitate
             patriae
             ,
             sed
             nouitate
             gratiae
             ,
             nec
             gente
             ,
             sed
             mente
             distinguitur
             .
             Aug.
             doctr
             .
             Chr.
             l.
             3.
             c.
             34.
             
          
           
             e
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Homer
             .
             Odyss
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Eurip.
             Heracl
             .
             Hīc
             Demosthenes
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Aristid
             .
             in
             Cimon
             .
             Et
             inde
             diverbium
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Neminem
             prope
             magnorum
             virorum
             filium
             optimum
             reliquisse
             satis
             claret
             Tales
             plerique
             habuerunt
             ,
             vt
             melius
             fuerit
             de
             rebus
             humanis
             sine
             posteritate
             discedere
             .
             Spartian
             in
             Severo
             .
          
           
             f
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Matth.
             12.
             39.
             
             &
             16.
             4.
             
             Spuria
             soboles
             :
             vt
             rectè
             Piscat
             .
          
           
             g
             Ezech.
             16.
             3.
             non
             de
             eorum
             semine
             ,
             sed
             de
             imitatione
             generati
             .
             Greg.
             mor.
             l.
             20.
             c.
             11.
             quibus
             eos
             non
             necessitudo
             ,
             sed
             morum
             similitudo
             iungebat
             .
             Origen
             .
             in
             Rom.
             4.
             
          
           
             h
             Rom.
             6.
             6
             ,
             7.
             
             Vide
             Aug.
             epist.
             200.
             
          
           
             i
             Ioh.
             1.
             47.
             
          
           
             k
             Galat.
             6.
             16.
             
             Psal.
             128.
             6.
             
             &
             125.
             5.
             
          
           
             l
             Esai
             .
             26.
             3
             
             &
             57.
             19.
             
          
           
             m
             Psal.
             119.
             165.
             
          
           
             n
             Ioh.
             14.
             27.
             
          
           
             o
             Pacem
             omnimodam
             .
             Iun.
             
          
           
             *
             Esai
             48.
             22.
             
             &
             57.
             21.
             
          
           
             p
             Philip.
             4.
             7.
             
          
           
             q
             Matth.
             24.
             13.
             
             Apoc.
             2.
             10.
             
          
           
             r
             1.
             
             Petr.
             1.
             9.
             
          
           
             s
             Vnum
             è
             duobus
             necesse
             est
             ,
             aut
             proficere
             ,
             aut
             prorsus
             deficere
             .
             Bern.
             in
             Cant.
             
          
           
             t
             2.
             
             Pet.
             3.
             18.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A01553-e1100
           
             a
             Autor
             opus
             laudat
             .
             -Ovid
             .
             de
             pont
             .
             lib.
             4.
             eleg
             .
             9.
             
          
           
             b
             Prov.
             1.
             1.
             
          
           
             Autor
             .
          
           
             c
             2.
             
             Pet.
             1.
             21.
             
          
           
             d
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             2.
             
             Tim.
             3.
             16.
             
          
           
             e
             2.
             
             Chron.
             1.
             12.
             1.
             
             King.
             3.
             12.
             
          
           
             Matter
             .
          
           
             f
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             à
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             quod
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             &
             dominari
             significat
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             sive
             dignitates
             ,
             quae
             vitae
             Dominae
             &
             moderatrices
             esse
             debent
             .
             Cartwright
             in
             Prov.
             
          
           
             Coherence
             .
          
           
             g
             vers
             .
             13.
             
          
           
             h
             vers
             .
             14.
             
          
           
             i
             vers
             .
             13.
             
          
           
             k
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Plut.
             de
             tranquill
             .
             Dolores
             eo
             acerbiores
             ,
             quo
             interiores
             .
             Aug.
             in
             Psal.
             45.
             
          
           
             l
             Molestissimū
             malum
             intestinum
             &
             domesticum
             .
             Bern.
             in
             Cant.
             serm
             .
             29.
             
          
           
             m
             Matth.
             10.
             36.
             
          
           
             Mica
             .
             7.
             6.
             
          
           
             *
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Hesiod
             .
             oper
             .
             Hinc
             Themistocles
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Plut.
             〈◊〉
             .
             Et
             v●tus
             verbum
             ,
             Aliquid
             mali
             esse
             propter
             vici●um
             malum
             .
             Plaut
             .
             Merc
             act
             4.
             sc.
             4.
             
          
           
             n
             Quot
             serui
             ,
             tot
             hostes
             .
             Sen.
             epist.
             47.
             
             Macrob.
             Sat.
             lib.
             1.
             c.
             10.
             
             &
             Fest.
             lit
             .
             Q.
             Quot
             .
             serui
             ,
             tot
             fures
             .
             Serv.
             ad
             Virg.
             eclog.
             3.
             
          
           
             o
             Psal.
             41.
             9.
             
             Ioh.
             13.
             18.
             
          
           
             p
             Mica
             .
             7.
             5.
             
          
           
             q
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Aesopꝰ
             apud
             Gabriam
             .
             Coluber
             in
             sinis
             .
          
           
             r
             Qui
             ignotos
             laedit
             ,
             latro
             appellatur
             ;
             qui
             amicos
             ,
             paulò
             minus
             quàm
             pari●ida
             .
             Petron.
             satyr
             .
          
           
             s
             Psal.
             55.
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             t
             Prov.
             18.
             24.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Dion
             .
             Chrysost.
             orat
             .
             3.
             
          
           
             u
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ;
             (
             Psal.
             133.
             1.
             )
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Menand
             .
             Vide
             Hieroclē
             de
             amore
             fratern
             .
             &
             Muson
             .
             de
             lib.
             to
             l●end
             .
             apud
             .
             Stob.
             tom
             .
             2.
             cap.
             82
             Hirc
             vetus
             verbum
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Plato
             polit
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             x
             Prov.
             18.
             19.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Aristot.
             polit
             .
             l.
             7.
             c.
             7.
             
          
           
             y
             Vectes
             arcis
             :
             qui
             ferrei
             aut
             anei
             esse
             solent
             .
             Psal.
             107.
             16.
             
             Esai
             .
             45.
             2.
             
          
           
             z
             Contiguum
             ibi
             ,
             istic
             continuum
             soluitur
             .
          
           
             a
             Parsque
             tui
             latitat
             corpore
             clausa
             meo
             .
             Ovid.
             epist.
             2.
             
          
           
             b
             Pignora
             nostra
             ,
             Viscera
             nostra
             ;
             potius
             quàm
             opes
             ,
             v●i
             Ovid.
             ep
             .
             1.
             2.
             
             Sā
             .
             16.
             11.
             
             Philem.
             12
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             c
             Prov
             10.
             1.
             
          
           
             d
             Prov.
             17.
             21.
             
          
           
             e
             Nemo
             quisquam
             ferè
             vnquam
             sic
             dolet
             ,
             vt
             non
             idē
             aliquando
             gaudeat
             .
             Sedenim
             qui
             omni
             momento
             dolet
             ,
             is
             verè
             dicitur
             non
             gaudere
             .
             Drus.
             observ
             .
             l.
             1.
             c.
             22.
             
             Vise
             &
             Agell
             .
             nect
             .
             Attic.
             l.
             2.
             c.
             6.
             
          
           
             f
             Prov.
             5.
             16
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             *
             Prout
             Alpheum
             Arethuse
             aiunt
             commisceri
             .
          
           
             g
             Genes
             .
             49
             22.
             
             Psal.
             128.
             3.
             
          
           
             h
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Rom
             11.
             24.
             
          
           
             i
             Ezech.
             37.
             17
             
             Vno
             Vt
             siquis
             geminos
             cōducat
             cor●●ce
             ramos
             ,
             Crescendo
             iungi
             ,
             pari●erque
             adoles●ere
             cernit
             .
             Ovid.
             metam
             .
             l.
             4.
             
          
           
             k
             Genes
             .
             2.
             24.
             
          
           
             l
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Christꝰ
             Mat.
             19.
             5.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Moses
             .
          
           
             o
             Ita
             Mosen
             supplet
             Christus
             :
             quomodo
             &
             Math.
             4.
             10.
             ex
             Deut.
             6.
             13.
             
             &
             10.
             20.
             
          
           
             p
             Prov.
             19.
             14.
             
          
           
             q
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Prov.
             10.
             5.
             
             &
             17.
             2.
             
             &
             19.
             26.
             
             &
             29.
             15.
             
          
           
             r
             Prov.
             19.
             13.
             
          
           
             s
             Prov.
             27.
             15.
             
          
           
             t
             August
             in
             Psal.
             33.
             &
             in
             Psal.
             35.
             &
             in
             Psal.
             45.
             &
             alibi
             .
          
           
             u
             Prov.
             19.
             13.
             
          
           
             x
             In
             cubiculo
             ,
             in
             cubili
             ipso
             .
             Aug.
             in
             Psal
             45.
             
          
           
             y
             Quā
             nec
             fugere
             ,
             nec
             fugare
             licet
             .
             Lips.
             in
             politic
             .
             Conscientiā
             enim
             à
             Deo
             (
             comitē
             individ●ā
             )
             accepimus
             ,
             quae
             diuelli
             à
             nobis
             non
             potest
             .
             Cic.
             pro
             Cluent
             .
          
           
             2
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Menand
             .
             Penus
             malorum
             est
             omnili
             mulier
             mala
             .
          
           
             z
             Prov.
             21.
             9.
             
             &
             25.
             24.
             
          
           
             3
             Prov.
             21.
             19.
             
             Sirac
             .
             25.
             18
             ,
             22.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Menand
             .
             Mala
             mulier
             quauis
             fera
             truculentior
             .
             H.
             Steph.
             
          
           
             a
             Matth.
             19.
             10.
             
             Summe
             .
          
           
             b
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Hesiod
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Simonid
             .
             apud
             Clem.
             Alex.
             strom
             .
             l.
             6.
             
             Sors
             potior
             maliere
             proba
             non
             ●btigit
             vnquam
             Vlla
             viro
             ;
             contraque
             mala
             nil
             tetrius
             vsquā
             est
             .
             Erasm.
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Menand
             .
             Salus
             &
             exitium
             mulier
             est
             aedibus
             .
             H.
             Steph.
             
          
           
             c
             vers
             .
             13.
             
          
           
             d
             Psal.
             4.
             6.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Antiphanes
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Sophocles
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Hesiod
             .
             Prima
             ferè
             v●ta
             &
             cunctis
             notissima
             templis
             ,
             Divitiae
             vt
             crescant
             .
             -
             Iuven.
             sat
             .
             10.
             
             Totus
             populus
             in
             alijs
             discors
             ,
             in
             hoc
             convenit
             :
             hoc
             suspiciunt
             ;
             hoc
             sibi
             ,
             hoc
             suis
             optant
             .
             Sen.
             epist.
             115.
             
          
           
             e
             Psal.
             22.
             1.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Menād
             .
          
           
             Meaning
             .
          
           
             f
             Prov.
             10.
             22.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Pindar
             .
             Pyth.
             8.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Aeschyl
             Theb.
             
          
           
             g
             Psal.
             127.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             h
             Deut.
             8.
             18.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Pindar
             .
             Pyth.
             8.
             
          
           
             i
             Iudg.
             14.
             2.
             
          
           
             k
             Deut.
             7.
             3.
             
          
           
             Point
             1.
             
          
           
             l
             Prov.
             18.
             22.
             
          
           
             m
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Eccles.
             7.
             1.
             
             Prov.
             22.
             1.
             
             &
             Genes
             .
             11.
             4.
             
             Ellipsi●
             ,
             qualis
             est
             &
             Esai
             .
             1.
             18.
             
             &
             Mal.
             1.
             14.
             
             Vise
             Camium
             ibid.
             
          
           
             n
             Tanquam
             vxor
             mala
             ne
             vxor
             quidem
             sit
             .
             Drus.
             
          
           
             *
             Genes
             .
             2.
             22.
             
          
           
             Reason
             .
          
           
             o
             Genes
             .
             2.
             18.
             
          
           
             p
             Genes
             .
             24.
             7
             ,
             56.
             
          
           
             q
             Matth.
             19.
             6.
             
          
           
             r
             〈…〉
             ●●minem
             sineh
             mine
             ,
             pr●creat
             hominem
             ex
             homine
             .
             Aug.
             de
             verb.
             Ap.
             11.
             
             Ier.
             1.
             5.
             
          
           
             s
             Prov.
             18.
             22.
             
          
           
             t
             Eccles.
             7.
             26.
             
          
           
             Point
             2.
             
          
           
             *
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Menād
             Haud
             facile
             coniugē
             nanciscier
             bonam
             .
             H.
             St●ph
             .
          
           
             Reason
             .
          
           
             n
             Ierem.
             17.
             9.
             
          
           
             x
             1.
             
             Cor.
             2.
             11.
             
             Corda
             humana
             alienis
             oculis
             clausa
             snut
             .
             Greg.
             Rom.
             mor.
             lib.
             25.
             cap.
             9.
             
             Non
             est
             hominis
             scire
             quid
             sit
             in
             homine
             ,
             nisi
             forte
             quis
             ad
             hoc
             ipsum
             fuerit
             vel
             sti●itu
             Dei
             illuminatus
             ,
             vel
             angelica
             informatus
             industria
             .
             Bern.
             in
             Cāt.
             65.
             
          
           
             y
             Fides
             suadenda
             nō
             imperanda
             Eern.
             in
             Cant.
             66.
             
             Religionem
             imperare
             non
             possumꝰ
             :
             quia
             nemo
             cogitur
             vt
             credat
             invitus
             .
             Theodori●ꝰ
             apud
             Cassiod
             .
             var.
             l.
             2.
             ep
             .
             27.
             
             Non
             est
             religionis
             cogere
             religionē
             ,
             quae
             sponte
             suscipi
             debet
             .
             Tertull
             .
             ad
             Scap.
             Quis
             enim
             imponat
             mihi
             necessitatem
             vel
             colendi
             quod
             nolim
             ,
             vel
             quod
             velim
             non
             colendi
             ?
             Lactant.
             institut
             .
             l.
             5.
             cap.
             13.
             credendi
             .
             Lipsiu●
             polit
             .
             l.
             4.
             c.
             4.
             
          
           
             z
             Nescit
             amor
             quo
             (
             non
             )
             libe●
             cogi
             .
             Tertull
             de
             pudic
             .
          
           
             a
             Cant.
             8.
             6
             ,
             7.
             non
             extorquebis
             amari
             .
             Claud.
             Honor
             .
             Coss.
             4.
             
          
           
             b
             Non
             amote
             ,
             Sabidi
             ,
             nec
             possum
             dicere
             quare
             :
             Hoc
             vnū
             possum
             dicere
             ,
             Non
             amote
             .
             Martial
             .
             ep
             .
             33.
             lib.
             1.
             
          
           
             c
             Exod.
             8.
             19.
             
          
           
             d
             Genes
             .
             24.
             50.
             
          
           
             Vse
             1.
             
          
           
             e
             Psal.
             128.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             f
             Rom
             11.
             16.
             
          
           
             g
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ●●●rocles
             de
             nupt
             .
             apud
             Stob.
             tō
             .
             2.
             cap.
             65.
             
          
           
             h
             Psal.
             127.
             3.
             
          
           
             i
             Is
             enim
             ex
             titulo
             Autor
             videtur
             .
          
           
             k
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Drachmam
             dare
             nō
             est
             regium
             .
          
           
             l
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Talentum
             petere
             non
             est
             Cynicum
             .
             Antigonus
             Thrasyllo
             apud
             Plut.
             in
             apophth
             .
             Et
             Sen.
             d●
             benef
             .
             l.
             2.
             c.
             17.
             
          
           
             m
             Non
             quaero
             quid
             te
             accipere
             deceat
             ,
             sed
             quid
             me
             dare
             .
             Alexand.
             apud
             Sē
             .
             de
             benef
             .
             lib
             2.
             c.
             16.
             
             Idem
             Perillo
             amico
             cū
             ad
             filias
             elocandas
             talēta
             quīquaginta
             assignasset
             ,
             is
             autem
             decem
             suffi●ere
             affirmasset
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Plut.
             in
             apophth
             .
          
           
             n
             Genes
             .
             1.
             31.
             
          
           
             o
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             1.
             
             Tim.
             4.
             4.
             
          
           
             Vse
             2.
             
          
           
             p
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Hebr.
             13.
             4.
             
          
           
             q
             Si
             Dei
             beneficia
             vtentium
             prauitate
             perpendimus
             ,
             nihil
             non
             nostro
             malo
             accepimus
             .
             Nihil
             invenies
             tam
             manifestae
             vtilitatis
             ,
             quod
             non
             in
             contrarium
             transferat
             culpa
             .
             Sen.
             quaest
             .
             natur
             .
             l.
             5.
             c.
             18.
             
          
           
             r
             Iam.
             1.
             17.
             
             Si
             Deus
             bonus
             ,
             Diabolus
             malus
             ,
             nec
             à
             bono
             quicqnā
             mali
             ,
             nec
             à
             malo
             quicquā
             bon●
             potest
             provenire
             .
             Aug.
             
          
           
             s
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Aristot.
             de
             sens
             .
             c.
             4.
             
             Cum
             aqua
             ipsa
             nec
             saporem
             nec
             odorem
             habeat
             .
          
           
             t
             Tinguntur
             ,
             eorumque
             trahunt
             similitudinē
             ,
             in
             quorum
             oram
             subeundo
             venere
             .
             Plin.
             hist.
             nat
             .
             l.
             2.
             c.
             18.
             
          
           
             u
             Esai
             .
             58.
             5.
             
             &
             1.
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             14.
             
             Secundum
             libidinem
             suam
             celebrando
             ,
             sua
             iam
             ,
             non
             Dei
             fece●ant
             .
             Tertull.
             advers
             .
             Marc.
             lib.
             2.
             
          
           
             3
             Improb●
             nihil
             prodest
             ;
             quia
             quicquid
             ad
             illum
             pervenit
             ,
             prauo
             vsu
             corrumpitur
             .
             Senec.
             de
             benef
             .
             lib.
             5.
             c
             21.
             
             Nihil
             potest
             ad
             malos
             p●rvenire
             ,
             quod
             prosit
             ,
             imò
             nihil
             quod
             non
             noceat
             .
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             4
             Potestas
             à
             Deo
             ,
             abusus
             ab
             homine
             .
             Antō
             .
             sum
             .
             part
             .
             3.
             tit
             .
             22.
             c.
             2.
             
          
           
             x
             Qui
             non
             litigat
             caeleb●
             est
             .
             Hieron
             .
             adv
             .
             I●vin
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Menand
             .
             Semper
             habet
             lites
             alternaque
             iurgia
             lectus
             ,
             In
             quo
             nuptaia●et
             ,
             minimum
             dormitur
             in
             illo
             .
             Iuven.
             sat
             .
             6.
             
          
           
             y
             Non
             queramur
             de
             autore
             nostri
             Deo
             ,
             si
             beneficia
             eius
             corrumpimus
             ,
             &
             vt
             essent
             contraria
             ,
             efficimus
             .
             Sen.
             quaest
             .
             nat
             .
             l.
             5.
             c.
             18.
             
          
           
             z
             Gen.
             3.
             12.
             
          
           
             a
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Homer
             .
             Iliad
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             b
             Mal●●
             animu●●mnia
             in
             〈◊〉
             verti●●
             〈◊〉
             quae
             optimi
             specie
             venerant
             .
             Sen
             ▪
             epist
             ▪
             98.
             
          
           
             c
             Tit.
             1.
             15.
             
             Vis●
             Galen
             .
             de
             facult
             .
             aliment
             .
             lib.
             1.
             
             Dulcia
             s●in
             bilem
             vertent
             ,
             stomachoque
             tumultum
             Versa
             ferent
             .
             Horat.
             sat
             .
             2
             lib.
             2.
             
             Quemadm●d●m
             stomachus
             morbo
             vitiatus
             &
             colligens
             bilem
             ,
             qu●scunque
             accepit
             cibos
             mutat
             ,
             &
             ●mne
             〈…〉
             causam
             doloris
             trahit
             :
             ita
             animus
             ca●us
             ,
             quicquid
             illi
             〈…〉
             suum
             &
             perniciam
             ,
             &
             occasionem
             miseriae
             facit
             .
             Sen.
             de
             benef
             .
             l.
             5.
             c.
             12.
             
          
           
             d
             Quaecunque
             illi●
             contigerunt
             ,
             in
             natura●●
             suam
             vertunt
             ,
             &
             ex
             se
             speciosa
             profuturaque
             si
             meliori
             darentur
             ,
             illis
             pestifera
             sunt
             .
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             e
             Prov.
             19.
             3.
             
          
           
             Vse
             3.
             
          
           
             f
             Iam.
             1.
             17.
             
          
           
             g
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             1.
             
             Tim.
             4
             4.
             
          
           
             h
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Marc.
             regul
             .
             spirit
             .
          
           
             *
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Menand
             .
          
           
             Vse
             4.
             
          
           
             i
             1
             Tim.
             4.
             4.
             
          
           
             k
             1.
             
             Cor.
             7.
             39.
             
          
           
             l
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             m
             Levit.
             18.
             
          
           
             n
             Deut.
             7.
             3
             ,
             4.
             1.
             
             King.
             11.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             o
             Genes
             .
             34.
             6
             ,
             11.
             
             Virginitas
             non
             tota
             tua
             est
             :
             ex
             parte
             parentū
             est
             ;
             Altera
             pars
             patri
             ,
             data
             pars
             est
             altera
             matri
             ;
             Tertia
             sola
             tua
             est
             ▪
             Catull.
             carm
             .
             nupt
             .
          
           
             Vse
             5.
             
          
           
             p
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Act.
             7.
             20.
             de
             Mose
             .
             divinitus
             venustus
             .
             Beza
             &
             Pisc.
             
          
           
             q
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Menand
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Plat.
             polit
             .
             lib.
             3.
             
             Gratior
             est
             pulchro
             veniens
             in
             corpore
             virtus
             .
             Hinc
             Aristoteles
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Idemque
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Stob.
             tom
             .
             2.
             c.
             63.
             
          
           
             r
             1.
             
             Chron.
             29
             12
             ,
             14.
             2.
             
             Chron.
             1.
             12.
             
          
           
             s
             Genes
             .
             6.
             3.
             
          
           
             t
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Nescio
             quis
             apud
             Eustath
             .
          
           
             u
             Prov.
             11.
             12.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Veteres
             apud
             Eustath
             .
             Iliad
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Eurip.
             Chrys.
             
          
           
             x
             Prov.
             31.
             30.
             
             Color
             terrae
             bonitatis
             incertus
             est
             autor
             .
             Pallad
             .
             de
             re
             rust
             .
             lib.
             1.
             cap.
             6.
             
          
           
             y
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Clem.
             Alex.
             paeag
             .
             l.
             3.
             c.
             1.
             
             Resest
             forma
             fugax
             :
             quis
             sapiens
             bono
             Confidat
             fragili
             ?
             Sen.
             Hippol.
             Florem
             decoris
             singuli
             carpuntdies
             .
             Sen.
             Octav.
             Forma
             bonum
             fragile
             est
             ;
             quantumque
             accedit
             ad
             annos
             Fit
             minor
             ,
             &
             spatio
             carpitur
             ipsa
             suo
             .
             Ovid.
             art
             .
             l.
             1.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Isocr
             .
             ad
             Demon.
             
          
           
             a
             Virtus
             non
             est
             haereditaria
             .
             Non
             est
             res
             beneficiaria
             .
             Sen.
             epist.
             89.
             
          
           
             b
             Bona
             ,
             vnde
             bonū
             facias
             ,
             non
             vnde
             bonus
             fias
             .
             Aug.
             de
             temp
             .
             238.
             
          
           
             c
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Themistocl
             .
             apud
             Plut.
             apophth
             .
             Malo
             virū
             qui
             pecunia
             egeat
             ,
             quam
             pecuniā
             quae
             viro.
             Cic.
             offic
             .
             l.
             2.
             
          
           
             d
             Prov.
             12.
             4.
             
             Sicut
             in
             ligno
             vermis
             ,
             ita
             perdit
             virum
             suum
             vxor
             malefica
             .
             Hieron
             .
             cont
             .
             Iovin
             .
             l.
             1.
             
          
           
             Vse
             6.
             
          
           
             e
             2.
             
             Cor.
             12.
             12.
             
          
           
             f
             1.
             
             Tim.
             5
             8.
             
          
           
             g
             1.
             
             Pet.
             3.
             3.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Clē
             .
             Alex.
             paed
             .
             l.
             3.
             c.
             1.
             
          
           
             h
             Genes
             .
             2.
             18.
             
          
           
             Vse
             7.
             
          
           
             i
             1.
             
             Tim.
             2.
             9
             ,
             10.
             1.
             
             Pet.
             3.
             4
             ,
             5.
             
             Cultus
             magna
             cura
             tibi
             magna
             virtutis
             incuria
             .
             Cato
             Cens.
             apud
             Ammiā
             .
             hist.
             l.
             16.
             
             Cul●us
             corporum
             nimius
             &
             formae
             cura
             prae
             se
             ferens
             animi
             def●●mitatem
             .
             Sen.
             ben
             .
             l.
             1.
             c.
             10.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Crates
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Sophocl
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Lysander
             apud
             Plut.
             in
             praecept
             nupt
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Clem.
             Alex.
             paed
             .
             l.
             2.
             c.
             12.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Ibid.
             l.
             3.
             c.
             2.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Ibid.
             c.
             11.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Ibid.
             lib
             2.
             cap.
             9.
             
          
           
             k
             Prov.
             14.
             
             ●
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Menand
             .
          
           
             l
             Prov.
             12.
             4.
             
             Dignae
             suo
             co●iux
             fida
             corona
             viro.
             
          
           
             m
             Prov.
             31
             2●
             .
          
           
             n
             Pro.
             31.
             28.
             
          
           
             o
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Basil.
             Sel.
             
          
           
             p
             Gen.
             2.
             18.
             
          
           
             Vse
             8.
             
          
           
             q
             Habba
             .
             1.
             16.
             
          
           
             r
             Gen.
             2.
             22.
             
             &
             1.
             27.
             
          
           
             s
             Gen.
             2.
             22.
             
          
           
             Vse
             9.
             
          
           
             t
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             To●us
             vtvi
             atque
             foeminae
             fatalis
             est
             .
             Aes●hyl
             .
             Eumen.
             Hae●
             scilicet
             res
             vna
             ,
             si
             v●a
             ,
             fato
             gub●rnatur
             .
             Dunaeus
             ad
             Lys.
             
          
           
             t
             Prov.
             17.
             2.
             
             &
             14.
             35
             
             Luk.
             12.
             42.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Menand
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Eurip.
             Mel●agr
             .
             De
             beneficijs
             ac
             fide
             servorū
             in
             Domin●s
             ,
             consule
             sis
             Senec.
             de
             benef
             .
             l.
             3.
             c.
             18.
             27.
             
             Et
             Valer.
             Max.
             l
             6.
             c.
             8.
             
          
           
             u
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Hesiod
             .
             Hinc
             de
             vicinis
             prospici
             Cato
             praecepit
             ,
             apud
             Plin.
             hist.
             nat
             .
             l.
             18.
             c.
             6.
             
          
           
             x
             Prov.
             17.
             17.
             
             &
             18.
             24.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Amicus
             alter
             ipse
             .
             Zeno
             apud
             Laert
             l
             7.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Anima
             vna
             corporum
             duorum
             incola
             .
             Aristo●
             ibid
             l.
             5.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Menand
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Pi●d
             .
             Nem.
             8.
             
          
           
             y
             Prov.
             10.
             1.
             
             &
             v.
             20.
             
             &
             17
             6.
             
             &
             23.
             15.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Menand
             .
          
           
             a
             Psal.
             127.
             3.
             
             Genes
             33
             5.
             
          
           
             b
             Ephes.
             6.
             4.
             
          
           
             c
             Ephes.
             5.
             25
             ,
             28
             ,
             29
             ,
             33.
             
             Coloss.
             3.
             19.
             
          
           
             Vse
             10.
             
          
           
             d
             Matth
             19.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             e
             Prov.
             2.
             17.
             
          
           
             f
             Ephes.
             5.
             22.
             1.
             
             Pet.
             3.
             1.
             
          
           
             g
             Coloss.
             3.
             18.
             
          
           
             Vse
             11.
             
          
           
             h
             1.
             
             Pet.
             3.
             7.
             
          
           
             i
             Ephes.
             5.
             33.
             
             Coloss.
             3.
             19.
             
          
           
             k
             Malach.
             2.
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             l
             Pactum
             salu
             ,
             pro
             inviolabili
             .
             Num.
             18.
             19.
             
          
           
             Vse
             12.
             
          
           
             m
             Gen.
             3.
             16.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A01553-e6440
           
             a
             Qualia
             fuerunt
             veterum
             quorundā
             Epithalamia
             :
             &
             Iescenini
             versus
             de
             quibus
             Festus
             &
             Seruius
             ad
             Aen.
             l.
             7.
             non
             ,
             vt
             illi
             ,
             ab
             opido
             Campano
             ;
             nec
             à
             fascino
             ,
             credo
             ,
             depellendo
             sic
             dicti
             ;
             sed
             à
             fascino
             ,
             quod
             obscoenitatis
             notio●em
             habeat
             apud
             Horat.
             epod
             .
             8.
             
             &
             Varro
             orig
             .
             lib.
             6.
             
          
           
             d
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Synes
             .
             de
             insom
             .
             Mergit
             mentē
             extrema
             potatio
             .
             Sen.
             ep
             .
             12.
             
             Vnde
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             dixit
             Pythagoras
             ;
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Chrysippus
             ;
             Ebrietatē
             insaniam
             voluntariam
             Augustinus
             ad
             sacr
             .
             virg
             .
             &
             Basilius
             Ebriū
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             *
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             quod
             de
             Ira.
             nescio
             quis
             apud
             Plut.
             
          
           
             e
             Iob
             1.
             5.
             
          
           
             f
             Eccles.
             11.
             7
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             g
             Prov.
             23.
             31
             ,
             32
             
          
           
             h
             Hinc
             Prouerbiū
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Vinolentia
             clavum
             non
             habet
             .
             Eustath
             .
             Odyss
             .
             l.
             Et
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Insanire
             facit
             sapientes
             copia
             vini
             .
             Sthenelus
             apud
             Athen.
             dipnos.
             l.
             10.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Homer
             .
          
           
             i
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Clom
             .
             Alex.
             paedag
             lib.
             2.
             cap.
             1.
             
             L●gatur
             Plut.
             sympos
             .
             lib.
             7.
             cap.
             5
             ,
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             k
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Demoerit
             .
          
           
             l
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Plut.
             de
             aud
             .
             poet
             .
          
           
             m
             Math.
             9.
             15.
             
             &
             22
             ▪
             1
             ,
             2.
             
             Genes
             .
             29.
             22.
             
             Ier.
             7.
             34.
             
             &
             16.
             9.
             
             &
             25.
             10
             
             &
             33.
             11.
             
             Legatur
             Plutarch
             .
             sympos
             .
             l.
             4.
             c
             ▪
             3.
             
          
           
             n
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Hi●rax
             de
             Iustitia
             apud
             Stob
             ▪
             cap
             5.
             
          
           
             o
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             loan
             .
             2.
             8
             ,
             9.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Plut.
             sympos
             .
             l.
             1.
             c.
             4.
             qui
             tamen
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             pronunciat
             .
             Arbiter
             bibendi
             Horat.
             ●arm
             .
             1.
             3.
             
             In
             convivijs
             potandi
             (
             malè
             ,
             putandi
             )
             Modiperat●res
             magistri
             .
             No●nius
             ex
             Varrone
             rerum
             human
             .
             lib.
             20.
             
          
           
             p
             Heb.
             13.
             4.
             
          
           
             q
             Act.
             10.
             15.
             
          
           
             r
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Eurip.
             Herc.
             fur
             .
          
           
             s
             In
             solido
             extruendum
             .
             Vitruv.
             architect
             .
             lib.
             1.
             cap.
             5.
             &
             lib.
             3.
             cap.
             3.
             
          
           
             t
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Hinc
             Diogenes
             stolido
             &
             amenti
             adolescentulo
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Ebrius
             pater
             te
             genuit
             .
             Plut.
             de
             liber
             .
             educ
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A01553-e7070
           
             Scope
             .
          
           
             The
             generall
             Doctrine
             .
          
           
             The
             Vse
             .
          
           
             Invitation
             .
          
           
             The
             1.
             
             Doctr.
             in
             speciall
             .
          
           
             The
             Vse
             .
          
           
             The
             2.
             
             Doctr.
             in
             speciall
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Reason
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Reason
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Reason
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Reason
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             Reason
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             Reason
             .
          
           
             The
             Vse
             .
          
           
             Doctr.
             3.
             
          
           
             Vse
             .
          
           
             Christs
             presence
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Doctr.
             
          
           
             Vse
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             9.
             22.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Doctr.
             
          
           
             Vse
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Doctr.
             
          
           
             *
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Chaggim
             .
          
           
             Vse
             .
          
           
             Esai
             .
             65.
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             18
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             Doctr.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             4.
             32
             ,
             34.
             
          
           
             Vse
             .
          
           
             Miracle
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Doctr.
             
          
           
             Vse
             .
          
           
             Doctr.
             2.
             
          
           
             Doctr.
             3.
             
          
           
             Vse
             1.
             
          
           
             Vse
             2.
             
          
           
             Vse
             3.