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             Love and fear the inseparable twins of a blest matrimony : characterized in a sermon occasioned by the late nuptialls between Mr. William Christmas and Mrs. Elizabeth Adams / Preached by Nathanael Hardy.
             Hardy, Nathaniel, 1618-1670.
          
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           LOVE
           and
           FEAR
           The
           inseparable
           Twins
           OF
           A
           BLEST
           MATRIMONY
           .
        
         
           Characterized
           in
           a
           SERMON
           Occasioned
           by
           the
           late
           Nuptialls
           between
           Mr
           
             William
             Christmas
          
           and
           Mrs
           
             Elizabeth
             Adams
             .
          
        
         
           Preached
           in
           St.
           
           
             Dionis
             Backe-Church
          
           by
           NATHANAEL
           HARDY
           ,
           Mr
           of
           Arts
           and
           Preacher
           to
           that
           Parish
           .
        
         
           COLLOS.
           3.
           18
           ,
           19.
           
        
         
           
             Wives
             submit
             your selves
             to
             your
             own
             Husbands
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             fit
             in
             the
             Lord
             .
             Husbands
             love
             your
             Wives
             ,
             and
             be
             not
             bitter
             unto
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           Chrysost.
           Hom.
           20.
           in
           Ephes.
           
        
         
           Quoniam
           una
           natura
           in
           viro
           &
           faeminâ
           est
           ,
           idcirco
           vir
           quasi
           seipsum
           ita
           mulierem
           diligere
           commonetur
           ;
           mulier
           autem
           quia
           persona
           inferior
           est
           conditionis
           causâ
           non
           naturae
           viro
           subjecta
           ,
           timere
           cum
           jubetur
           .
           
             Ambros.
             in
             Ephes.
             
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             T.
             C.
          
           for
           
             Nathanae
             Webb
          
           and
           
             William
             Grantham
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           Black
           Bear
           in
           S.
           
             Pauls
          
           Church-yard
           near
           the
           little
           North
           door
           .
           1658.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Generous
           Mr
           
             WILLIAM
             CHRISTMAS
          
           Merchant
           ,
           and
           the
           Vertuous
           Mrs
           
             ELIZABETH
             CHRISTMAS
          
           his
           Wife
           ,
           many
           comfortable
           dayes
           and
           a
           blessed
           Eternity
           .
        
         
           
             Worthy
             Friends
             ,
          
        
         
           
             PArdon
             me
             that
             I
          
           joyn
           
             you
             together
             in
          
           one
           Dedication
           ,
           
             since
          
           God's
           ordination
           ,
           
             and
             your
          
           mutual
           affection
           
             have
             made
             you
          
           one
           .
           
             It
             was
             your
             undeserved
          
           respect
           
             honoured
             me
             to
             be
             the
          
           Instrument
           
             of
             accomplishing
             your
          
           nuptials
           .
           
             It
             was
             my
             Cordial
          
           desire
           of
           
             testifying
             my
          
           gratitude
           ,
           
             and
             promoting
             your
          
           welfare
           ,
           
             made
             me
             so
             bold
             as
             to
             become
             your
             humble
          
           remembrancer
           
             of
             those
          
           duties
           ,
           
             which
             I
             doubt
             not
             you
             both
          
           knew
           ,
           
             and
          
           resolved
           
             to
          
           practice
           
             before
             .
             Finally
             it
             was
             your
             unexpected
          
           acceptance
           
             and
             approbation
             of
             my
             weak
          
           labours
           
             put
             you
             on
          
           requiring
           ,
           
             and
             me
             by
             that
             means
             on
          
           effecting
           
             the
          
           publication
           
             of
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             What
             hath
             caused
             my
          
           delay
           
             in
          
           fulfilling
           
             your
          
           desire
           ,
           
             I
             suppose
             you
             already
          
           know
           :
           
             Being
             now
             through
             God's
             wonderful
          
           mercy
           
             raised
             from
             my
          
           sick
           
             nay
             almost
          
           dying
           
             bed
             ,
             I
             have
             made
             what
             hast
             I
             could
             to
             finish
             the
             work
             .
          
        
         
           
             This
             plain
             and
             home-spun
          
           piece
           ,
           
             such
             as
             it
             is
             ,
             I
             present
          
           Sir
           ,
           
             to
             your
             candid
          
           eye
           ,
           Madam
           
             to
             your
             fair
          
           hands
           ,
           
             together
             with
             my
             humble
          
           thanks
           
             for
             your
             noble
          
           favours
           .
           
           
             As
             the
          
           hearing
           
             it
             did
          
           affect
           
             you
             ,
             so
             I
             hope
             the
          
           reading
           
             it
             will
          
           profit
           
             you
             ,
             and
             not
             you
             alone
             ,
             but
          
           others
           
             who
             shall
             vouchsafe
             the
          
           perusal
           
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             And
             now
          
           Courteous
           Friends
           ,
           my
           hearts
           desire
           and
           prayer
           to
           God
           
             for
             you
             is
             ,
          
           that
           you
           may
           be
           ravisht
           each
           with
           others
           love
           ,
           that
           your
           quiver
           may
           be
           full
           of
           those
           
           harmlesse
           arrowes
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           Children
           ;
           that
           peace
           may
           be
           within
           your
           walls
           and
           plenteousnesse
           continue
           in
           your
           habitation
           :
           Finally
           that
           you
           may
           live
           long
           together
           in
           Earth
           ,
           and
           for
           ever
           in
           Heaven
           .
           
             I
             rest
             ,
          
        
         
           
             Yours
             to
             be
             commanded
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             NATH.
             HARDY
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Worshipful
           
             THOMAS
             ADAMS
             ,
          
           formerly
           Alderman
           and
           Lord
           Mayor
           of
           this
           Anciently
           Renowned
           City
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           saving
           health
           ,
           sweet
           contentment
           ,
           eternal
           felicity
           .
        
         
           
             Right
             worthy
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           DId
           not
           speaking
           or
           writing
           
             truth
          
           of
           them
           that
           are
           
             alive
          
           incur
           a
           
             suspition
          
           of
           
             flattery
             ,
          
           had
           not
           the
           
             beames
          
           of
           your
           
             Graces
          
           been
           abundantly
           
             resplendent
          
           to
           this
           whole
           
             City
          
           from
           those
           
             Orbs
          
           of
           Authority
           wherein
           you
           were
           
             justly
          
           placed
           ;
           Finally
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           that
           I
           know
           how
           repugnant
           the
           
             publication
          
           of
           your
           
             worth
          
           is
           to
           the
           
             humility
          
           of
           your
           
             mind
             ,
          
           who
           desire
           
             laudanda
             facere
             non
             laudata
             audire
             ,
          
           to
           doe
           things
           praise-worthy
           ,
           not
           to
           hear
           or
           read
           your
           own
           praises
           ;
           an
           
             Encomium
          
           had
           been
           the
           
             Proemium
          
           of
           this
           
             Dedication
             .
          
        
         
           But
           though
           upon
           these
           
             considerations
          
           I
           shall
           
             forbear
          
           to
           characterize
           those
           eminent
           
             vertues
             ,
          
           by
           which
           you
           
             oblige
             all
          
           that
           know
           you
           :
           yet
           give
           me
           leave
           (
           Honoured
           
             Mecaenas
             )
          
           to
           make
           a
           publique
           
             acknowledgement
          
           of
           those
           munificent
           
             favours
          
           by
           which
           you
           have
           
             engaged
             me
             ,
          
           since
           I
           had
           the
           honour
           and
           happinesse
           of
           enjoying
           you
           as
           a
           
             Parishioner
             ;
          
           an
           ingenuous
           
             recognition
          
           being
           as
           the
           least
           so
           the
           utmost
           
             payment
          
           that
           I
           can
           return
           .
        
         
           In
           
             testimony
          
           of
           my
           
             Gratitude
             ,
          
           and
           
             observance
          
           of
           your
           desire
           ,
           I
           here
           present
           to
           your
           Judicious
           
             eye
          
           what
           not
           long
           agoe
           was
           offered
           to
           your
           Religious
           
             ear
             .
          
           What
           should
           render
           this
           unpolished
           discourse
           
             acceptable
          
           to
           
           you
           I
           cannot
           conceive
           ,
           unlesse
           it
           be
           the
           special
           
             Interest
          
           you
           have
           in
           the
           joyful
           
             occasion
          
           of
           it
           ;
           namely
           the
           happy
           
             marriage
          
           of
           your
           deservedly
           beloved
           
             Daughter
             .
          
           Indeed
           
             matrimoniò
             prospicere
             ,
          
           to
           provide
           fit
           
             matches
          
           for
           their
           
             Children
             ,
          
           is
           the
           last
           but
           not
           the
           least
           care
           that
           lieth
           upon
           the
           
             Parents
             :
          
           well
           may
           it
           be
           a
           just
           cause
           of
           singular
           
             joy
             ,
          
           when
           a
           
             marriage
          
           is
           consummated
           with
           the
           Parents
           
             consent
          
           and
           to
           the
           Childes
           
             content
             .
          
           May
           your
           
             joy
          
           be
           still
           
             multiplied
          
           in
           their
           mutual
           
             loves
             ,
             prosperous
          
           estate
           ,
           and
           an
           hopeful
           
             progeny
          
           descending
           from
           their
           loyns
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           
             Worthy
             Sir
             ,
          
           give
           me
           leave
           in
           few
           words
           
             to
             tell
             you
             what
             great
             things
             the
             Lord
             hath
             done
             for
             me
             .
          
           It
           is
           not
           many
           weeks
           since
           by
           a
           violent
           Fever
           I
           was
           
             brought
             low
             ,
          
           very
           low
           ,
           
             so
             that
             my
             soul
             drew
             nigh
             to
             the
             grave
             :
          
           But
           it
           hath
           pleased
           the
           powerful
           
             mercy
             ,
          
           and
           merciful
           
             power
          
           of
           my
           gracious
           God
           
             to
             deliver
             me
             from
             going
             down
             to
             the
             pit
             ,
             so
             that
             my
             life
             seeth
             the
             light
             ;
          
           and
           (
           praised
           be
           his
           goodness
           )
           I
           am
           in
           some
           measure
           restored
           to
           health
           .
           God
           hath
           done
           his
           work
           of
           
             mercy
             ,
          
           mine
           of
           
             duty
          
           remaineth
           ,
           to
           be
           
             thankful
          
           and
           
             fruitful
             .
          
           It
           is
           no
           small
           piece
           of
           Christian
           
             skill
             ,
          
           rightly
           to
           
             improve
          
           mercy
           when
           conferd
           ;
           this
           is
           my
           
             task
             ,
          
           which
           that
           I
           may
           be
           enabled
           to
           perform
           ,
           I
           earnestly
           desire
           both
           yours
           and
           the
           servent
           
             prayers
          
           of
           all
           God's
           people
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           nothing
           further
           to
           add
           ,
           but
           only
           my
           
             prayers
          
           for
           you
           ,
           which
           shall
           never
           be
           wanting
           at
           the
           throne
           of
           grace
           ,
           
             that
             your
             days
             on
             earth
             may
             be
             lengthened
             ,
             external
             enjoyments
             sanctified
             ,
             spiritual
             graces
             increased
             ,
             inward
             comforts
             enlarged
             ,
             and
             your
             good
             works
             at
             last
             rewarded
             with
             a
             Crown
             of
             glory
             .
          
        
         
           So
           prayeth
           
             your
             affectionate
             servant
             in
             Christ
             ,
             NATH.
             HARDY
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           
             EPH.
             5.
             31.
             
          
           
             
               Neverthelesse
               ,
               let
               every
               one
               of
               you
               in
               particular
               so
               love
               his
               Wife
               even
               as
               himself
               ,
               and
               the
               Wife
               (
               see
               )
               that
               she
               reverence
               her
               Husband
               .
            
          
        
         
           AMong
           the
           many
           commendable
           Excellencies
           of
           Holy
           Writ
           ,
           this
           is
           none
           of
           the
           least
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           Treasury
           of
           all
           kind
           of
           Learning
           both
           divine
           and
           humane
           ,
           Supernatural
           and
           Natural
           ,
           Theological
           and
           Moral
           .
           In
           this
           regard
           it
           is
           not
           unfitly
           compared
           to
           the
           
             Sea
             ,
          
           since
           as
           all
           
             Rivers
          
           
           come
           from
           the
           
             Sea
             ,
          
           so
           all
           
             Sciences
          
           and
           
             Arts
          
           from
           the
           
             Scripture
             .
          
           Indeed
           where
           shall
           we
           find
           more
           Logical
           Arguments
           and
           Rhetorical
           strains
           then
           in
           these
           Writings
           ?
           What
           deep
           secrets
           of
           natural
           Philosophy
           ,
           sublime
           notions
           concerning
           the
           Heavens
           and
           the
           Stars
           may
           we
           read
           in
           many
           of
           these
           Pages
           ?
           Finally
           ,
           no
           such
           characters
           of
           Ethical
           vertues
           ,
           sound
           rules
           of
           State-policy
           ,
           choice
           precepts
           for
           Oeconomical
           practice
           ,
           as
           these
           holy
           lines
           afford
           .
           Astronomy
           the
           Queen
           of
           Mathematicks
           ,
           Logick
           and
           Rhetorick
           the
           chief
           of
           Arts
           ,
           yea
           both
           natural
           and
           moral
           Philosophy
           may
           by
           an
           intelligent
           Reader
           be
           found
           graven
           upon
           the
           Bible
           in
           their
           several
           characters
           :
           One
           of
           these
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           Moral
           Philosophy
           in
           the
           Oeconomical
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           that
           which
           our
           Apostle
           teacheth
           in
           the
           close
           of
           this
           Epistle
           .
           There
           are
           three
           combinations
           which
           concur
           to
           keep
           up
           a
           compleat
           Family
           ,
           
             Husband
          
           and
           
             Wife
             ,
             Parents
          
           and
           
             Children
             ,
             Master
          
           and
           
             Servants
             ;
          
           all
           of
           which
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           though
           succinctly
           yet
           distinctly
           and
           fully
           here
           instructeth
           in
           their
           several
           duties
           :
           The
           two
           latter
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           following
           Chapter
           ,
           the
           former
           in
           the
           latter
           part
           of
           this
           ,
           and
           that
           most
           compendiously
           in
           the
           last
           verse
           which
           I
           have
           now
           read
           unto
           you
           ,
           
             Nevertheless
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
         
           Before
           I
           enter
           upon
           the
           Text
           it
           will
           be
           needful
           to
           take
           a
           little
           notice
           of
           the
           context
           ,
           the
           connexion
           which
           these
           words
           have
           with
           the
           preceding
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           implied
           in
           the
           particle
           which
           begins
           the
           Verse
           ,
           
             Nevertheless
             .
          
        
         
           Indeed
           because
           the
           Apostle
           in
           these
           words
           concludes
           his
           former
           argumentation
           ,
           
             Beza
          
           renders
           it
           
             it
             aque
             ,
             therefore
             ,
          
           as
           if
           
           it
           had
           
             vim
             illativam
             ,
          
           the
           force
           of
           an
           illative
           conjunction
           ;
           but
           this
           is
           a
           needless
           straining
           of
           the
           word
           contrary
           to
           its
           proper
           signification
           :
           The
           generality
           of
           Interpreters
           retain
           the
           native
           sense
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           whom
           our
           Translators
           justly
           follow
           ,
           reading
           it
           as
           an
           exceptive
           conjunction
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           hath
           
             vim
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           a
           force
           of
           recalling
           the
           Apostle
           from
           insisting
           any
           longer
           upon
           the
           great
           mystery
           before
           mentioned
           .
        
         
           If
           you
           cast
           your
           eyes
           on
           the
           fore-going
           Verses
           ,
           you
           may
           observe
           the
           example
           of
           
             Christ
          
           and
           his
           
             Church
             ,
          
           brought
           in
           as
           a
           
           pattern
           for
           men
           and
           wives
           to
           follow
           ,
           whereupon
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           digresseth
           into
           an
           excellent
           Discourse
           of
           that
           spiritual
           union
           which
           is
           between
           
             Christ
          
           and
           his
           
             Church
             ,
          
           making
           use
           of
           Marriage
           as
           a
           representation
           of
           this
           sublime
           mystery
           ;
           and
           now
           in
           the
           close
           he
           recalleth
           himself
           to
           his
           first
           design
           ,
           letting
           them
           know
           that
           though
           what
           
             Moses
          
           relateth
           concerning
           
             Adam
          
           and
           
             Eve
          
           was
           mystically
           applied
           by
           him
           to
           
             Christ
          
           and
           the
           
             Church
             ,
          
           yet
           the
           literal
           sense
           of
           it
           was
           in
           force
           to
           them
           ,
           nor
           must
           his
           allegorical
           hinder
           them
           from
           a
           moral
           application
           of
           what
           he
           had
           said
           concerning
           Marriage
           .
        
         
           A
           good
           
             Item
          
           for
           us
           in
           reading
           the
           Scriptures
           to
           take
           the
           sense
           of
           them
           in
           the
           fullest
           extent
           .
           Of
           many
           passages
           in
           holy
           Writ
           ,
           there
           is
           both
           a
           literal
           and
           a
           spiritual
           ,
           a
           mystical
           and
           a
           moral
           use
           to
           be
           made
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           our
           duty
           both
           to
           search
           out
           the
           sweetness
           of
           the
           mystery
           ,
           and
           observe
           the
           plainness
           of
           the
           Letter
           ;
           and
           as
           we
           are
           taken
           with
           the
           comforts
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           so
           not
           to
           neglect
           the
           duties
           of
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           Having
           briefly
           viewed
           the
           Context
           ,
           come
           we
           now
           to
           the
           Text
           it self
           ,
           wherein
           are
           three
           general
           parts
           worthy
           your
           serious
           consideration
           .
        
         
           The
           particular
           relations
           whom
           it
           concerneth
           specified
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           
             Husband
             and
             Wife
             .
          
        
         
           The
           several
           Obligations
           laid
           upon
           each
           unfolded
           ,
           On
           the
           
           man
           ,
           that
           he
           
             so
             love
             his
             Wife
             as
             himself
             ,
          
           On
           the
           Wife
           ,
           
             that
             she
             reverence
             her
             Husband
             .
          
        
         
           The
           punctual
           application
           to
           be
           made
           by
           every
           one
           of
           those
           duties
           to
           himself
           ,
           
             Let
             every
             one
             of
             you
             in
             particular
             .
          
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           three
           precious
           fruits
           we
           are
           to
           gather
           from
           this
           branch
           of
           the
           Tree
           of
           Life
           ,
           and
           though
           in
           hearing
           they
           may
           not
           be
           sweet
           to
           your
           taste
           ,
           yet
           I
           am
           sure
           if
           well
           eaten
           and
           digested
           by
           meditation
           and
           practice
           they
           will
           yield
           wholesome
           nutriment
           to
           your
           souls
           .
        
         
           Begin
           we
           then
           with
           the
           
             Relations
          
           concerned
           in
           this
           Scripture
           ,
           
           to
           wit
           ,
           
             Husband
             and
             Wife
             .
          
           Almighty
           God
           though
           he
           is
           a
           Lover
           of
           Unity
           ,
           yet
           not
           of
           singularity
           ;
           himself
           is
           but
           one
           ,
           and
           yet
           he
           is
           not
           alone
           from
           all
           eternity
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           Trinity
           of
           persons
           in
           the
           Unity
           of
           Essence
           .
           And
           if
           we
           look
           into
           the
           Creation
           we
           shall
           find
           though
           an
           Harmony
           yet
           a
           plurality
           ,
           or
           rather
           a
           duality
           ;
           the
           world
           consists
           of
           an
           heaven
           and
           earth
           ;
           in
           the
           Celestial
           part
           there
           is
           a
           Sun
           and
           a
           Moon
           ,
           in
           the
           Terrestria●
           part
           Land
           and
           Sea
           :
           and
           yet
           further
           if
           you
           look
           upon
           the
           little
           world
           of
           man
           ,
           you
           may
           take
           notice
           of
           a
           soul
           and
           a
           body
           ;
           in
           the
           soul
           ,
           of
           a
           rational
           and
           a
           sensitive
           part
           ;
           in
           the
           rational
           of
           an
           understanding
           and
           a
           will
           ;
           in
           the
           sensitive
           of
           an
           irascible
           and
           concupiscible
           appetite
           :
           and
           in
           the
           body
           most
           of
           its
           parts
           are
           made
           in
           pairs
           ,
           two
           eyes
           ,
           two
           ears
           ,
           two
           nostrils
           ,
           two
           lipps
           ,
           two
           arms
           ,
           two
           thighs
           ,
           two
           legs
           ,
           two
           feet
           .
           Finally
           ,
           Man
           being
           thus
           made
           ,
           God
           said
           of
           him
           ,
           
             It
             is
             not
             good
             he
             should
             be
             alone
             ,
          
           
           and
           therefore
           as
           he
           had
           made
           other
           living
           creatures
           male
           and
           female
           ,
           so
           he
           provided
           a
           woman
           for
           man
           ,
           makes
           her
           out
           of
           him
           ,
           joyns
           her
           to
           him
           ,
           whence
           sprang
           this
           relation
           in
           the
           Text
           of
           
             Husband
             and
             Wife
             ,
          
           the
           man
           (
           so
           soon
           as
           the
           woman
           was
           made
           )
           becoming
           an
           Husband
           ,
           and
           the
           woman
           a
           Wife
           .
        
         
           This
           pair
           is
           
             primum
             par
             &
             fundamentum
             omnium
             parium
             ,
          
           
           the
           first
           pair
           and
           the
           original
           of
           all
           others
           ;
           those
           various
           relations
           of
           
             Parents
          
           and
           
             Children
             ,
             Master
          
           and
           
             Servants
             ,
             King
          
           and
           
             Subjects
          
           do
           all
           spring
           out
           of
           this
           .
           
             Prima
             naturalis
             humanae
             societati●
             copula
             vir
             &
             uxor
             ,
          
           Man
           and
           Wife
           are
           the
           first
           link
           of
           humane
           society
           ,
           to
           which
           all
           the
           rest
           are
           joyned
           ,
           Families
           ,
           Cities
           ,
           Countreys
           ,
           Nations
           ,
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           yea
           ,
           the
           Church
           
           militant
           ,
           nay
           ,
           a
           good
           part
           of
           the
           Triumphant
           depend
           upon
           this
           pair
           of
           
             Husband
             and
             Wife
             .
          
           
        
         
           Multitudes
           flow
           from
           this
           Relation
           ,
           but
           the
           relation
           it self
           is
           only
           between
           two
           ;
           it
           is
           not
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           nor
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           but
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           man
           and
           wives
           ,
           wife
           and
           men
           ,
           but
           man
           and
           wife
           ,
           
             unus
             ,
             unam
             ,
             uni
             .
          
           The
           one
           God
           hath
           appointed
           one
           
           woman
           for
           one
           man
           .
           It
           was
           so
           in
           the
           institution
           ,
           and
           the
           Prophet
           
             Malachy's
          
           ratiocination
           from
           it
           ,
           is
           both
           plain
           and
           strong
           ,
           
           
             Did
             not
             he
             make
             one
             ?
             yet
             had
             he
             the
             residue
             of
             the
             Spirit
             .
          
           He
           could
           have
           made
           more
           then
           one
           
             Eve
          
           for
           
             Adam
             ,
          
           yea
           if
           at
           any
           time
           ,
           then
           it
           might
           seem
           most
           necessary
           for
           the
           speedier
           peopling
           of
           the
           world
           to
           have
           multiplyed
           his
           wives
           ,
           but
           
             wherefore
             one
             ?
          
           because
           he
           sought
           
             a
             godly
             seed
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           a
           seed
           arising
           from
           godly
           means
           :
           Nor
           is
           that
           Argumentation
           invalid
           which
           upon
           this
           Subject
           
             Theodorus
          
           urgeth
           to
           the
           
             Saracen
          
           in
           point
           both
           of
           
             pleasure
          
           and
           
             peace
             .
             Adam
          
           in
           
             Paradise
          
           no
           doubt
           wanted
           nothing
           that
           might
           be
           for
           the
           fulnesse
           of
           his
           content
           and
           comfort
           ;
           and
           yet
           he
           had
           but
           one
           ,
           whereby
           it
           appeareth
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           the
           
             pleasure
          
           of
           having
           
           one
           wife
           surpasseth
           that
           of
           many
           .
           Again
           ,
           where
           there
           are
           many
           Wives
           there
           cannot
           but
           arise
           violent
           and
           deadly
           contentions
           ,
           which
           the
           man
           having
           but
           one
           wife
           prevents
           ,
           and
           therefore
           is
           most
           conducible
           to
           that
           most
           desirable
           good
           in
           all
           relations
           ,
           namely
           
             Peace
             ;
          
           from
           which
           with
           other
           arguments
           he
           justly
           concludeth
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             Monogamy
          
           is
           more
           comfortable
           and
           honourable
           then
           
             Polygamy
             .
          
           Indeed
           he
           
             qui
             unam
             costam
             primus
             in
             duas
             divisit
             ,
          
           to
           use
           S.
           
             Hierom's
          
           phrase
           ,
           who
           first
           (
           as
           we
           read
           of
           )
           divided
           the
           one
           
           rib
           into
           two
           parts
           ,
           was
           
             Lamech
          
           a
           wicked
           Tyrant
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           observable
           that
           the
           name
           of
           his
           second
           Wife
           
             Zillah
          
           signifieth
           a
           
           shadow
           ,
           such
           an
           one
           being
           only
           the
           shadow
           of
           a
           Wife
           .
           The
           truth
           is
           
             Polygamy
          
           even
           in
           the
           Patriarchs
           was
           at
           the
           best
           but
           an
           infirmity
           ,
           which
           though
           connived
           at
           was
           not
           allowed
           of
           by
           God
           ,
           and
           therefore
           not
           to
           be
           imitated
           by
           us
           .
           That
           Marriage
           is
           nearest
           to
           the
           primitive
           institution
           ,
           surest
           of
           divine
           Benediction
           ,
           which
           is
           only
           between
           two
           persons
           ,
           who
           thus
           united
           are
           here
           called
           
             Husband
             and
             Wife
             :
          
           and
           so
           much
           be
           spoken
           of
           the
           Relations
           .
           Passe
           we
           on
           to
           the
           .
        
         
         
           
             Obligations
             laid
             upon
             them
             ,
          
           These
           are
           summed
           up
           by
           the
           Apostle
           in
           two
           words
           ,
           and
           those
           may
           very
           well
           be
           exprest
           in
           two
           Monosyllables
           
             Love
          
           and
           
             Fear
             ;
             that
             ,
          
           the
           Sugar
           to
           sweeten
           all
           the
           duties
           of
           authority
           belonging
           to
           the
           man
           ;
           
             this
             ,
          
           the
           salt
           to
           season
           all
           the
           duties
           of
           subjection
           belonging
           to
           the
           wife
           .
           
             Both
             ,
          
           the
           marks
           which
           they
           must
           severally
           shoot
           at
           in
           all
           their
           carriages
           and
           behaviours
           one
           towards
           another
           .
        
         
           The
           mans
           duty
           is
           set
           down
           first
           ,
           and
           indeed
           fit
           it
           is
           the
           man
           should
           be
           first
           in
           the
           practice
           of
           his
           duty
           :
           precedency
           cals
           for
           presidency
           ,
           priority
           of
           place
           priority
           of
           duty
           ;
           the
           inferiours
           are
           best
           encouraged
           to
           do
           their
           part
           when
           they
           that
           are
           above
           them
           become
           exemplary
           to
           them
           in
           performing
           theirs
           :
           the
           man
           would
           be
           accounted
           ,
           nay
           indeed
           is
           ,
           superiour
           to
           the
           wife
           ;
           but
           then
           he
           must
           go
           before
           her
           in
           a
           good
           example
           ;
           that
           by
           the
           doing
           of
           his
           she
           may
           be
           animated
           in
           performance
           of
           her
           duty
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           duty
           of
           the
           man
           there
           are
           three
           things
           worthy
           our
           Observation
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             The
             quality
             of
             the
             act
             ,
             
               Love
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             propriety
             of
             the
             object
             ,
             
               his
               wife
               .
            
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             energy
             of
             the
             rule
             upon
             which
             it
             's
             grounded
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             's
             measured
             ,
             so
             
               as
               himself
               .
            
          
        
         
           First
           ,
           The
           
             act
          
           required
           is
           
             Love
             ,
          
           in
           the
           handling
           whereof
           I
           shall
           endeavor
           to
           resolve
           a
           double
           
             Quaery
             ,
          
           namely
           ,
        
         
           
             1.
             
             
               Why
            
             this
             duty
             is
             particularly
             mentioned
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             
               Wherein
            
             the
             practice
             of
             it
             consists
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           It
           's
           a
           Question
           not
           unfitly
           moved
           ,
           why
           the
           Apostle
           makes
           choice
           of
           
             Love
             ,
          
           to
           express
           the
           mans
           duty
           by
           ,
           since
           there
           are
           many
           duties
           which
           the
           man
           oweth
           to
           the
           wife
           as
           well
           as
           love
           ?
           To
           which
           I
           answer
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           not
           without
           speciall
           reason
           both
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           present
           
             fitnesse
          
           and
           the
           comprehensive
           
             fullnesse
          
           of
           this
           duty
           of
           
             Love
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           
             fitnesse
          
           of
           expressing
           the
           mans
           duty
           here
           by
           
             Love
          
           will
           appear
           ,
           whether
           you
           looke
           
             backward
          
           or
           
             forward
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Apostle
           a
           little
           before
           cals
           upon
           the
           Wives
           to
           
             submit
             .
          
           Now
           indeed
           that
           which
           belongs
           to
           the
           man
           in
           most
           direct
           opposition
           to
           submitting
           ,
           is
           governing
           ,
           but
           men
           are
           apt
           enough
           to
           exercise
           their
           authority
           without
           bidding
           ,
           and
           besides
           ,
           this
           
           was
           already
           implyed
           in
           the
           womans
           duty
           of
           submitting
           ;
           letting
           that
           go
           therefore
           he
           rather
           chooseth
           to
           call
           upon
           the
           man
           for
           
             Love
             ,
          
           both
           because
           that
           men
           are
           most
           apt
           to
           be
           defective
           in
           this
           ,
           and
           likewise
           that
           this
           will
           teach
           them
           how
           to
           use
           their
           authority
           .
           For
           though
           it
           is
           not
           love
           but
           fondnesse
           which
           
           makes
           a
           man
           forget
           himself
           ,
           and
           that
           power
           God
           hath
           given
           him
           over
           the
           Wife
           ,
           yet
           true
           Love
           will
           learn
           him
           to
           exercise
           this
           power
           sparingly
           ,
           mildely
           ,
           and
           affectionately
           .
           It
           is
           too
           often
           seen
           that
           men
           because
           of
           their
           superiority
           insult
           over
           their
           Wives
           ,
           and
           why
           this
           ?
           but
           for
           want
           of
           Love
           ;
           no
           marvel
           if
           authority
           degenerate
           into
           Tyranny
           where
           this
           Moderator
           is
           absent
           ;
           for
           this
           cause
           it
           is
           that
           the
           Apostle
           supposeth
           the
           power
           of
           governing
           ,
           and
           requires
           Love
           as
           
             potestatis
             temperatum
             ,
          
           that
           which
           should
           temper
           and
           moderate
           the
           use
           of
           that
           power
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           In
           the
           following
           clause
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           mindes
           the
           
             Wife
             of
             reverence
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           the
           Man
           of
           
             Love
             ,
          
           to
           intimate
           that
           his
           expression
           
           of
           Love
           is
           the
           best
           way
           to
           gain
           reverence
           from
           the
           Wife
           ,
           in
           which
           respect
           the
           
             Scholiast
          
           saith
           excellently
           ,
           
             If
             thou
             wouldst
             have
             thy
             Wife
             to
             reverence
             thee
             ,
             do
             thou
             love
             her
             .
          
           To
           force
           a
           fear
           from
           the
           Wife
           by
           an
           austere
           ,
           churlish
           ,
           and
           surly
           carriage
           ,
           is
           that
           which
           neither
           befits
           the
           Husbands
           place
           to
           exact
           ,
           nor
           the
           Wives
           to
           yield
           :
           the
           Woman
           must
           be
           not
           drawn
           but
           led
           ,
           not
           forced
           but
           wooed
           unto
           her
           duty
           by
           Love
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           As
           this
           duty
           of
           Love
           was
           the
           most
           
             fit
          
           to
           be
           here
           mentioned
           ,
           so
           is
           it
           the
           most
           
             comprehensive
          
           of
           all
           other
           duties
           ;
           so
           that
           in
           naming
           this
           he
           implies
           all
           the
           rest
           .
           What
           the
           Greek
           Orator
           answered
           when
           asked
           what
           was
           the
           chief
           thing
           :
           in
           an
           
           Orator
           ,
           first
           
             action
             ,
          
           secondly
           
             action
             ,
          
           thirdly
           
             action
             ,
          
           the
           like
           may
           be
           returned
           to
           any
           that
           shall
           enquire
           what
           is
           the
           prime
           duty
           of
           an
           Husband
           ,
           first
           
             affection
             ,
          
           secondly
           
             affection
             ,
          
           thirdly
           
             affection
             ;
          
           And
           as
           Love
           in
           general
           is
           said
           by
           the
           Apostle
           to
           be
           
           the
           
             fulfilling
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
          
           in
           which
           respect
           it
           is
           fitly
           resembled
           to
           
             Davids
             Instrument
             of
             ten
             strings
             ,
          
           and
           wittily
           called
           
             a
             good
             Catholick
             ,
          
           so
           Love
           in
           particular
           is
           the
           fulfilling
           of
           that
           Law
           wherein
           the
           duty
           of
           the
           man
           to
           the
           wife
           is
           required
           ,
           which
           that
           it
           may
           the
           better
           appear
           passe
           we
           on
           to
           the
        
         
         
           2.
           
           
             Quest
             .
          
           Namely
           ,
           Wherein
           the
           exercise
           of
           this
           Love
           consists
           ;
           To
           resolve
           which
           we
           must
           consider
           it
           in
           its
           Antecedent
           ,
           Concomitants
           and
           Consequents
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           
             Antecedent
          
           of
           this
           Love
           is
           a
           due
           estimation
           of
           the
           Wife
           .
           Judgement
           is
           the
           source
           and
           spring
           of
           affection
           from
           which
           it
           proceeds
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           which
           it
           is
           proportioned
           ;
           what
           the
           mind
           esteems
           not
           the
           heart
           affects
           not
           ,
           whereas
           what
           we
           highly
           prize
           we
           dearly
           love
           .
           The
           Love
           then
           of
           a
           man
           to
           his
           wife
           supposeth
           in
           him
           a
           singular
           accompt
           and
           an
           high
           valuation
           of
           her
           .
           Thus
           every
           man
           ought
           to
           esteem
           of
           his
           wife
           as
           
             donum
             Dei
             ,
          
           God's
           gift
           ,
           and
           that
           choice
           and
           precious
           ,
           such
           a
           present
           as
           the
           whole
           world
           cannot
           afford
           him
           the
           like
           .
           And
           yet
           more
           particularly
           the
           man
           ought
           to
           look
           upon
           his
           Wife
           under
           that
           notion
           which
           was
           the
           special
           end
           of
           God's
           giving
           her
           ,
           namely
           ,
           as
           an
           
             help
             meet
             for
          
           and
           sutable
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           The
           Wife
           since
           the
           fall
           is
           appointed
           for
           three
           ends
           ,
           
             ad
             remedium
             ,
             ad
             sobolem
             ,
             in
             adjutorium
             ,
          
           for
           a
           remedy
           against
           fornication
           ,
           for
           the
           procreation
           of
           Children
           ,
           and
           for
           helpful
           communion
           ;
           this
           last
           was
           no
           doubt
           the
           first
           in
           divine
           intention
           ,
           and
           so
           ought
           to
           be
           in
           the
           mans
           apprehension
           .
           He
           that
           taketh
           a
           wife
           only
           as
           a
           remedy
           will
           love
           her
           but
           as
           men
           do
           physick
           ,
           for
           use
           ,
           yea
           ,
           for
           meer
           necessity
           .
           He
           that
           marrieth
           onely
           for
           posterity
           will
           love
           her
           as
           a
           Mother
           not
           as
           a
           Wife
           .
           He
           onely
           can
           rightly
           love
           a
           Wife
           who
           looketh
           upon
           her
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           taketh
           her
           for
           a
           oke-fellow
           and
           companion
           .
           The
           right
           estimation
           then
           of
           a
           Wife
           is
           to
           account
           her
           as
           next
           to
           himself
           ,
           and
           
           so
           above
           either
           children
           or
           servants
           .
           Thus
           the
           
             Father
          
           willeth
           the
           man
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           by
           Marriage
           he
           becomes
           not
           a
           
             Master
          
           but
           an
           
             Husband
             ,
          
           and
           taketh
           not
           an
           
             Handmaid
          
           but
           a
           
             Wife
             ;
          
           In
           this
           respect
           the
           Psalmist
           comparing
           the
           Wife
           to
           a
           
             Vine
             ,
          
           placeth
           her
           
             by
             the
             sides
             of
             his
             House
             ,
          
           not
           
             in
             fastigio
          
           on
           the
           top
           of
           an
           House
           ,
           nor
           
             in
             pavimento
          
           by
           the
           floor
           of
           an
           house
           ,
           but
           
             in
             lateribus
          
           by
           the
           sides
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           a
           middle
           place
           between
           both
           :
           
             Lateribus
             sibi
             junguntur
             qut
             pariter
             ambulant
             ,
          
           they
           that
           go
           by
           our
           sides
           are
           our
           companions
           ,
           such
           is
           the
           wife
           to
           the
           man
           ,
           and
           so
           ought
           to
           be
           in
           his
           esteem
           .
           Indeed
           the
           formation
           of
           woman
           out
           of
           mans
           rib
           clearly
           represents
           this
           truth
           .
           On
           the
           one
           hand
           she
           was
           not
           made
           of
           the
           Head
           ,
           and
           therefore
           not
           
             domina
             ,
          
           she
           
           must
           not
           rule
           over
           the
           Husband
           ;
           nor
           yet
           of
           any
           anterior
           part
           ,
           and
           therefore
           not
           
             praelata
             ,
          
           she
           must
           not
           be
           before
           the
           Husband
           :
           On
           the
           other
           hand
           she
           was
           not
           made
           of
           the
           foot
           ,
           and
           therefore
           not
           
             serva
             ,
          
           to
           be
           kept
           under
           as
           a
           servant
           ;
           nor
           yet
           of
           any
           hinder
           part
           ,
           and
           therefore
           not
           
             postposita
          
           to
           be
           put
           behind
           as
           a
           child
           ;
           but
           she
           was
           made
           of
           a
           rib
           in
           his
           side
           ,
           and
           therefore
           
             socia
             ,
          
           to
           be
           esteemed
           and
           used
           as
           a
           fellow-helper
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           
             Concomitants
          
           or
           ingredients
           of
           this
           Love
           are
           desire
           
           and
           delight
           .
           The
           Moralists
           distinguish
           of
           a
           double
           Love
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           
             amor
             benevolentiae
          
           and
           
             amor
             complacentiae
             ,
          
           a
           love
           of
           benevolence
           ,
           whereby
           we
           heartily
           wish
           and
           accordingly
           endeavour
           the
           good
           of
           another
           ,
           a
           Love
           of
           complacency
           whereby
           we
           are
           well
           pleased
           and
           satisfied
           in
           the
           enjoyment
           one
           of
           another
           .
           Both
           of
           these
           make
           up
           the
           mans
           Love
           to
           his
           Wife
           ,
           namely
           a
           cordial
           desire
           of
           her
           welfare
           ,
           and
           an
           affectionate
           delight
           in
           her
           society
           .
           The
           most
           proper
           act
           of
           Matrimonial
           Love
           is
           complacency
           ,
           
           in
           which
           respect
           this
           Loving
           is
           called
           elsewhere
           a
           
             rejoycing
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Wife
           is
           called
           
             the
             Wife
             of
             the
             bosome
             ,
             the
             desire
             of
             the
             eyes
             .
          
           The
           bosome
           is
           a
           place
           of
           repose
           ,
           and
           the
           things
           we
           put
           in
           our
           bosomes
           are
           such
           as
           we
           take
           delight
           in
           ;
           for
           this
           cause
           
             Christ
          
           is
           said
           to
           be
           
             in
             the
             bosome
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
          
           to
           note
           that
           it
           
             is
          
           
           
             he
             in
             whom
             the
             Father
             is
             well
             pleased
             ;
          
           and
           
             John
          
           is
           said
           
             to
             lean
             on
             Jesus
             bosome
             ,
          
           because
           
             the
             Disciple
             whom
             Jesus
             loved
             ,
          
           and
           in
           whose
           converse
           he
           was
           singularly
           delighted
           .
           
             The
             desire
             of
             the
             eyes
          
           is
           that
           which
           in
           the
           absence
           we
           long
           for
           ,
           and
           the
           presence
           of
           which
           we
           behold
           with
           joy
           ;
           So
           that
           both
           these
           expressions
           do
           plainly
           intimate
           what
           contentment
           and
           satisfaction
           the
           man
           ought
           to
           take
           in
           the
           converse
           and
           enjoyment
           of
           his
           Wife
           .
           And
           therefore
           it
           is
           
             Solomon's
          
           counsel
           ,
           
             Let
             thy
             Wife
             be
             to
             thee
             as
             the
          
           
           
             Loving
             Hinde
             ,
             and
             as
             the
             pleasant
             Roe
             ,
          
           or
           according
           to
           the
           Hebrew
           ,
           an
           Hinde
           of
           Loves
           ,
           a
           Roe
           of
           favours
           :
           the
           mates
           of
           those
           females
           are
           the
           Hart
           and
           the
           Roe-buck
           ,
           which
           as
           Naturalists
           observe
           are
           of
           all
           other
           creatures
           the
           most
           inamored
           with
           
           their
           mates
           ,
           to
           instruct
           the
           man
           what
           an
           affectionate
           wel-pleasednesse
           he
           should
           have
           with
           his
           wife
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           
             Consequents
          
           of
           this
           Love
           are
           chiefly
           
             protection
             ,
             provision
             ,
          
           and
           
             Toleration
             ;
          
           Love
           is
           ever
           active
           ,
           being
           like
           the
           fire
           ,
           which
           where
           it
           is
           sends
           forth
           light
           and
           heat
           .
           Indeed
           
             Exhibitio
             
             operis
             probatio
             amoris
             ,
          
           action
           is
           the
           most
           real
           proof
           of
           affection
           ,
           only
           that
           love
           being
           true
           which
           is
           not
           
             otiosus
          
           but
           
             officiosus
             ,
          
           in
           word
           but
           in
           deed
           :
           Thus
           the
           husbands
           love
           to
           his
           wife
           must
           manifest
           it self
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             In
             protecting
             her
             to
             his
             power
             from
             injuries
             :
          
           it
           is
           the
           Psalmists
           expression
           ,
           
             Thou
             Lord
             wilt
             blesse
             the
             righteous
             ,
             with
             favour
             wilt
             thou
             compasse
             him
             as
             with
             a
             shield
             .
          
           Love
           alwayes
           improves
           what
           ability
           it
           hath
           in
           being
           a
           shield
           to
           what
           it
           affects
           ;
           
           so
           ought
           the
           husbands
           love
           to
           expresse
           it self
           in
           defending
           his
           wife
           from
           wrong
           .
           It
           is
           well
           observed
           that
           the
           rib
           of
           which
           woman
           was
           made
           ,
           was
           taken
           from
           under
           the
           mans
           arm
           ,
           to
           teach
           him
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           use
           of
           the
           arm
           is
           to
           keep
           off
           blowes
           from
           the
           body
           ,
           so
           the
           office
           of
           an
           husband
           is
           to
           ward
           off
           dangers
           from
           his
           wife
           .
           It
           is
           the
           speech
           of
           
             Ruth
          
           to
           
             Boaz
             ,
             Spread
             thy
             skirt
             over
             thine
             handmaid
             :
          
           The
           Hebrew
           word
           which
           we
           render
           skirt
           ,
           
           properly
           signifieth
           a
           wing
           ;
           and
           so
           the
           metaphor
           is
           borrowed
           from
           birds
           who
           spread
           their
           wings
           over
           their
           young
           ones
           ,
           to
           preserve
           them
           from
           harm
           ;
           this
           was
           that
           
             Boaz
          
           owed
           to
           
             Ruth
          
           as
           a
           kinsman
           :
           but
           much
           more
           when
           an
           husband
           ,
           it
           being
           the
           mans
           part
           to
           spread
           the
           skirts
           or
           wings
           of
           protection
           over
           his
           wife
           .
           That
           expression
           which
           
             Abimelech
          
           used
           to
           
             Sarah
          
           concerning
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Behold
             he
             is
             to
             thee
             a
             covering
             of
             the
             eyes
             ,
          
           is
           very
           
           considerable
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           since
           as
           
             Ainsworth
          
           hath
           well
           observed
           ,
           it
           denoteth
           not
           only
           subjection
           on
           the
           Womans
           ,
           but
           protection
           on
           the
           mans
           part
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           
             By
             providing
             for
             her
             conveniencies
             :
          
           Love
           is
           full
           of
           care
           ,
           and
           care
           is
           diligent
           in
           providing
           :
           such
           a
           provident
           care
           the
           man
           oweth
           to
           his
           wife
           ;
           and
           that
           not
           onely
           so
           far
           as
           is
           necessary
           ,
           this
           being
           due
           to
           the
           meanest
           servant
           in
           the
           Family
           ,
           but
           as
           is
           convenient
           and
           sutable
           both
           to
           her
           relation
           as
           a
           Wife
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           place
           and
           condition
           ;
           This
           duty
           is
           that
           which
           the
           Apostle
           expresseth
           a
           little
           before
           in
           two
           significant
           words
           of
           
             nourishing
          
           and
           
             cherishing
             ,
          
           the
           former
           whereof
           as
           one
           hath
           well
           
           observed
           referreth
           to
           food
           ,
           the
           latter
           to
           raiment
           ,
           both
           which
           in
           a
           plentifull
           measure
           the
           man
           according
           to
           his
           degree
           and
           estate
           ought
           to
           afford
           his
           wife
           ,
           and
           the
           latter
           word
           being
           a
           metaphor
           borrowed
           as
           another
           hath
           observed
           from
           the
           hens
           sitting
           upon
           her
           egges
           to
           keep
           them
           warm
           ,
           and
           thereby
           to
           hatch
           
           her
           brood
           ,
           doth
           elegantly
           expresse
           what
           a
           tender
           cherishing
           
           care
           Matrimoniall
           Love
           obligeth
           a
           man
           unto
           .
           Indeed
           when
           the
           man
           marrieth
           a
           wife
           ,
           she
           leaveth
           her
           friends
           with
           whom
           she
           was
           educated
           ,
           and
           her
           friends
           commit
           her
           to
           her
           Husbands
           custody
           ,
           good
           reason
           he
           should
           have
           a
           special
           care
           to
           provide
           for
           her
           ;
           and
           because
           this
           Love
           must
           be
           Christian
           as
           well
           as
           conjugal
           ,
           this
           care
           ought
           to
           be
           conversant
           not
           only
           about
           her
           bod●
           ,
           but
           her
           soul
           :
           In
           which
           regard
           the
           Apostle
           
             Peter
          
           willeth
           Husbands
           
             to
             dwell
             with
             their
             Wives
             as
             men
             of
             knowledge
             ,
          
           instructing
           
           them
           in
           the
           things
           which
           concern
           their
           everlasting
           welfare
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           
             By
             bearing
             with
             their
             infirmities
             :
          
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           speaking
           of
           
             charity
             ,
          
           among
           other
           properties
           ,
           telleth
           us
           
             she
             is
             not
             easily
             provoked
             ,
          
           
           
             she
             beareth
             all
             things
             ,
          
           and
           S.
           
             Peter
          
           that
           she
           
             coveerth
             a
             multitude
             of
             sins
             ;
          
           though
           love
           be
           not
           blind
           ,
           yet
           oft-times
           she
           winketh
           ,
           as
           not
           willing
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           the
           wrongs
           that
           are
           done
           :
           Thus
           ought
           the
           Husband
           to
           expresse
           his
           affection
           to
           his
           Wife
           .
           Indeed
           this
           is
           the
           trial
           of
           his
           love
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           stirred
           up
           to
           wrath
           ,
           when
           yet
           provocation
           is
           given
           ,
           but
           silently
           to
           passe
           by
           and
           patiently
           bear
           with
           her
           failings
           :
           every
           one
           will
           love
           when
           he
           is
           pleased
           ;
           but
           that
           is
           love
           ,
           to
           bear
           when
           provoked
           :
           this
           is
           that
           which
           the
           Apostle
           intendeth
           when
           to
           this
           precept
           of
           love
           he
           addeth
           a
           prohibition
           of
           bitternesse
           ;
           
             Husbands
             love
             yove
             your
             Wives
             and
             be
             not
             bitter
             against
             them
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             ob
             leves
             causas
             exasperari
             ,
          
           upon
           slight
           causes
           ,
           small
           offences
           ,
           to
           have
           their
           love
           abated
           ,
           or
           wrath
           exasperated
           .
           This
           the
           Heathen
           Philosopher
           saw
           ,
           who
           therefore
           willeth
           Husbands
           to
           passe
           by
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
           their
           wives
           infirmities
           .
           And
           thus
           you
           have
           beheld
           the
           several
           lines
           of
           the
           mans
           duty
           meeting
           together
           in
           this
           one
           center
           of
           love
           .
        
         
           What
           now
           remains
           but
           that
           all
           men
           learn
           to
           square
           their
           practice
           by
           this
           precept
           ?
           but
           alas
           how
           just
           cause
           is
           there
           given
           by
           a
           great
           part
           of
           men
           for
           a
           sad
           complaint
           ,
           or
           rather
           a
           sharp
           reproof
           !
           I
           would
           to
           God
           there
           were
           not
           some
           who
           in
           stead
           of
           affecting
           abhor
           ,
           loving
           ,
           loath
           their
           wives
           :
           and
           the
           most
           though
           not
           guilty
           of
           the
           contrary
           vice
           ,
           yet
           are
           too
           defective
           in
           the
           exercise
           of
           the
           vertue
           ;
           they
           do
           not
           hate
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           do
           not
           love
           their
           wives
           ,
           and
           in
           this
           the
           bare
           want
           of
           love
           is
           no
           small
           sinne
           .
        
         
         
           Be
           pleased
           to
           consider
           a
           while
           in
           particular
           the
           contrarieties
           between
           the
           rule
           and
           mens
           practices
           ;
           How
           many
           Husbands
           have
           base
           and
           unworthy
           esteems
           of
           their
           wives
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           their
           drudges
           ,
           being
           more
           kinde
           to
           their
           servants
           then
           them
           ?
           Little
           better
           are
           they
           who
           with
           that
           Emperour
           imagine
           wife
           to
           be
           a
           name
           
             dignitatis
          
           not
           
             voluptatis
             ,
          
           as
           if
           it
           
           were
           enough
           for
           wives
           that
           their
           Husbands
           vouchsafe
           to
           honour
           them
           in
           marrying
           them
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           they
           may
           indulge
           themselves
           the
           licentious
           liberty
           of
           voluptuous
           conversing
           with
           other
           women
           ;
           whence
           it
           is
           their
           wives
           society
           is
           rather
           a
           burthen
           then
           a
           pleasure
           to
           them
           .
           No
           lesse
           justly
           are
           they
           to
           be
           condemned
           who
           prodigally
           consume
           that
           estate
           in
           riot
           and
           luxury
           by
           which
           their
           wives
           and
           family
           should
           be
           maintained
           with
           needful
           conveniences
           :
           Surely
           in
           such
           men
           
             Nec
             amor
             viget
             mariti
             nec
             fides
             Christiani
             ,
          
           there
           is
           neither
           the
           faith
           of
           a
           Christian
           nor
           the
           love
           of
           an
           Husband
           .
           Finally
           ,
           how
           deservedly
           are
           they
           to
           be
           blamed
           who
           put
           a
           sinister
           construction
           upon
           all
           their
           wives
           actions
           ?
           if
           she
           be
           devout
           ,
           she
           is
           an
           hypocrite
           ;
           if
           grave
           ,
           she
           is
           melancholy
           ;
           if
           chearful
           ,
           she
           is
           wanton
           ;
           if
           she
           stay
           at
           home
           ,
           she
           is
           a
           drone
           ;
           if
           she
           go
           abroad
           ,
           a
           gadder
           ;
           so
           that
           ,
           nothing
           their
           wives
           doe
           can
           please
           them
           :
           whence
           it
           is
           that
           they
           are
           apt
           to
           quarrel
           with
           them
           
             de
             lanâ
             caprinâ
             ,
          
           upon
           every
           trifle
           ,
           and
           are
           often
           enraged
           without
           any
           just
           occasion
           .
        
         
           By
           these
           and
           several
           other
           waies
           do
           men
           discover
           a
           great
           defect
           of
           this
           duty
           which
           our
           Apostle
           here
           calls
           for
           ;
           but
           I
           wish
           that
           such
           would
           sadly
           consider
           how
           repugnant
           these
           courses
           are
           to
           Christianity
           ,
           since
           what
           S.
           
             John
          
           saith
           in
           another
           case
           ,
           I
           may
           no
           lesse
           truly
           say
           in
           this
           ,
           
             If
             a
             man
             say
             I
             love
             God
             ,
             and
             hateth
          
           
           
             his
             brother
             ,
             he
             is
             a
             liar
             ;
             for
             if
             he
             loves
             not
             his
             brother
             whom
             he
             hath
             seen
             ,
             how
             can
             he
             love
             God
             whom
             he
             hath
             not
             seen
             .
          
           In
           like
           manner
           ,
           If
           a
           man
           say
           he
           loves
           God
           and
           hateth
           his
           wife
           ,
           he
           is
           a
           liar
           ;
           for
           if
           he
           loves
           not
           his
           wife
           whom
           he
           seeth
           ,
           how
           can
           he
           love
           God
           whom
           he
           hath
           not
           seen
           ?
           Be
           we
           therefore
           all
           of
           us
           exhorted
           to
           a
           careful
           and
           chearful
           performance
           of
           our
           duty
           ;
           and
           as
           the
           Apostle
           elsewhere
           adviseth
           in
           the
           general
           ,
           
             Let
          
           
           
             all
             things
             be
             done
             in
             charity
             ,
          
           so
           shall
           I
           in
           this
           particular
           ,
           Let
           all
           things
           a
           man
           doth
           to
           his
           wife
           ,
           be
           done
           in
           
             Love
             ;
          
           his
           looks
           ,
           his
           
           speeches
           ,
           his
           carriage
           ,
           his
           actions
           ,
           his
           familiarity
           ,
           yea
           ,
           his
           authority
           ;
           his
           admonitions
           ,
           yea
           ,
           his
           reprehensions
           ,
           let
           all
           be
           sweetned
           with
           love
           :
           as
           the
           salt
           is
           first
           set
           on
           and
           last
           taken
           off
           from
           the
           Table
           ,
           and
           is
           eaten
           almost
           with
           every
           dish
           ;
           so
           let
           love
           accompany
           him
           in
           the
           whole
           course
           of
           his
           behaviour
           towards
           her
           .
           Thus
           ought
           conjugal
           love
           to
           be
           extended
           ,
           but
           withal
           it
           must
           be
           limited
           to
           the
           right
           object
           ,
           his
           wife
           ;
           which
           leadeth
           me
           to
           the
        
         
           
             Propriety
             of
             the
             Object
             ,
             Thy
             Wife
             .
          
           To
           clear
           this
           ,
           be
           pleased
           
           to
           distinguish
           of
           a
           three-fold
           Love
           ,
           
             spiritual
             ,
             natural
             ,
          
           and
           
             matrimonial
             :
             Spiritual
          
           Love
           is
           that
           we
           bear
           to
           a
           woman
           as
           she
           is
           a
           Christian
           ,
           and
           so
           where
           there
           are
           the
           greatest
           measures
           of
           grace
           ,
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           greater
           degrees
           of
           love
           ;
           and
           in
           this
           respect
           another
           woman
           may
           deserve
           love
           when
           a
           mans
           own
           wife
           doth
           not
           ,
           because
           she
           may
           want
           those
           impressions
           of
           grace
           which
           others
           have
           :
           
             Natural
          
           Love
           is
           to
           a
           woman
           as
           woman
           ,
           and
           thus
           a
           man
           may
           love
           other
           women
           besides
           his
           wife
           ,
           but
           still
           he
           must
           love
           his
           wife
           before
           other
           women
           :
           
             Matrimonial
          
           Love
           is
           of
           the
           wife
           as
           she
           is
           a
           wife
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           solely
           and
           wholly
           due
           from
           every
           man
           to
           his
           own
           wife
           .
           The
           Greek
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           here
           used
           signifieth
           as
           much
           as
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           (
           which
           is
           by
           some
           therefore
           made
           the
           Etymology
           of
           it
           )
           such
           a
           love
           whereby
           a
           man
           rests
           satisfied
           in
           the
           object
           loved
           ;
           this
           is
           that
           which
           
             Solomon
          
           requireth
           where
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             Let
             her
             breasts
          
           
           
             satisfie
             thee
             at
             all
             times
             ;
          
           and
           the
           contrary
           to
           this
           the
           Law
           forbiddeth
           ,
           
           where
           we
           read
           ,
           
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             covet
             thy
             Neighbours
             Wife
             .
          
        
         
           A
           fault
           too
           common
           though
           very
           hainous
           ,
           as
           
             Nadab
          
           and
           
             Abihu
             offered
             strange
             fire
             in
             the
             Censer
             ;
          
           so
           a
           great
           many
           harbour
           
           strange
           fire
           in
           their
           hearts
           ,
           I
           mean
           love
           to
           strange
           women
           :
           yea
           ,
           with
           such
           a
           spirit
           of
           lewdnesse
           are
           some
           possessed
           ,
           that
           they
           therefore
           cannot
           love
           them
           because
           they
           are
           their
           Wives
           .
           It
           is
           an
           expression
           which
           (
           though
           odious
           )
           some
           mouths
           have
           not
           been
           ashamed
           to
           utter
           ,
           
             I
             could
             love
             her
             were
             she
             not
             my
             Wife
             ;
          
           as
           if
           a
           man
           should
           say
           ,
           I
           could
           love
           these
           Lands
           ,
           these
           Goods
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           are
           mine
           ,
           which
           how
           unreasonable
           a
           reason
           it
           is
           cannot
           but
           be
           obvious
           to
           every
           man
           .
        
         
           Oh
           far
           be
           this
           distemper
           from
           us
           :
           learn
           we
           therefore
           as
           to
           
           refine
           our
           love
           that
           it
           be
           not
           sensual
           ,
           so
           to
           confine
           it
           that
           it
           be
           not
           extravagant
           .
           It
           was
           the
           praise
           of
           
             Constantine
          
           that
           he
           was
           
             Juvenis
             Uxorius
             ,
          
           though
           young
           ,
           devoted
           in
           his
           love
           only
           to
           his
           Wife
           ,
           let
           him
           be
           our
           pattern
           .
           The
           
             Ring
          
           given
           in
           Marriage
           is
           but
           
             one
             ,
          
           to
           teach
           the
           man
           that
           his
           love
           must
           be
           singularly
           contracted
           to
           the
           person
           of
           the
           Wife
           .
           The
           truth
           is
           ,
           that
           love
           which
           is
           as
           it
           were
           cut
           into
           many
           rivulets
           must
           needs
           run
           weakly
           ,
           nay
           ,
           he
           that
           giveth
           not
           all
           his
           love
           to
           his
           wife
           indeed
           giveth
           none
           at
           all
           ;
           besides
           that
           is
           most
           true
           in
           this
           sense
           ,
           
             Deus
             amat
             cor
             extensum
          
           
           
             non
             divisum
             ,
          
           the
           Husbands
           love
           must
           be
           extended
           but
           not
           divided
           ;
           
             a
             heart
             and
             a
             heart
          
           is
           hateful
           in
           God's
           sight
           ,
           nor
           can
           such
           expect
           his
           benediction
           .
           It
           is
           well
           observed
           that
           in
           the
           beginning
           whilest
           the
           waters
           were
           over
           the
           earth
           ,
           there
           was
           nothing
           but
           barrenness
           ;
           but
           when
           they
           were
           gathered
           into
           one
           place
           ,
           the
           earth
           brought
           forth
           fruits
           ,
           and
           the
           Sea
           fishes
           :
           that
           love
           will
           be
           most
           fruitful
           ,
           which
           is
           only
           setled
           upon
           the
           Wife
           ,
           and
           therefore
           let
           this
           counsel
           be
           acceptable
           to
           all
           men
           ;
           Cause
           the
           stream
           of
           thy
           affection
           to
           run
           in
           one
           channel
           ,
           the
           lines
           of
           thy
           delight
           to
           meet
           in
           one
           center
           :
           Love
           as
           intirely
           as
           thou
           canst
           so
           it
           be
           thy
           own
           Wife
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           the
           rather
           because
           she
           is
           
             thy self
             :
          
           which
           leadeth
           me
           to
        
         
           The
           
             Energy
             of
             the
             Rule
          
           upon
           which
           this
           love
           is
           grounded
           ,
           
           and
           by
           which
           it
           must
           be
           measured
           ,
           
             as
             himself
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           
             question
          
           here
           moved
           by
           some
           ,
           Why
           the
           Apostle
           having
           
           proposed
           so
           excellent
           a
           pattern
           already
           as
           that
           of
           
             Christ's
          
           love
           to
           his
           
             Church
             ,
          
           should
           now
           add
           another
           of
           a
           far
           inferiour
           nature
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           our
           love
           to
           our selves
           ;
           to
           which
           this
           
             answer
          
           is
           fitly
           returned
           .
        
         
           This
           pattern
           of
           self-love
           is
           annexed
           ,
           not
           as
           if
           the
           other
           were
           
           not
           abundantly
           sufficient
           both
           to
           perswade
           and
           direct
           to
           the
           duty
           ,
           but
           because
           this
           ,
           as
           S.
           
             Chrysostome
          
           saith
           excellently
           ,
           is
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           a
           more
           domestick
           and
           familiar
           example
           .
           The
           love
           we
           bear
           to
           our selves
           is
           plainly
           felt
           and
           discerned
           by
           us
           ;
           not
           so
           
             Christ's
          
           Love
           to
           his
           
             Church
             ,
          
           it
           being
           
             a
             love
             which
             passeth
             knowledge
             :
          
           every
           man
           knoweth
           how
           he
           loveth
           himself
           ;
           
           only
           the
           spiritual
           man
           knoweth
           ,
           and
           that
           but
           in
           a
           scant
           measure
           ,
           how
           
             Christ
          
           loveth
           his
           
             Church
             :
          
           besides
           ,
           our
           love
           to
           our selves
           as
           it
           is
           better
           known
           ,
           so
           more
           easily
           imitated
           ;
           whereas
           
             Christ's
          
           
           love
           to
           his
           
             Church
          
           is
           both
           so
           transcendent
           in
           its
           own
           nature
           ,
           and
           so
           far
           remote
           from
           our
           apprehension
           ,
           that
           though
           we
           must
           follow
           after
           it
           ,
           yet
           we
           may
           despair
           ever
           to
           come
           near
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           may
           be
           further
           
             objected
             ,
          
           Is
           not self-love
           a
           vice
           ?
           are
           
           not
           those
           hypocrites
           branded
           for
           this
           among
           others
           ,
           that
           
             they
             are
             Lovers
             of
             their
             own
             selves
             ?
          
           how
           then
           comes
           it
           to
           passe
           that
           
           self-love
           is
           here
           set
           down
           as
           the
           rule
           of
           a
           mans
           love
           to
           his
           Wife
           ?
        
         
           To
           which
           it
           is
           easily
           
             answered
             ,
          
           That
           it
           is
           not self-love
           but
           the
           exorbitancy
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           is
           elsewhere
           condemned
           as
           a
           vice
           ,
           
           and
           it
           is
           not
           an
           inordinate
           but
           a
           regular
           self-love
           which
           is
           here
           commended
           as
           a
           rule
           .
           The
           first
           and
           primary
           object
           of
           our
           love
           is
           God
           himself
           ,
           and
           as
           he
           is
           a
           superexcellent
           good
           ,
           so
           our
           love
           to
           him
           must
           be
           a
           superlative
           love
           ,
           such
           was
           
             David's
          
           when
           he
           cried
           out
           ,
           
             Whom
             have
             I
             in
             heaven
             but
             thee
             ?
             and
             there
             is
             none
             upon
             earth
             that
             I
             desire
             besides
             thee
             ;
          
           not
           goods
           ,
           nor
           children
           ,
           
           nor
           wife
           ,
           no
           nor
           self
           may
           be
           loved
           as
           God
           .
           Next
           to
           ,
           and
           under
           God
           comes
           in
           self
           ,
           there
           being
           nothing
           except
           God
           which
           can
           or
           ought
           to
           be
           dearer
           to
           a
           man
           then
           himself
           ,
           this
           is
           that
           love
           by
           which
           in
           general
           the
           love
           to
           our
           neighbour
           ,
           and
           more
           particularly
           the
           love
           to
           the
           wife
           ought
           to
           be
           regulated
           ;
           for
           so
           our
           Apostle
           here
           proposeth
           it
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           should
           
             love
             his
             wife
             as
             himself
             .
          
        
         
           This
           as
           in
           the
           Text
           may
           very
           well
           admit
           of
           a
           double
           construction
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           
             sicut
             similitudinis
          
           and
           
             veritatis
             ,
          
           an
           
             as
          
           of
           likenesse
           and
           resemblance
           ,
           and
           an
           
             as
          
           of
           verity
           and
           samenesse
           ;
           both
           these
           may
           be
           here
           used
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           it
           representeth
           two
           things
           in
           order
           to
           Conjugal
           love
           ,
           namely
           ,
           
             modum
          
           and
           
             motivum
             ,
          
           the
           manner
           how
           ,
           and
           the
           reason
           why
           the
           man
           should
           love
           his
           Wife
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           most
           proper
           and
           frequent
           acception
           of
           this
           Conjunction
           
             as
             ,
          
           is
           only
           to
           note
           
             likeness
             ,
          
           and
           thus
           the
           meaning
           is
           ,
           that
           a
           mans
           love
           to
           his
           Wife
           should
           be
           like
           that
           he
           bears
           to
           himself
           ,
           so
           that
           by
           tracing
           the
           similitude
           we
           shall
           learn
           much
           of
           the
           manner
           how
           this
           love
           is
           to
           be
           performed
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           these
           following
           parallels
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           A
           mans
           love
           to
           himself
           is
           
             cordial
          
           without
           dissimulation
           .
           Though
           a
           man
           may
           seign
           amity
           to
           others
           ,
           yet
           no
           man
           ever
           in
           
           this
           kind
           dissembled
           with
           himself
           ;
           such
           should
           a
           mans
           love
           be
           to
           his
           Wife
           ;
           not
           an
           outside
           but
           an
           inside
           ,
           not
           a
           feigned
           but
           a
           hearty
           love
           .
           The
           Poet
           calls
           love
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           a
           fire
           that
           burns
           withinin
           ;
           and
           
             Plutarch
          
           saith
           of
           friendship
           ,
           That
           as
           minerals
           are
           hid
           in
           the
           bowels
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           so
           this
           must
           be
           seated
           in
           the
           bottom
           of
           the
           heart
           .
           And
           surely
           much
           more
           true
           ought
           this
           to
           be
           of
           the
           love
           between
           man
           and
           wife
           ,
           who
           as
           they
           are
           
             one
             flesh
             ,
          
           so
           should
           their
           hearts
           be
           joyned
           together
           in
           one
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           was
           said
           of
           
             Jonathan
             that
             his
             soul
             was
             knit
             to
             David
             ,
          
           so
           
           ought
           the
           soul
           of
           the
           Husband
           to
           the
           Wife
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Ring
          
           in
           Marriage
           is
           put
           upon
           the
           fourth
           finger
           of
           the
           left
           hand
           ,
           concerning
           which
           
             Aulus
             Gellius
          
           acquaints
           us
           from
           
             Appion
             ,
          
           that
           the
           
             Aegyptians
          
           in
           anatomizing
           mens
           bodies
           ,
           observed
           
             nervum
          
           
           
             quidem
             tenuissimum
             ab
             eo
             uno
             digito
             ad
             cor
             hominis
             pergere
             ac
             provenir̄e
             ,
          
           that
           singer
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           to
           have
           a
           small
           nerve
           passing
           from
           it
           to
           the
           heart
           ,
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           I
           leave
           to
           skilful
           Anatomists
           to
           determine
           :
           the
           moral
           use
           which
           the
           man
           ought
           to
           make
           of
           it
           is
           good
           ,
           that
           putting
           the
           
             Ring
          
           on
           such
           a
           finger
           he
           be
           admonished
           of
           that
           neer
           union
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           between
           ,
           and
           dear
           affection
           in
           his
           heart
           to
           his
           wife
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           A
           mans
           love
           to
           himself
           is
           
             constant
             .
          
           No
           man
           in
           his
           right
           minde
           was
           ever
           brought
           to
           hate
           himself
           ;
           such
           ought
           his
           love
           to
           be
           to
           his
           wife
           :
           not
           like
           
             Nero's
          
           
             quinquennium
             ,
          
           for
           a
           short
           time
           ,
           a
           few
           years
           ;
           but
           as
           long
           as
           the
           relation
           so
           long
           must
           the
           affection
           continue
           ,
           even
           till
           death
           do
           part
           them
           .
           The
           
             Ring
          
           given
           in
           marriage
           is
           of
           a
           circular
           figure
           ,
           and
           a
           circle
           is
           the
           image
           of
           constancy
           ,
           to
           teach
           the
           man
           how
           perpetual
           his
           love
           should
           be
           .
           This
           latter
           will
           follow
           upon
           the
           former
           ,
           since
           
             quos
             verus
             amor
             tenuit
             tenebit
             ,
          
           that
           affection
           which
           is
           unfaigned
           will
           not
           be
           fading
           .
           
           And
           yet
           more
           particularly
           ,
           look
           as
           though
           a
           man
           see
           others
           stronger
           ,
           healthier
           ,
           handsomer
           then
           himself
           ;
           yet
           he
           doth
           not
           therefore
           fall
           in
           love
           with
           them
           to
           slight
           himself
           ,
           or
           wish
           his
           head
           upon
           their
           shoulders
           :
           So
           though
           other
           women
           be
           more
           beautiful
           and
           lovely
           then
           his
           own
           Wife
           ,
           yet
           must
           he
           not
           dote
           on
           them
           and
           neglect
           her
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           wish
           an
           exchange
           .
           And
           yet
           further
           ,
           as
           nothing
           can
           make
           a
           man
           to
           be
           out
           of
           love
           with
           himself
           though
           he
           be
           deformed
           or
           by
           some
           sad
           accident
           maimed
           and
           debilitated
           ;
           so
           neither
           ought
           any
           natural
           defect
           or
           accidental
           
           mischance
           cause
           a
           remission
           ,
           much
           lesse
           a
           cessation
           of
           the
           mans
           love
           to
           his
           wife
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           A
           mans
           love
           of
           himself
           is
           
             tender
             ;
          
           no
           man
           can
           handle
           one
           so
           
           tenderly
           as
           he
           doth
           himself
           .
           
             If
             thou
             hast
             a
             blear
             eye
             ,
             a
             lame
             foot
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             member
             afflicted
             ,
             wilt
             thou
             presently
             pluck
             it
             out
             ,
             or
             cut
             it
             off
             ,
             or
             wilt
             thou
             not
             rather
             use
             it
             with
             the
             greater
             regard
             ?
          
           such
           must
           a
           mans
           affection
           be
           to
           his
           Wife
           ,
           expressing
           it self
           in
           gentle
           and
           tender
           dealing
           with
           her
           :
           how
           chary
           are
           men
           of
           their
           glasses
           ,
           because
           as
           they
           are
           bright
           so
           brittle
           ?
           the
           woman
           is
           the
           
             weaker
             vessell
             ,
          
           which
           must
           not
           be
           a
           cause
           of
           contempt
           but
           respect
           ;
           and
           the
           more
           weak
           she
           is
           by
           reason
           of
           any
           sicknesse
           or
           distemper
           whatsoever
           ,
           so
           much
           the
           more
           tender
           care
           ought
           to
           be
           had
           of
           her
           .
           Indeed
           I
           read
           of
           some
           who
           in
           stead
           of
           tendernesse
           have
           been
           cruel
           to
           themselves
           in
           cutting
           and
           lancing
           ,
           but
           they
           were
           either
           idolatrous
           ,
           as
           
             Baal's
          
           
             Priests
             ,
          
           or
           
             Daemoniaacks
             ,
          
           
           as
           he
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           and
           surely
           we
           may
           account
           them
           either
           besotted
           in
           their
           minds
           ,
           or
           possessed
           with
           a
           divel
           who
           lay
           violent
           hands
           upon
           their
           wives
           .
           The
           Husband
           indeed
           is
           to
           govern
           the
           wife
           ,
           but
           
             consiliis
             non
             plagis
             ,
          
           with
           counsels
           not
           stripes
           ;
           neither
           divine
           nor
           humane
           Law
           intrusts
           the
           man
           with
           a
           power
           of
           castigation
           over
           his
           Wife
           ;
           yea
           ,
           the
           civil
           Law
           alloweth
           her
           a
           Bill
           of
           Divorce
           ,
           
             si
             probare
             possit
             maritum
             verberibus
             illam
             assecisse
             ,
          
           if
           she
           have
           evidence
           that
           her
           Husband
           striketh
           
           her
           ;
           and
           the
           reason
           is
           added
           
             quia
             verbera
             sunt
             ab
             ingenuis
             aliena
             ,
          
           stripes
           are
           for
           flavish
           not
           ingenuous
           persons
           :
           yea
           ,
           even
           among
           the
           Heathen
           we
           finde
           not
           any
           unlesse
           mad
           or
           drunk
           ,
           practising
           this
           unnatural
           cruelty
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           A
           mans
           love
           to
           himself
           is
           
             industrious
             ,
          
           whilest
           his
           head
           is
           ever
           contriving
           and
           his
           hand
           acting
           what
           may
           do
           himself
           good
           ;
           nor
           doth
           he
           account
           the
           greatest
           study
           or
           pains
           too
           much
           for
           his
           own
           advantage
           ;
           nay
           ,
           what
           is
           not
           a
           man
           willing
           to
           part
           with
           ,
           lands
           ,
           goods
           ,
           all
           he
           hath
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           himself
           ?
           such
           ought
           his
           love
           to
           be
           to
           his
           Wife
           ,
           parting
           with
           ,
           going
           about
           any
           thing
           which
           may
           conduce
           to
           her
           comfort
           ,
           and
           this
           not
           grudgingly
           but
           freely
           :
           Right
           Love
           is
           not
           in
           verbal
           Complement
           but
           real
           implement
           ,
           ;
           nor
           need
           beneficence
           be
           squeezed
           as
           wine
           out
           of
           the
           grape
           ,
           but
           it
           floweth
           naturally
           from
           love
           as
           water
           from
           the
           fountain
           ;
           thus
           doth
           the
           loving
           Husband
           prevent
           
           his
           wives
           desire
           in
           seeking
           and
           endeavouring
           her
           good
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           The
           love
           of
           a
           man
           to
           himselfe
           is
           
             pure
             ,
          
           not
           for
           base
           and
           sinister
           ends
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           himself
           as
           thus
           or
           thus
           accomplished
           ,
           but
           purely
           himself
           that
           he
           loveth
           ;
           such
           ought
           a
           mans
           love
           to
           be
           to
           his
           wife
           ,
           not
           because
           she
           is
           rich
           ,
           or
           young
           ,
           or
           fair
           ,
           but
           because
           she
           is
           his
           Wife
           .
           When
           
             Martia
             Cato's
          
           daughter
           was
           asked
           why
           she
           did
           not
           marry
           ,
           she
           answered
           ,
           
             Non
             se
             invenire
             virum
          
           
           
             qui
             se
             magis
             veliet
             quam
             sua
             ,
          
           she
           could
           not
           finde
           a
           man
           that
           would
           love
           her
           more
           then
           hers
           .
           I
           wish
           it
           might
           not
           be
           charged
           on
           too
           many
           men
           :
           they
           love
           only
           with
           their
           eyes
           and
           their
           fingers
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           beauty
           they
           see
           in
           ,
           or
           the
           money
           they
           receive
           with
           their
           wives
           ;
           not
           with
           their
           hearts
           ,
           out
           of
           an
           ingenuous
           or
           rather
           pious
           respect
           ,
           to
           that
           relation
           of
           a
           Wife
           wherein
           they
           belong
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           And
           lastly
           ,
           A
           mans
           love
           to
           himself
           is
           superlative
           ;
           
             proximus
             quisque
             sibi
             ,
          
           Charity
           ever
           beginneth
           at
           home
           ;
           and
           self-love
           surpasseth
           a
           mans
           affection
           to
           any
           other
           whatsoever
           :
           thus
           ought
           his
           love
           to
           his
           wife
           transcend
           his
           love
           to
           all
           other
           relations
           ,
           
             exigit
             vehementissimam
             dilectionem
             ,
             quia
             non
             potest
             esse
             vehementior
          
           
           
             quam
             sui
             ipsius
             dilectio
             ;
          
           Our
           Apostle
           in
           this
           expression
           cals
           for
           vehemency
           of
           affection
           because
           self-love
           is
           of
           such
           a
           nature
           .
           The
           
             Ring
          
           given
           in
           Marriage
           is
           of
           
             gold
          
           the
           choicest
           among
           mettals
           ,
           to
           intimate
           that
           the
           dearest
           affections
           belong
           to
           the
           Wife
           :
           for
           this
           cause
           (
           saith
           
             Moses
             )
             a
             man
             shall
             leave
             father
             and
          
           
           
             mother
             and
             cleave
             to
             his
             Wife
             ,
          
           not
           as
           if
           Marriage
           engaged
           men
           to
           put
           off
           naturall
           affection
           to
           their
           parents
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           begin
           to
           be
           husbands
           they
           must
           cease
           to
           be
           children
           ,
           this
           is
           a
           
             glosse
          
           fit
           for
           none
           but
           a
           Pharisee
           to
           put
           upon
           that
           Scripture
           ;
           but
           
             conditionally
             ,
          
           if
           they
           shall
           seek
           to
           alienate
           his
           affection
           from
           his
           Wife
           ,
           and
           
             comparatively
          
           if
           a
           man
           be
           put
           to
           that
           sad
           strait
           that
           either
           his
           wife
           or
           his
           parents
           must
           perish
           ,
           he
           ought
           first
           to
           relieve
           his
           Wife
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           will
           know
           the
           reason
           of
           all
           this
           ,
           it
           is
           because
           she
           is
           
             himselfe
             ,
          
           which
           bringeth
           me
           to
           the
        
         
           2.
           
           Consideration
           of
           this
           
             as
          
           under
           the
           notion
           of
           
             identity
             ,
             as
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           being
           
             himself
             :
          
           it
           is
           that
           acception
           in
           which
           this
           conjunction
           is
           sometimes
           taken
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           said
           concerning
           Christ
           ,
           
             We
             saw
             his
             glory
             as
             of
             the
             only
             begotten
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
          
           it
           noteth
           
           
           not
           a
           likeness
           but
           a
           reality
           ,
           being
           the
           onely
           begotten
           Sonne
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           same
           construction
           is
           that
           commendation
           given
           of
           the
           
             Thessalonians
          
           for
           
             receiving
             the
             Word
             as
          
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           being
           
           indeed
           )
           
             the
             Word
             not
             of
             man
             but
             of
             God
             ;
          
           the
           same
           sense
           is
           here
           to
           be
           given
           ,
           
             as
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           not
           only
           ,
           
             non
             minus
             quam
             seipsum
             ,
          
           not
           lesse
           then
           himself
           ,
           but
           
             quia
             illa
             est
             altera
             ego
             ,
          
           because
           she
           is
           a
           second
           self
           :
           To
           this
           purpose
           is
           that
           of
           S.
           
             Jerom
             ,
          
           who
           maketh
           it
           to
           be
           a
           
           
             sicut
             non
             similitudinis
             ,
             sed
             ponderis
             ;
          
           and
           thus
           where
           a
           little
           before
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             He
             that
             loveth
             his
             wife
             loveth
             himself
             ,
          
           the
           meaning
           is
           not
           only
           that
           he
           doth
           good
           to
           himself
           ,
           but
           that
           she
           is
           himself
           .
           The
           truth
           of
           which
           will
           easily
           appear
           upon
           a
           double
           consideration
           ,
        
         
           Of
           her
           
             original
          
           by
           creation
           ,
           being
           made
           of
           a
           rib
           which
           was
           a
           part
           of
           the
           man
           ;
           so
           that
           when
           a
           man
           taketh
           a
           wife
           
             reparat
             latus
             suum
             ,
             repetit
             costam
             suam
             ,
          
           he
           repaireth
           his
           side
           ,
           regaineth
           his
           rib
           ,
           and
           laieth
           her
           in
           his
           bosome
           who
           was
           taken
           out
           of
           his
           
           side
           .
           In
           that
           expression
           in
           
             Genesis
          
           of
           making
           an
           
             he'p
             meet
             for
             him
             ,
          
           the
           last
           words
           
             for
             him
          
           are
           fitly
           rendred
           according
           to
           the
           
           original
           
             coram
             ipso
             ,
          
           that
           is
           as
           a
           glasse
           that
           reflecteth
           upon
           him
           his
           own
           image
           ,
           
             ipse
             coram
             se
          
           himself
           before
           himself
           ,
           that
           which
           he
           seeth
           being
           taken
           out
           of
           himself
           .
        
         
           Chiefly
           of
           her
           neer
           
             Conjunction
          
           by
           marriage
           with
           the
           man
           ;
           in
           which
           respect
           as
           they
           are
           
             one
             flesh
             ,
          
           so
           the
           Law
           maketh
           them
           
             one
             person
             .
          
           Man
           and
           wife
           ,
           what
           are
           they
           ,
           but
           as
           two
           springs
           meeting
           and
           so
           joyning
           their
           streams
           that
           they
           make
           but
           one
           current
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           water
           of
           the
           one
           and
           the
           other
           cannot
           be
           severed
           :
           or
           as
           those
           two
           branches
           in
           the
           Prophets
           hand
           enclosed
           in
           one
           bark
           ;
           and
           so
           closing
           together
           that
           they
           make
           but
           one
           piece
           and
           the
           same
           fruit
           cometh
           of
           either
           .
           Indeed
           so
           close
           and
           near
           is
           the
           communion
           ,
           that
           as
           to
           use
           they
           have
           all
           things
           common
           ,
           bodies
           ,
           children
           ,
           houses
           ,
           conditions
           of
           prosperity
           and
           adversity
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           what
           improvement
           should
           all
           men
           make
           of
           this
           consideration
           but
           to
           enlarge
           and
           encrease
           their
           affections
           towards
           their
           wives
           ?
           Indeed
           it
           is
           a
           most
           unnatural
           thing
           for
           a
           man
           not
           to
           love
           himself
           ;
           it
           is
           no
           lesse
           not
           to
           love
           his
           wife
           :
           even
           irrational
           creatures
           teach
           a
           man
           to
           love
           himself
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           to
           love
           his
           Wife
           :
           a
           man
           loveth
           his
           goods
           ,
           because
           
             sua
          
           his
           own
           ,
           parents
           love
           their
           children
           as
           
             suos
          
           being
           their
           own
           ,
           much
           more
           
           should
           he
           love
           his
           Wife
           as
           
             seipsum
          
           being
           
             himself
             :
          
           though
           a
           mans
           own
           goods
           be
           not
           so
           wealthy
           ,
           children
           so
           comely
           as
           anothers
           ,
           yet
           the
           nearness
           of
           relation
           engageth
           to
           affection
           .
           
             Nemo
             patriam
             amat
             quia
             magnam
             sed
             quia
             suam
             ,
          
           every
           mans
           Countrey
           
           is
           most
           acceptable
           to
           him
           ,
           because
           though
           not
           so
           great
           or
           fertile
           as
           others
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           his
           own
           ,
           his
           native
           soyl
           .
           Be
           thy
           wife
           far
           inferiour
           in
           riches
           ,
           beauty
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           ornaments
           to
           other
           women
           ,
           yet
           this
           obligation
           lieth
           upon
           thee
           to
           love
           her
           ,
           because
           she
           is
           thine
           ;
           yea
           ,
           so
           much
           thine
           as
           that
           she
           is
           thy self
           .
           And
           thus
           I
           have
           given
           a
           dispatch
           to
           the
           mans
           duty
           ;
           I
           now
           proceed
           with
           lesse
           brevity
           ,
           but
           no
           lesse
           fidelity
           to
        
         
           The
           womans
           part
           ,
           as
           it
           followeth
           in
           those
           words
           ,
           
             and
             the
             wife
             (
             see
             )
             that
             she
             reverence
             her
             husband
             .
          
        
         
           We
           are
           not
           here
           to
           imagine
           that
           when
           the
           Apostle
           calleth
           upon
           the
           woman
           for
           
             reverence
          
           he
           excludeth
           
             love
             ;
          
           love
           is
           no
           less
           the
           wives
           duty
           then
           the
           mans
           :
           conjugal
           affection
           must
           be
           mutual
           
           and
           reciprocal
           :
           the
           Husband
           must
           love
           his
           Wife
           as
           himself
           ,
           and
           the
           Wife
           love
           her
           Husband
           as
           her self
           ;
           so
           that
           whatsoever
           hath
           been
           said
           concerning
           the
           man
           in
           this
           respect
           ,
           must
           and
           ought
           likewise
           to
           be
           observed
           and
           practised
           by
           the
           woman
           .
           Hence
           it
           is
           that
           elsewhere
           this
           is
           expressed
           concerning
           the
           
             younger
             women
             ,
             that
             they
             love
             their
             husbands
             :
          
           The
           truth
           is
           ,
           the
           
           Apostle
           here
           requireth
           love
           and
           somewhat
           more
           from
           the
           wife
           ,
           such
           a
           love
           as
           expresseth
           it self
           by
           fear
           ,
           such
           an
           affection
           as
           yieldeth
           chearful
           subjection
           :
           
             The
             Wife
             see
             that
             she
          
           do
           not
           only
           
           love
           ,
           but
           
             reverence
             her
             husband
             .
          
           To
           this
           purpose
           
             Theophylact
          
           saith
           aptly
           ,
           
             the
             wife
             must
             love
             her
             husband
             as
             a
             member
             ,
             and
             fear
             him
             as
             the
             head
             :
          
           the
           man
           indeed
           being
           the
           superior
           is
           only
           bound
           to
           love
           ,
           but
           the
           woman
           being
           imperfect
           and
           inferior
           is
           obliged
           to
           fear
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           an
           observation
           not
           unfitly
           taken
           notice
           of
           by
           the
           
             golden
             mouth'd
             Father
             ;
          
           and
           therefore
           not
           to
           be
           passed
           by
           ,
           that
           the
           Apostle
           enlargeth
           about
           
             love
             ,
          
           and
           only
           mentioneth
           
             fear
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           he
           setteth
           down
           the
           extent
           of
           
             love
          
           in
           
             leaving
             father
             and
             mother
             and
             cleaving
             to
             the
             wife
             ,
          
           the
           manner
           ,
           by
           
             Christ's
             love
          
           to
           his
           
             Church
             ,
          
           and
           a
           mans
           to
           
             himself
             ;
          
           not
           so
           of
           
             fear
             :
          
           and
           he
           giveth
           this
           reason
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           because
           he
           would
           have
           love
           especially
           
           to
           prevail
           both
           in
           man
           and
           woman
           ,
           since
           whereas
           fear
           will
           not
           cause
           love
           ,
           love
           will
           produce
           fear
           .
           Upon
           the
           same
           ground
           I
           have
           in
           imitation
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           spent
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           time
           in
           handling
           love
           ,
           allotting
           to
           it
           an
           
             elder
             Brothers
          
           portion
           ,
           though
           withall
           I
           must
           not
           neglect
           in
           some
           measure
           to
           prosecute
           this
           of
           
             fear
             ,
          
           which
           particularly
           belongs
           to
           the
           
             wife
             .
          
        
         
           If
           we
           cast
           our
           eyes
           on
           the
           5.
           verse
           of
           the
           following
           Chapter
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           the
           Apostle
           setting
           down
           
             fear
          
           as
           a
           chief
           ingredient
           
           in
           the
           
             servants
          
           duty
           :
           and
           here
           a
           Verb
           of
           that
           Noun
           is
           used
           to
           express
           the
           
             wives
          
           duty
           to
           the
           husband
           ;
           but
           though
           there
           be
           this
           agreement
           in
           the
           word
           ,
           yet
           there
           is
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           difference
           in
           the
           thing
           ;
           and
           therefore
           the
           Scholiast
           speaking
           of
           servile
           fear
           maketh
           this
           exception
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           this
           is
           not
           that
           fear
           which
           is
           enjoyned
           the
           Wife
           .
           The
           fear
           of
           a
           
             slave
          
           and
           a
           
             wife
          
           differ
           
             specifically
             ;
          
           the
           
             slaves
          
           fear
           is
           only
           of
           the
           rod
           not
           the
           person
           ,
           the
           
             wives
          
           only
           of
           the
           person
           not
           any
           rod
           .
           The
           
             slaves
          
           fear
           is
           oft-times
           accompanied
           with
           hatred
           of
           his
           master
           ,
           the
           
             wives
          
           fear
           is
           alwaies
           attended
           with
           a
           love
           of
           her
           husband
           .
           The
           fear
           of
           a
           
             servant
          
           and
           a
           
             wife
          
           differ
           
             gradually
             ,
          
           since
           according
           to
           the
           measure
           of
           the
           distance
           so
           is
           the
           degree
           of
           the
           fear
           ;
           and
           thus
           the
           servant
           being
           in
           a
           far
           lower
           condition
           ,
           and
           so
           at
           a
           greater
           distance
           from
           the
           Master
           then
           the
           wife
           from
           the
           husband
           ;
           his
           fear
           must
           be
           of
           a
           more
           aweful
           and
           submissive
           temper
           :
           in
           which
           respect
           the
           Apostle
           useth
           two
           words
           ,
           the
           one
           expressing
           an
           high
           degree
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           
           
             fear
             and
             trembling
             ,
          
           such
           a
           fear
           as
           is
           joyned
           with
           trembling
           ;
           whereas
           the
           wives
           fear
           is
           only
           so
           much
           as
           doth
           declare
           that
           the
           man
           is
           superiour
           ;
           nor
           must
           it
           be
           of
           that
           nature
           as
           to
           cause
           a
           trembling
           at
           ,
           but
           rather
           a
           delighting
           in
           her
           husbands
           presence
           ;
           not
           such
           as
           maketh
           her
           to
           quake
           when
           she
           seeth
           him
           ,
           but
           only
           keepeth
           her
           from
           rising
           up
           against
           ,
           contradicting
           of
           ,
           and
           insulting
           over
           him
           .
        
         
           To
           unfold
           more
           particularly
           both
           the
           intent
           and
           extent
           of
           this
           
             reverence
             ,
          
           which
           is
           the
           wives
           debt
           to
           the
           Husband
           ,
           be
           pleased
           to
           know
           that
           there
           is
           an
           inward
           and
           outward
           reverence
           due
           from
           all
           inferiours
           ,
           and
           in
           special
           the
           wife
           ;
           the
           intent
           of
           this
           fear
           wherein
           it
           consists
           ,
           we
           shall
           finde
           in
           the
           inward
           ;
           the
           
           extent
           of
           it
           how
           far
           it
           reacheth
           ,
           we
           shall
           see
           by
           the
           outward
           acts
           .
        
         
           The
           inward
           reverence
           carrieth
           in
           it
           an
           act
           both
           of
           the
           judgment
           and
           the
           will
           ;
           Of
           the
           judgement
           ,
           dictating
           the
           Husbands
           superiority
           ;
           of
           the
           will
           dreading
           to
           doe
           any
           thing
           which
           may
           displease
           him
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           This
           
             principle
          
           must
           be
           firmly
           asserted
           to
           and
           acknowledged
           
           by
           the
           wife
           ,
           
             that
             the
             husband
             is
             her
             superiour
             ;
          
           indeed
           there
           is
           a
           double
           priority
           belonging
           to
           the
           man
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           respect
           of
           
             sex
          
           he
           being
           the
           
             male
             ,
          
           and
           the
           woman
           the
           
             female
             ,
          
           upon
           which
           difference
           the
           man
           is
           called
           
             the
             image
             and
             glory
             of
             God
             ,
          
           and
           
             the
             woman
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             man
             ;
          
           man
           God's
           image
           and
           glory
           ,
           because
           in
           him
           a
           resemblance
           of
           God's
           
             dominion
             and
             majesty
             ,
          
           as
           being
           Lord
           of
           the
           world
           ;
           and
           the
           woman
           the
           mans
           glory
           ,
           it
           being
           an
           high
           honour
           to
           the
           man
           that
           so
           noble
           a
           creature
           as
           the
           woman
           should
           be
           inferiour
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Nor
           is
           this
           all
           the
           ground
           of
           his
           superiority
           ,
           since
           not
           only
           as
           man
           he
           is
           before
           the
           woman
           ,
           but
           as
           an
           husband
           he
           is
           over
           the
           wife
           ;
           and
           therefore
           as
           in
           respect
           of
           
             sex
             ,
          
           so
           much
           more
           of
           
             relation
          
           and
           
             office
             ,
          
           is
           the
           mans
           authority
           to
           be
           asserted
           .
           In
           
           which
           regard
           those
           titles
           of
           
             head
          
           and
           
             guide
          
           are
           given
           to
           him
           :
           since
           what
           the
           
             guide
          
           is
           to
           the
           
             traveller
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             head
          
           to
           the
           
             members
             ,
          
           that
           is
           the
           
             Husband
          
           to
           the
           
             wife
          
           for
           
             direction
          
           and
           
             government
             .
          
           Indeed
           this
           truth
           is
           so
           clear
           in
           sacred
           Writ
           ,
           that
           it
           cannot
           be
           ignorance
           but
           arrogancy
           ,
           want
           of
           sufficient
           information
           but
           peremptoriness
           of
           pride
           that
           causeth
           in
           any
           a
           denial
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           a
           doubt
           concerning
           it
           .
           That
           pattern
           of
           women
           ,
           
             Sarak
             ,
          
           acknowledged
           this
           ,
           when
           not
           out
           of
           a
           feigned
           flattery
           
           but
           a
           just
           humility
           she
           
             called
             her
             Husband
             Lord
             ;
          
           and
           this
           is
           the
           first
           step
           of
           that
           reverence
           here
           commanded
           and
           commended
           to
           all
           the
           daughters
           of
           
             Sarah
             ,
          
           that
           they
           cordially
           assent
           to
           the
           Husbands
           primacy
           and
           authority
           over
           them
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           From
           this
           naturally
           floweth
           in
           the
           will
           an
           
             aversation
          
           from
           what
           offendeth
           her
           husband
           ,
           whereby
           out
           of
           an
           awful
           respect
           to
           his
           power
           and
           place
           she
           dareth
           not
           displease
           him
           ;
           yea
           ,
           in
           consideration
           of
           which
           she
           abhorreth
           it
           as
           the
           greatest
           evil
           next
           to
           the
           breach
           of
           God's
           precepts
           ,
           to
           contradict
           her
           Husbands
           will
           .
           Hence
           it
           is
           that
           as
           the
           Apostles
           expression
           is
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
           she
           taketh
           care
           ,
           and
           that
           a
           serious
           thoughtful
           care
           which
           
           way
           she
           may
           please
           her
           Husband
           ,
           so
           as
           it
           is
           her
           joy
           when
           she
           can
           give
           him
           content
           ,
           and
           her
           grief
           when
           any
           thing
           falleth
           out
           that
           crosseth
           his
           will
           ,
           and
           proveth
           distasteful
           to
           him
           .
           Thus
           as
           the
           iron
           is
           drawn
           by
           the
           Loadstone
           ,
           the
           marigold
           openeth
           and
           shutteth
           with
           the
           Sun
           ,
           and
           the
           glasse
           reflecteth
           the
           form
           and
           figure
           ,
           the
           posture
           and
           motion
           of
           the
           body
           ;
           so
           doth
           her
           will
           conform
           it self
           next
           under
           God's
           to
           her
           Husbands
           pleasure
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Upon
           both
           these
           followeth
           that
           outward
           reverence
           in
           her
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           
             Gestures
             ,
          
           When
           by
           her
           respectful
           carriage
           and
           observant
           demeanour
           towards
           him
           she
           testifieth
           her
           reverent
           regard
           of
           him
           :
           in
           token
           of
           this
           it
           was
           that
           
             Rebeccah
          
           when
           she
           saw
           
             Isaac
             ,
             lighted
             of
             her
             camell
             ,
             and
             covered
             her self
             with
             a
             Veil
             :
          
           this
           is
           
           that
           fear
           which
           S.
           
             Peter
          
           mindeth
           the
           Wives
           of
           in
           those
           words
           ,
           
             Whilest
             they
             behold
             your
             chaste
             conversation
             coupled
             with
             fear
             ,
          
           it
           
           being
           such
           a
           fear
           he
           there
           calleth
           for
           which
           is
           exprest
           in
           their
           conversation
           ;
           and
           that
           such
           as
           others
           may
           behold
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           in
           their
           reverent
           deportment
           towards
           their
           husbands
           .
           Thus
           as
           the
           
             Moon
          
           though
           when
           the
           
             Sun
          
           is
           absent
           she
           govern
           the
           world
           by
           her
           influence
           ,
           yet
           when
           the
           
             Sun
          
           appeareth
           she
           veileth
           her
           light
           :
           So
           the
           
             wife
          
           though
           she
           be
           Ruler
           of
           the
           Family
           in
           her
           
             husbands
             absence
             ,
          
           yet
           when
           he
           is
           present
           she
           must
           declare
           her
           reverence
           by
           giving
           place
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
             Speeches
             ,
          
           and
           that
           both
           
             to
          
           and
           
             of
          
           him
           ;
           
             To
          
           him
           ,
           when
           he
           is
           with
           her
           ,
           fairly
           entreating
           ,
           modestly
           answering
           ,
           mildely
           perswading
           ,
           humbly
           admonishing
           ;
           and
           when
           occasion
           is
           ,
           wisely
           forbearing
           to
           retort
           upon
           his
           passionate
           expressions
           .
           
             Of
          
           him
           ,
           when
           he
           may
           be
           far
           from
           her
           ,
           having
           the
           fear
           of
           him
           before
           her
           ;
           and
           therefore
           not
           mentioning
           his
           name
           without
           respect
           ,
           and
           avoiding
           any
           expressions
           which
           (
           though
           out
           of
           his
           hearing
           )
           may
           betray
           any
           contempt
           either
           of
           his
           person
           ,
           or
           power
           ,
           or
           place
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             Actions
             ,
          
           When
           her
           reverence
           of
           him
           causeth
           her
           willingly
           to
           doe
           what
           he
           requireth
           ,
           and
           abstain
           from
           what
           he
           
           forbiddeth
           .
           Indeed
           reverence
           is
           the
           rise
           of
           obedience
           ,
           and
           obedience
           the
           best
           testimony
           of
           reverence
           :
           that
           subjection
           cannot
           be
           voluntary
           which
           is
           not
           the
           effect
           of
           reverence
           ;
           nor
           can
           that
           reverence
           be
           real
           which
           doth
           not
           put
           upon
           subjection
           .
           It
           
           is
           very
           observable
           in
           Scripture
           that
           the
           
             fear
             of
             God
          
           and
           
             keeping
             his
             Commandments
          
           are
           frequently
           joyned
           together
           ,
           to
           intimate
           
           the
           inseparable
           connexion
           between
           them
           ,
           since
           whoso
           
             feareth
             God
          
           cannot
           but
           
             keep
             Gods
             Commandments
             ;
          
           and
           he
           cannot
           
             keep
          
           
           
             God's
             Commandments
          
           that
           doth
           not
           
             fear
          
           him
           :
           It
           is
           no
           lesse
           true
           in
           this
           of
           the
           wife
           to
           the
           Husband
           ,
           who
           ought
           to
           manifest
           her
           fear
           of
           him
           by
           her
           obedience
           to
           his
           desires
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           beloved
           ,
           I
           could
           wish
           there
           were
           not
           cause
           given
           by
           wives
           as
           well
           as
           men
           of
           a
           deserved
           accusation
           and
           a
           severe
           increpation
           .
           Indeed
           some
           kinde
           of
           
             fear
          
           is
           too
           prevalent
           in
           many
           women
           ;
           nor
           are
           the
           men
           in
           this
           to
           be
           exempted
           ,
           I
           mean
           
           a
           fear
           of
           
             suspicion
          
           and
           
             jealousie
          
           in
           regard
           of
           each
           others
           fidelity
           .
           A
           crime
           that
           for
           the
           most
           part
           is
           found
           in
           them
           that
           are
           guilty
           themselves
           :
           as
           charity
           prompts
           good
           men
           to
           think
           others
           are
           as
           faithful
           and
           just
           as
           themselves
           ;
           so
           lust
           maketh
           evil
           ones
           surmise
           others
           to
           be
           as
           vicious
           and
           licentious
           as
           they
           .
           A
           sin
           which
           cannot
           but
           be
           an
           enemy
           to
           the
           duties
           here
           enjoyned
           ,
           since
           jealousie
           must
           needs
           expel
           love
           out
           of
           the
           mans
           heart
           towards
           his
           wife
           ,
           and
           hinder
           the
           woman
           from
           yielding
           that
           reverential
           fear
           she
           oweth
           to
           her
           husband
           .
           Finally
           ,
           a
           fault
           which
           like
           envy
           carrieth
           with
           it
           its
           own
           punishments
           ,
           guawing
           the
           bowels
           ,
           distracting
           the
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           tormenting
           the
           spirits
           of
           them
           who
           give
           entertainment
           to
           it
           :
           in
           which
           respect
           wise
           persons
           are
           unwilling
           to
           harbour
           it
           even
           when
           there
           may
           be
           too
           just
           ground
           and
           reason
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           return
           to
           the
           fear
           my
           Text
           calls
           for
           ,
           though
           there
           be
           too
           much
           oft-times
           of
           that
           other
           ,
           yet
           too
           little
           of
           this
           fear
           is
           to
           be
           found
           in
           most
           women
           :
           how
           true
           this
           charge
           is
           let
           the
           carelesse
           irreverent
           carriage
           of
           many
           wives
           testifie
           .
           
             Solomon
          
           in
           the
           
             Proverbs
          
           mentioneth
           ,
           
             An
             eye
             that
             mocketh
             at
             his
             Father
             and
             despiseth
             to
             obey
             his
             mother
             :
          
           Indeed
           by
           the
           eye
           it
           is
           that
           the
           
           soul
           doth
           much
           expresse
           it self
           in
           mocking
           and
           despising
           ,
           and
           there
           are
           too
           easily
           to
           be
           observed
           
             eyes
          
           that
           despise
           their
           
             Husbands
             .
          
           Women
           of
           proud
           and
           scornful
           behaviour
           not
           only
           towards
           their
           Neighbours
           but
           Husbands
           .
           Nor
           are
           only
           the
           
             eyes
          
           but
           the
           
             tongues
          
           of
           many
           in
           fault
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           sharp
           ,
           passionate
           ,
           presumptuous
           and
           impetuous
           speeches
           ,
           whilest
           they
           speak
           either
           chidingly
           like
           
             Jezabel
             ,
          
           railingly
           like
           
             Zipporah
             ,
          
           
           scoffingly
           like
           
             Michol
             ,
          
           or
           reproachfully
           like
           
             Job's
          
           
             wife
             ;
          
           nay
           ,
           so
           little
           regard
           have
           they
           of
           their
           husbands
           ,
           that
           they
           care
           not
           in
           discourse
           before
           others
           to
           divulge
           their
           faults
           ,
           and
           (
           it
           may
           be
           )
           load
           them
           with
           calumnies
           :
           So
           that
           what
           
             Jacob
          
           saith
           to
           his
           sons
           
             Simeon
             ,
          
           and
           
             Levi
          
           in
           regard
           of
           their
           cruel
           exploit
           ,
           
             You
             have
             made
             we
             to
             stink
             amongst
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
          
           may
           
           many
           men
           say
           to
           their
           wives
           ,
           
             You
             make
             me
             to
             stink
             amongst
             my
             neighbours
             and
             friends
             by
             your
             reviling
             words
             and
             opprobrious
             speeches
             ;
          
           yea
           ,
           to
           carry
           it
           on
           a
           little
           further
           ,
           I
           would
           to
           God
           there
           were
           not
           a
           generation
           of
           women
           in
           the
           world
           who
           tread
           
             Antipodes
          
           to
           this
           duty
           ,
           instead
           of
           fearing
           their
           Husbands
           they
           would
           make
           their
           Husbands
           stand
           in
           fear
           of
           them
           ;
           whose
           study
           is
           not
           to
           please
           but
           crosse
           their
           Husbands
           wills
           ,
           who
           will
           either
           have
           the
           mastery
           ,
           or
           wage
           a
           continual
           warre
           with
           them
           ;
           Aspiring
           shoulders
           that
           will
           not
           content
           themselves
           to
           have
           a
           room
           below
           their
           head
           ;
           Monsters
           of
           their
           sex
           inverting
           the
           order
           in
           which
           nature
           or
           rather
           the
           God
           of
           nature
           hath
           set
           them
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           woman
           were
           not
           made
           for
           the
           mans
           comfort
           ,
           but
           the
           man
           to
           be
           at
           the
           womans
           command
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           am
           perswaded
           better
           things
           of
           you
           ,
           though
           I
           thus
           speak
           ,
           only
           I
           beseech
           you
           accept
           a
           word
           of
           exhortation
           to
           the
           practice
           of
           this
           duty
           .
           Our
           English
           Translation
           here
           supplieth
           a
           word
           
             see
             ,
          
           which
           is
           not
           in
           the
           original
           ;
           but
           yet
           it
           is
           implied
           in
           the
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             that
             she
             reverence
             ,
          
           before
           which
           is
           supposed
           a
           verb
           that
           must
           signifie
           as
           much
           as
           
             see
             ,
          
           let
           the
           wife
           look
           to
           it
           that
           she
           fear
           her
           husband
           .
           It
           is
           then
           a
           strict
           charge
           that
           is
           here
           laid
           upon
           the
           woman
           by
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           from
           him
           to
           give
           it
           you
           .
           Have
           a
           care
           that
           this
           duty
           of
           fear
           be
           not
           omitted
           ;
           it
           is
           not
           an
           arbitrary
           thing
           which
           you
           may
           doe
           or
           leave
           ,
           but
           a
           necessary
           work
           to
           be
           performed
           by
           you
           ;
           I
           know
           you
           are
           ready
           to
           say
           with
           them
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           
             This
             is
             an
             hard
             saying
             ,
             who
             can
             bear
             it
             ?
          
           but
           be
           it
           never
           so
           hard
           in
           your
           apprehention
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           just
           and
           right
           according
           to
           God's
           Ordination
           ,
           and
           to
           repine
           at
           
           it
           is
           no
           lesse
           then
           to
           murmure
           at
           God
           himself
           .
        
         
           Oh
           therefore
           see
           ,
           beware
           that
           you
           grudge
           not
           at
           this
           precept
           ;
           and
           again
           
             see
             ,
          
           look
           that
           you
           cheerfully
           perform
           it
           :
           and
           indeed
           were
           it
           seriously
           considered
           that
           it
           is
           not
           a
           servile
           but
           an
           ingenuous
           fear
           which
           is
           here
           commanded
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           fear
           
           from
           the
           wife
           is
           allaied
           with
           a
           precept
           of
           honour
           from
           the
           husband
           ,
           
           nay
           ,
           that
           where
           this
           is
           practised
           ,
           it
           doth
           regain
           a
           mutual
           respect
           from
           the
           man
           ,
           whilest
           by
           obeying
           she
           commands
           ,
           for
           so
           the
           
             mother
          
           told
           her
           
             daughter
             ,
             Do
             thou
             minister
             to
             thy
             husband
             ,
             and
             he
             shall
             do
             the
             like
             to
             thee
             ;
             be
             thou
             his
             handmaid
             and
             he
             shall
             be
             thy
             servant
             ;
          
           and
           thus
           as
           
             Sarah
          
           called
           
             Abraham
          
           Lord
           ,
           so
           he
           called
           her
           
             Sarai
             ,
          
           as
           much
           as
           
             my
             mistris
             :
          
           these
           meditations
           could
           not
           but
           sweeten
           the
           bitternesse
           of
           this
           precept
           to
           them
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           let
           there
           be
           but
           a
           cordiall
           love
           in
           the
           wife
           to
           her
           husband
           ,
           and
           this
           command
           of
           fear
           will
           not
           be
           grievous
           to
           her
           :
           as
           fear
           is
           the
           spring
           of
           subjection
           ,
           so
           love
           is
           the
           rise
           of
           fear
           ;
           in
           which
           respect
           the
           
             Scholiast
          
           saith
           fitly
           ,
           
             if
             love
             be
             present
             ,
             fear
             will
             follow
             after
             it
             and
             attend
             upon
             it
             ;
          
           and
           as
           the
           mans
           love
           engageth
           him
           to
           honour
           and
           protect
           ,
           so
           the
           wives
           will
           no
           lesse
           oblige
           her
           to
           fear
           and
           subjection
           .
        
         
           I
           shut
           up
           this
           ,
           yea
           both
           the
           man
           and
           the
           womans
           part
           with
           one
           admonition
           to
           them
           both
           :
           As
           the
           one
           desireth
           to
           
             love
          
           his
           
             Wife
             ,
          
           and
           the
           other
           to
           
             fear
          
           her
           
             Husband
             ,
          
           let
           both
           strive
           to
           have
           the
           
             love
             and
             fear
             of
             God
          
           rooted
           in
           their
           hearts
           .
           It
           is
           very
           considerable
           ,
           that
           
             fear
             God
             and
             the
             King
          
           are
           put
           together
           by
           
             Solomon
             ,
          
           and
           
             fear
             God
             and
             honour
             the
             King
          
           by
           S.
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           to
           intimate
           ,
           that
           the
           former
           always
           inclines
           to
           the
           latter
           :
           the
           like
           I
           may
           say
           here
           ,
           fear
           God
           and
           thy
           husband
           ,
           fear
           God
           and
           honour
           thy
           wife
           ,
           since
           he
           that
           is
           faithful
           in
           his
           duty
           to
           God
           ,
           cannot
           but
           be
           careful
           of
           his
           duty
           to
           man
           .
           The
           Rabbins
           have
           observed
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           which
           signifieth
           
             God
             ,
          
           be
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           &
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           which
           signifieth
           
             man
          
           and
           
             woman
             ,
          
           there
           remaineth
           nothing
           but
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           which
           signifieth
           
             fire
             ;
          
           nothing
           but
           the
           fire
           of
           malice
           in
           the
           mans
           heart
           ,
           the
           fire
           of
           pride
           in
           the
           womans
           ,
           and
           the
           fire
           of
           contention
           between
           them
           both
           is
           to
           be
           expected
           ,
           when
           God
           is
           not
           loved
           ,
           feared
           ,
           served
           and
           honoured
           by
           them
           .
           And
           thus
           much
           be
           spoken
           of
           the
           second
           General
           ,
           the
           obligation
           layed
           upon
           the
           man
           and
           the
           wife
           .
           I
           hasten
           in
           a
           word
           to
        
         
           The
           
             punctual
             application
          
           to
           be
           made
           of
           these
           duties
           ,
           
             Let
             every
          
           
           
             one
             of
             you
             in
             particular
             .
          
           And
           this
           is
           done
           two
           ways
           :
           by
           a
           word
           of
           generical
           comprehension
           ,
           
             every
             one
             ;
          
           and
           words
           of
           individual
           specification
           ,
           
             of
             you
             in
             particular
             :
          
           both
           which
           though
           expressed
           only
           in
           the
           mans
           part
           ,
           yet
           are
           by
           a
           parity
           of
           reason
           to
           be
           supplied
           
           the
           wives
           ,
           
             every
             one
             in
             particular
             ,
          
           both
           man
           and
           woman
           being
           obliged
           to
           the
           practice
           of
           their
           duty
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           first
           word
           is
           of
           
             a
             generical
             comprehension
             ,
             every
             one
             ,
          
           of
           
           what
           degree
           ,
           quality
           ,
           condition
           soever
           is
           concerned
           in
           these
           precepts
           ;
           yea
           every
           one
           is
           bound
           to
           their
           several
           wife
           or
           husband
           ,
           be
           their
           condition
           or
           qualification
           what
           it
           will
           .
           It
           is
           ,
           though
           very
           sad
           ,
           yet
           too
           common
           for
           both
           sexes
           to
           plead
           excuses
           for
           their
           non-observance
           of
           these
           divine
           injunctions
           .
           On
           the
           one
           hand
           many
           a
           man
           is
           apt
           to
           say
           ,
           I
           could
           
             love
          
           my
           
             Wife
          
           were
           she
           a
           
             person
          
           of
           
             quality
             ,
          
           but
           she
           was
           my
           
             servant
             ;
          
           were
           she
           
           
             wealthy
             ,
          
           but
           she
           
             brought
             me
             nothing
             ;
          
           were
           she
           
             meek
             and
             quiet
             ,
          
           but
           she
           is
           
             froward
             and
             perverse
             .
          
           It
           is
           true
           indeed
           wisedom
           teacheth
           thee
           beforehand
           to
           take
           care
           that
           there
           be
           virtuous
           qualities
           ,
           and
           some
           proportionable
           equality
           of
           estate
           and
           degree
           in
           the
           person
           whom
           thou
           choosest
           for
           thy
           wife
           ;
           but
           having
           once
           entered
           into
           that
           relation
           ,
           justice
           obligeth
           thee
           to
           give
           her
           the
           love
           due
           to
           a
           Wife
           .
           On
           the
           other
           hand
           many
           a
           Wife
           is
           ready
           to
           pretend
           ,
           I
           could
           
             reverence
          
           my
           
             Husband
          
           were
           he
           not
           
             a
             mean
             person
             ,
          
           one
           whose
           fortune
           hath
           been
           raised
           by
           my
           estate
           ;
           not
           considering
           ,
           that
           how
           
             superiour
          
           soever
           she
           were
           before
           ,
           yet
           by
           
             marriage
          
           she
           becometh
           his
           
             inferior
             :
          
           And
           again
           ,
           I
           could
           
             reverence
          
           him
           were
           he
           not
           a
           man
           
             of
             a
             debaucht
             ,
             prophane
             and
             vicious
             life
             .
          
           Indeed
           I
           could
           wish
           that
           many
           men
           did
           not
           give
           too
           much
           occasion
           by
           their
           loose
           lives
           of
           that
           contempt
           they
           finde
           in
           the
           eyes
           not
           only
           of
           Wife
           ,
           but
           servants
           ;
           but
           still
           be
           the
           Husband
           never
           so
           faulty
           ,
           and
           his
           practices
           licentious
           ,
           yet
           in
           respect
           of
           his
           
             place
             and
             relation
             ,
          
           the
           
             Wife
          
           oweth
           him
           
             reverence
             :
          
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           
             nemo
             excipitur
             ,
          
           none
           is
           excepted
           ,
           let
           none
           of
           either
           sex
           dare
           to
           exempt
           themselves
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Because
           what
           is
           spoken
           to
           every
           one
           ,
           is
           accounted
           as
           spoken
           to
           none
           ,
           our
           Apostle
           bringeth
           down
           the
           
             general
          
           to
           
             individuals
             ,
             every
             one
             of
             you
             in
             particular
             ;
          
           or
           according
           to
           the
           
           Greek
           ,
           
             one
             by
             one
             :
          
           Take
           this
           as
           spoken
           to
           him
           and
           her
           ,
           and
           so
           each
           apply
           their
           own
           duty
           to
           themselves
           .
           It
           is
           that
           which
           concerneth
           
             Ministers
          
           in
           all
           their
           doctrines
           ,
           not
           to
           shoot
           at
           randome
           
           but
           aim
           at
           the
           mark
           ;
           like
           
             David's
          
           ,
           
             Thou
             art
             the
             man
             and
          
           S.
           
             Peter's
             ,
             You
             have
             crucified
             ;
          
           and
           here
           S.
           
             Paul's
             ,
             You
             in
             particular
             .
          
           It
           is
           that
           which
           all
           
             hearers
          
           are
           enjoyned
           ,
           to
           
             mix
             faith
             with
             what
             
             they
             hear
             ,
          
           and
           that
           by
           a
           particular
           application
           of
           the
           word
           to
           their
           own
           hearts
           and
           lives
           ;
           and
           yet
           more
           closely
           to
           the
           text
           ,
           it
           is
           that
           which
           
             Man
          
           and
           
             Wife
             ,
          
           each
           one
           in
           regard
           of
           themselves
           ought
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           ,
           and
           square
           their
           own
           practice
           by
           .
        
         
           And
           well
           were
           it
           if
           this
           were
           duly
           thought
           upon
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           perfomed
           .
           But
           alas
           ,
           we
           every
           one
           look
           to
           anothers
           ,
           not
           our
           own
           duty
           ;
           
             and
             to
             speak
             my
             thoughts
             freely
             ,
          
           I
           fear
           this
           will
           be
           the
           
             use
          
           or
           rather
           
             abuse
          
           which
           too
           many
           will
           make
           of
           this
           
             Sermon
             .
          
           It
           is
           very
           likely
           that
           when
           you
           come
           home
           ,
           the
           
             Husband
          
           will
           read
           his
           
             Wife
          
           a
           
             Lecture
          
           of
           her
           
             duty
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Wife
             ring
             a
             peal
          
           in
           the
           
             Husbands
             ears
          
           concerning
           
             his
             ,
          
           and
           so
           whilest
           
             each
             upbraid
          
           the
           
             other
             ,
             both
          
           forget
           what
           belongeth
           to
           them
           in
           
             particular
             .
          
           Oh
           how
           preposterous
           a
           course
           is
           this
           !
           as
           if
           a
           
             Scholar
          
           should
           only
           minde
           how
           his
           
             Schoolfellow
          
           learneth
           his
           
             lesson
             ,
          
           and
           not
           look
           on
           his
           
             own
             :
          
           or
           a
           man
           should
           take
           notice
           what
           is
           good
           
           for
           his
           
             neighbours
             ,
          
           but
           not
           his
           
             own
             disease
             ;
          
           and
           therefore
           whereas
           the
           Apostle
           in
           another
           case
           most
           justly
           adviseth
           ,
           
             Look
             not
             every
             man
             on
             his
             own
             things
             ,
             but
             every
             man
             also
             on
             the
             things
             of
             others
             ,
          
           my
           counsel
           in
           this
           case
           is
           ,
           look
           not
           so
           much
           on
           the
           duties
           of
           others
           ,
           as
           every
           man
           on
           his
           own
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           much
           the
           rather
           would
           this
           be
           considered
           in
           the
           present
           matter
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           so
           frequent
           for
           both
           the
           Man
           and
           the
           
             Wife
          
           to
           
             excuse
          
           their
           own
           
             neglect
          
           by
           the
           others
           
             default
             .
          
           What
           
             apologies
          
           more
           usual
           then
           these
           ?
           the
           
             Man
          
           saith
           ,
           I
           could
           
             love
          
           my
           
             Wife
          
           did
           she
           
             reverence
          
           me
           ;
           and
           the
           
             Wife
          
           I
           would
           
             reverence
          
           my
           
             Husband
          
           did
           he
           
             love
          
           me
           :
           both
           are
           ready
           to
           say
           ,
           
             Let
             him
             do
             his
             ,
             or
             she
             her
             duty
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             doe
             mine
             .
          
           But
           oh
           how
           vain
           is
           this
           plea
           ,
           since
           neither
           is
           the
           man
           only
           obliged
           in
           case
           the
           woman
           perform
           hers
           ,
           nor
           the
           woman
           if
           the
           man
           perform
           his
           part
           ,
           but
           both
           because
           God
           hath
           enjoyned
           each
           particular
           to
           fulfill
           their
           own
           work
           whatsoever
           the
           other
           doe
           .
           Excellent
           counsel
           to
           this
           purpose
           is
           that
           which
           a
           Greek
           Father
           giveth
           ,
           where
           he
           puts
           the
           question
           and
           answers
           it
           ,
           
             What
             if
             the
             Woman
             do
             not
             fear
             thee
             ,
             yet
             do
             thou
             love
             her
             ,
             and
             so
             perform
             thy
             part
             ;
             and
             likewise
             the
             Woman
             though
             she
             be
             not
             beloved
             ,
             yet
             let
             her
             reverence
             her
             Husband
             :
          
           Surely
           ,
           as
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           was
           used
           to
           say
           ,
           
             it
             is
             better
             to
             give
             then
             to
             receive
             ,
          
           so
           in
           this
           case
           it
           is
           better
           to
           pay
           then
           to
           require
           ;
           if
           another
           fail
           in
           duty
           to
           thee
           it
           
           is
           thy
           
             crosse
             ,
          
           but
           if
           thou
           fail
           in
           duty
           to
           another
           it
           is
           thy
           
             curse
             :
          
           assure
           thy self
           
             oh
             man
             or
             woman
             ,
          
           it
           is
           more
           
             acceptable
          
           to
           
             God
          
           and
           
             commendable
          
           amongst
           
             men
             ,
          
           that
           thou
           shouldst
           doe
           thy
           own
           part
           ,
           then
           challenge
           that
           which
           is
           anothers
           towards
           thee
           :
           and
           let
           me
           add
           one
           word
           more
           ,
           That
           man
           or
           woman
           who
           seeth
           not
           more
           faults
           in
           themselves
           then
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           is
           either
           
             arrogant
             ,
          
           or
           
             ignorant
             ,
          
           or
           
             both
             .
          
        
         
           
             To
             end
             all
             :
          
           Though
           we
           must
           every
           one
           apply
           to
           our selves
           ,
           yet
           we
           may
           every
           one
           exhort
           each
           other
           ;
           the
           
             Husband
          
           the
           
             Wife
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Wife
          
           (
           with
           a
           due
           regard
           )
           the
           
             Husband
             .
          
           Though
           our
           
             application
          
           must
           be
           
             peculiar
             ,
          
           yet
           our
           
             supplication
          
           ought
           to
           be
           
             mutual
             ;
          
           the
           
             Husband
          
           for
           the
           
             Wife
             ,
          
           the
           
             Wife
          
           for
           the
           
             Husband
             ,
             both
             together
          
           that
           they
           may
           know
           and
           practise
           their
           duties
           .
           Let
           us
           therefore
           
             pray
          
           one
           for
           another
           ,
           and
           let
           it
           be
           my
           
             prayer
          
           for
           you
           all
           here
           present
           this
           day
           ,
           who
           are
           knit
           together
           in
           the
           
             matrimonial
          
           bond
           ,
           that
           every
           
             Husband
          
           may
           
             love
             his
             wife
             as
             himself
             ,
          
           and
           every
           
             wife
             reverence
             her
             Husband
          
           as
           she
           ought
           :
           And
           yet
           more
           especially
           for
           that
           
             worthy
             pair
             ,
          
           whose
           
             Nuptials
          
           have
           been
           lately
           
             solemnized
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             practice
             of
             their
             duties
             each
             to
             other
             ,
             they
             may
             be
             happy
             each
             in
             other
             ;
             and
             the
             blessing
             of
             Heaven
             may
             be
             upon
             them
             both
             ,
             even
             a
             peaceable
             tranquility
             ,
             hopeful
             posterity
             ,
             abundant
             competency
             ,
             with
             length
             of
             days
             here
             ,
             and
             a
             never
             fading
             glory
             ,
             an
             eternal
             felicity
             hereafter
             .
          
        
         
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A45556e-260
           
             Prov.
             5.
             19.
             
             Psal.
             127.
             5.
             122.
             7.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45556e-1690
           
             Sicut
             è
             mari
             omnia
             flumina
             ,
             ita
             è
             divina
             ,
             Scriptura
             omnes
             humanae
             disciplinae
             oriuntur
             .
             Mend
             .
             T.
             1.
             p.
             17.
             
          
           
             Initio
             versiculi
             non
             converti
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               veruntamen
            
             sed
             
               igitur
               ,
            
             quòd
             omnino
             videatur
             esse
             in
             his
             verbis
             conclusio
             superioris
             tractationis
             .
             
               Beza
            
             in
             loc.
          
           
             Revocat
             Apostolum
             haec
             particula
             a
             praedicti
             mysterii
             fusiori
             consideratione
             .
             
               Bod.
            
             in
             loc.
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Theoph.
            
             ibid.
             Non
             impedit
             praeceptum
             expressum
             quod
             de
             typica
             adumbratione
             dixi
             .
             
               Aret.
               
            
          
           
             Gen.
             1.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             2.
             1●
             .
          
           
             
               Aug.
            
             de
             bon●
             conjug.
             .
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Hieroc
               .
            
             de
             Nupt.
          
           
             Conjugium
             principium
             urbis
             est
             &
             quasi
             seminarium
             .
             
               Cic.
            
             de
             offic.
             l
             1.
             
          
           
             Bern.
             
          
           
             
               Mal.
            
             2.
             15.
             
             Nec
             artifex
             nec
             materia
             defecisset
             .
             
               Tertul.
            
             exhor
             .
             ad
             castit
             .
          
           
             
               Theod.
            
             Opusc.
             in
             Bibl.
             patr.
             T.
             1.
             Gr.
             Lat.
             
          
           
             Hieron.
          
           
             Numerus
             conjugii
             a
             maledicto
             viro
             incepit
             ,
             primus
             Lamech
             duabus
             maritatus
             tres
             unam
             carnem
             fecit
             .
             
               Tartul
               .
            
             ibid.
          
           
             In
             ea
             sope
             deficimus
             licet
             domini
             satis
             studiosi
             .
             
               Aret.
            
             in
             loc.
             Rigorem
             virilis
             Legis
             emollit
             ,
             neu
             potestate
             quae
             praevalet
             nimius
             quis
             sit
             in
             dominatu
             uxoris
             .
             
               Amb.
               in
               Col.
            
             3.
             19.
             
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Oecum
             .
             
               ibid.
            
          
           
             Demosth.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             13.
             10.
             
          
           
             Non
             es
             dominus
             sed
             maritus
             ,
             non
             ancillam
             sed
             uxorem
             sortitus
             es
             ,
             &
             gubernatorem
             te
             voluit
             esse
             Deus
             muliebris
             sexus
             ,
             non
             praepotentem
             .
             
               Amb
               Hexam
               .
            
             lib
             5.
             cap.
             7.
             
             
               Psa.
            
             128.
             3.
             Aug.
             de
             bon●
             conjug.
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Arist.
             Rhet.
             l.
             2.
             c.
             8.
             
          
           
             Pro.
             5.
             18.
             
             Deut.
             13.
             6.
             
             Ezek.
             24.
             16.
             
          
           
             John
             1.
             28.
             
             Mat.
             3.
             17.
             
             Joh.
             13.
             23.
             
             Joh.
             20.
             2.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             5.
             19.
             
          
           
             Diligendi
             vocabulum
             tum
             ad
             affectum
             sum
             ad
             effectum
             referre
             oportet
             .
             
               Daven.
            
             in
             
               Col.
            
             3.
             19.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             5.
             20.
             
          
           
             
               Ruth
               .
            
             3.
             9.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             Propriè
             alam
             significat
             Buxt.
          
           
             Gen.
             20.
             16.
             
          
           
             
               Eph.
            
             5.
             29.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             primum
             ad
             alimenta
             alterum
             ad
             vestimenta
             referendum
             .
             
               Zanch.
               
            
          
           
             Significat
             gallinarum
             more
             incubare
             ,
             &
             calore
             foetum
             partut
             idoneum
             reddere
             .
             
               Aret.
               
            
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             3.
             7.
             
          
           
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             13.
             5
             ,
             7.
             1
             
               Pet.
            
             4.
             8.
             
             Charitas
             amat
             quos
             tolerat
             ,
             tolerat
             quos
             amat
             .
             
               Greg.
               Meg.
            
             in
             
               Ezek.
               
            
             Sialienos
             ,
             multo
             magis
             uxorios
             debes
             tolerare
             &
             emendare
             mores
             .
             
               Ambr.
            
             lib.
             8.
             in
             loc.
             cap.
             16.
             
             
               Col.
            
             3.
             19.
             
             Daven.
          
           
             Aristot.
             
          
           
             Aelius
             Verus
             .
          
           
             1
             Joh.
             4.
             20.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             16.
             14.
             
          
           
             2d
             .
             Part.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             5.
             19.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             20.
             17.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             20.
             1.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             1.
             3.
             and
             9.
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             3d.
             Part.
             
          
           
             Quest
             .
          
           
             Answ.
             
          
           
             Chrys.
             in
             loc.
          
           
             Eph.
             3.
             19.
             
          
           
             Obj.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             2.
             
          
           
             Sol.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             73.
             25.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             18.
             1.
             
          
           
             Aul.
             Gell.
             l.
             10.
             c.
             10.
             
          
           
             Sen.
             Tract.
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Theoph.
             in
             loc.
             1
             
               Pet.
            
             3.
             7.
             
          
           
             1
             King.
             18.
             28.
             
             Mar.
             5.
             5.
             
          
           
             
               God
               .
            
             l.
             5.
             tit.
             17.
             
          
           
             Hier.
             
               contra
            
             Jovinian
             .
          
           
             Marlo●
             in
             loc.
          
           
             Gen.
             2.
             
               ult.
            
          
           
             John
             .
             1.
             4.
             
          
           
             1
             Thes.
             2.
             13.
             
          
           
             Hier.
             idid
             .
             
               ver
            
             28.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               Chrysost.
            
             hom.
             20.
             in
             Ephes.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             2.
             18.
             
          
           
             Quos
             nec
             ipsos
             singulos
             condidit
             Deus
             &
             tanquam
             alienigenas
             junaeit
             ,
             sed
             alteram
             ex
             altero
             creavit
             signans
             etiam
             vim
             conjunctionis
             in
             latere
             unde
             illa
             detracta
             formata
             est
             .
             
               Aug.
            
             de
             Bon.
             conjug
             .
             
               Ezek.
            
             37.
             17.
             
          
           
             Sen.
             ep.
             67.
             
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             Theoph.
             in
             loc.
          
           
             Tit.
             2.
             4.
             
          
           
             
               Eph.
            
             6.
             
             Uxorum
             timere
             est
             cum
             timore
             ,
             diligere
             ,
             virorum
             autem
             tantum
             diligere
             ,
             quia
             dilectio
             perfectorum
             est
             .
             
               Ambr.
            
             in
             Cass.
             
             Chrystost
             .
             hom.
             20.
             in
             Ephes.
             
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             Oecumen.
             in
             
               Eph.
            
             6.
             1.
             
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Theoph.
             ibid.
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Theoph.
             in
             loc.
          
           
             Congruit
             vi●●
             dilectio
             ,
             mulieri
             timor
             :
             servo
             vero
             non
             solum
             metus
             sed
             &
             tremorjungitar
             .
             
               Hier.
            
             in
             loc.
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             11.
             7.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             2.
             17.
             1
             Cor.
             11.
             3.
             
          
           
             1
             
               Pet.
            
             3.
             6.
             
             Non
             blandiendi
             consuetudinesed
             hujus
             subjectionis
             testificandae
             voluntate
             .
             
               Daven.
            
          
           
             Cor.
             7.
             34.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             24.
             64
             
             :
             65
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             3.
             2.
             
          
           
             Nunquam
             erit
             voluntaria
             subjectio
             nisi
             precedat
             reverentia
             .
             
               Marlor
               .
            
             in
             loc.
          
           
             Deut.
             5.
             29.
             
          
           
             Eccles.
             12.
             15.
             
          
           
             Sancti
             caeteros
             de
             suo
             affectu
             aestimant
             ,
             &
             quia
             ipsis
             est
             amica
             veritas
             mentiri
             neminem
             putant
             ,
             libenter
             credant
             quod
             ipsi
             sunt
             non
             possunt
             suspectum
             habere
             quod
             non
             sunt
             .
             
               Ambros.
            
             l.
             3.
             de
             offic.
             10.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             30.
             17
             ,
          
           
             Gen.
             34.
             30.
             
          
           
             John
             6.
             60.
             
          
           
             Casta
             ad
             ●irum
             inatrona
             parendo
             imperat
             .
             
               Publ.
               Ser.
            
             Sapiens
             quaedam
             dicebat
             filiae
             suae
             eam
             cum
             duceret
             ad
             thalamum
             ,
             Mea
             filia
             ,
             sta
             coram
             viro
             tuo
             &
             ministrae
             ei
             ;
             si
             fueris
             ei
             ancilla
             ,
             ipse
             tibi
             servus
             erit
             ,
             
               &c.
            
             in
             lib.
             
               Nus
               .
            
             c.
             6.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Occum
               .
               ibid.
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Chrysost
            
             Hom.
             20.
             in
             Ephes.
             
          
           
             3.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             Qud
             voles
             aptè
             nubere
             nube
             pari
             .
             
               Ovid
               .
               Epist.
            
             Quam
             male
             inaquales
             veniunt
             ad
             aratra
             juvenci
             .
             Tam
             premitur
             magno
             conjuge
             nupta
             minor
             .
             
               Id.
               
            
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             12.
             7.
             
             Acts
             2.
             36.
             
             Heb.
             4.
             2.
             
          
           
             Phil
             2.
             4.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Bas.
             Hexam.
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Theoph
             
               in
               lo●
               .
            
             Acts
             20.
             30.