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A question deeply concerning married persons and such as intend to marry propounded and resolved according to the scriptures.
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from the Lord and trust in the arm of flesh And what is this better then a thievish conspiracy to x Mal. 3.8 rob God of the honour due to him and his Ordinance and to steal away and detain from a husband yea and that from a beleeving husband that power and right wherewith the Judge of quick and dead hath invested him by the uncontroulable records of the sacred Scriptures formerly alledged Will any of the wise children of this world receive and keep goods feloniously taken because in kindnesse they are brought to him in trust Where then was the wisdome of that godly Trustee in discerning evil from good nay in y Isa 5.20 putting evil for good darknesse for light in entertaining such trust May not here the receiver be as bad yea in some respect z Rom. 1.3 worse then the stealer And are not they a Mal. 1. cursed from the Lord that offer that to God and his Law which they dare not offer to their Prince Moreover in this conspiracy there is not only sacriledge against God and robbery against a brother but also a fearfull degree of murder For as the vertuous woman is a b Prov. 12 4. Crown and c 1 Cor. 11.7 glory of her husband and will not only d Prov. 31.1 apply her hands with diligence but her wits with prudence to uphold her husbands estate and honour so she that maketh her husband ashamed is as e Prov. 12.4 rottennesse in his bones Now judge in your selves Is it not a shame to a man of wisedom that his wife should manifest her self to be so foolish that she should fear to commit the power and government of her goods to him whom she boldly took as the fittest of all others to have the f 1 Cor. 7.4 power of her body and the g Gen. 3.16 rule of the desires of her soul Is he worthy to govern the greater matters and not the lesser This is a shame witnesse the h 1 Cor. 6.2 4 Apostle Paul And is not this a shame to a beleeving husband that whereas a i Prov. 18.2 friend sticketh closer then a brother that a brother should stick neerer to the heart of his wife to be trusted then himself who is such a friend that he must k Eph. 5.25 love his wife even as Christ loved his Church and gave himself for it Wherefore if these courses be as rottennesse in a husbands bones as God himself witnesseth then there must be a ceasing of such cruelty least the marrow which is hereby consumed in his bones l Gen. 4.10 cry unto God as the bloud of Abel Object 4. But women are the weaker vessels and should not the kindnesse and patience of a good Husband yeeld and bear with his Wives weaknesses in reserving some things especially trifles in comparison of the great things she yeelded up to him Sol. I acknowledge that a good Husband must so love his Wife that he be not m Col. 3 19. bitter unto her and so dwell with her n 1 Pet. 3 7. according to knowledge that it must be a o Pro 19.11 glory to him to passe over a transgression yea his love must p 1 Pet. 4.8 cover a multitude of her sins and for peace sake q 1 Cor. 13. bear all things beleeve all things hope all things endure all things as far as the r Eph. 6. girdle of truth can Å¿ Rom. 12. possibly stretch So must he t 〈◊〉 4. follow the truth in love and u 〈◊〉 8.19 love the truth and peace But as * 2 〈◊〉 n. v. 1 love must be in the truth so must peace and love and peace must be both broken in the quarrell of truth and faith for the x Iude 3. maintenance whereof we must carnestly contend And Christ the y Isa 9.6 Prince of peace who for z Ioh. 18.37 this cause came into the world that he should give witnesse to the truth tells us plainly that in the cause of truth a Mat. 10 3â— he came not to send peace but a sword b Pro. 23.23 Buy the truth and sell it not not at any rate said the c 1 Reg. 4.31 wisest among men who could best tell the value of it There must be no merchandize for truth no torrent of affection may â—…ry us on for the sweet commodities of love and peace to sayl beyond the line of truth unlesse we will c 1 Reg. 4.31 1 Tim. 1.19 make shipwrack of faith Charity d 1 Cor. 13. rejoyceth not in iniquity but rejoyceth in the truth and a foul iniquity it were if the love of Christ e Ioh. 14. who is the way the truth and the life should not have the f Col. 1.18 preheminence in all things above the g Luk. 14 2â— Mat. 10 37. love of our selves wives or any creatures What should I say more A good husband will not despise the cause of his maidservant when she contendeth with him much lesse of his Wife but must be ready to h Iob 31.13 lay down his life for his wife much more for peace sake submit with her to be i 1 Ioh. 3 1â— judged before the Saints and honour her not only as the weaker vessell but as a k 1 Pet. 3 7. coheir with himself of the grace of life if she will learn of Sarah to be subject and obedient unto her husband as Sarah was But if her weaknesse be turned into wilfullnesse and rebellion against God so that command the Lord what he will in such and such things as please her she will not be subject to her husband but in the stoutnesse of her heart presume to prescribe against God by her conditiens and reservations l ver 5 6. in such a case as faithfull Moses would not yeeld to Pharaoh in a m Exod. 1â— hoof though thereby the lives of many thousands seem to be hazarded nor faithfull Paul to the false brethren n Gal. 2.5 13 14. no not for an hour that the truth of the Gospel might continue though Peters dissembling therein were openly reproved to his shame so a faithfull husband should not yeeld to his wife no not for an hour nor in a hoof though it put her to as open a shame as o Num. 12.14 Miriam was for muttering against Moses that the bounds of Gods Ordinance may continue stedfast And concerning the pretended patience of a Husband know that God hath coupled p 2 Pet. 1.6 patience and godlinesse together and therefore in such rebellion against God a godly husband in Christian q Rev 2.2 patience cannot bear with his wife but r Pro. 28.4 set himself against her least Christ spue him out of his mouth for lukewarmnesse And if under colour of kindnesse he should suffer sin upon her with sleight rebukes he should t Rev. 3.16 hate her