A good wife Gods gift and, a wife indeed. Two marriage sermons. By Thomas…A good vvife Gods gift and, a vvife indeed. Tvvo mariage sermons. By Thomas…

In a word; wouldst thou be a Wife in Gods account? Thou must then be a Wife not in Name, but in Deed. For, ^uHe is not a Jew, saith the Apostle, that is a Jew outwardly: ^xNor is that Circumcision, that is outward in the Flesh. But he is a Jew, that is a Jew within: and that Circumcision that is in the heart and the Spirit is the Circumcision, whose praise is not of Man, but of God. So she is not a Wife, that is, a Wife is Name; but she is a Wife, that is, a Wife in Deed: She ⟨p. 27⟩is that Wife, ^ywhose praise and reward is both of Man and God; or if not of Man, yet doubtless of God: From whom, as she doth the work of a Wife, so she is sure to receive the reward of a wife, though Man should not yield it.

In a word; wouldst thou be a Wife in Gods account? Thou must then be a Wife not in Name, but in Deed. For, ^uHe is not a Iew, saith the Apostle, that is a Iew outwardly: ^xNor is that Circumcision, that is outward in the Flesh. But he is a Iew, that is a Iew within: and that Circumcision that is in the heart and the Spirit is the Circumcision, whose praise is not of Man, but of God. So shee is not a Wife, that is, a Wife is Name; but she is a Wife, that is, a Wife in Deed: She ⟨p. 27⟩is that Wife, ^ywhose praise and reward is both of Man and God; or if not of Man, yet doubtlesse of God: From whom, as shee doth the worke of a Wife, so shee is sure to receiue the reward of a wife, though Man should not yeeld it.

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