Marriage duties briefly couched together out of Colossians, 3. 18, 19. By Thomas Gataker…Marriage duties briefely couched togither out of Colossians, 3. 18, 19. By Thomas Gataker…

To this I answer: First with the Apostle, ^hArt thou married? seek not to be loosed: ⁱabide in the calling God hath called thee in. Thou must keep thy ^kstation that God hath placed thee in: as the soldier must keep the place that his general hath assigned him, though it prove an hot piece of service, yea though he think he might do more good else-where. It is but ^lthe devil turning himself into an Angel of light, that persuadeth thee in this sort. For ^*if cohabitation be of God, then the contrary unto it separation is of Satan. He that ^mforbiddeth ⟨p. 40⟩thee to leave an infidel, an idolater, as long as she is willing to live with thee, and keepeth her self loyal to thee, whom will he licence thee to leave?

To this I answer: First with the Apostle, ^hArt thou married? seeke not to bee loosed: ⁱabide in the calling God hath called thee in. Thou must keepe thy ^kstation that God hath placed thee in: as the souldiour must keepe the place that his generall hath assigned him, though it prooue an hot piece of seruice, yea though he thinke he might do more good else-where. It is but ^lthe diuell turning himselfe into an Angel of light, that perswadeth thee in this sort. For ^*