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…

Now further if moral defaults must not diminish love, much less natural defects. If children be sickly, we are the more tender over them: if any part of the body be evil-affected, we are the more chary over it. ^aNeither is the weakly wife therefore the less to be regarded; but the rather to be tendered & tenderly entreated in regard of her weakness, as the more brittle a Venice glass is, the more gingerly we handle it, and the more tender-edged a knife is, the more chari•y we use it.^b Jacob may not forbear Leahs company because she is blear-eyed: neither must Elkana love Hanna the less,^c because she is barren and beareth not; ^dneither loved he Rachel less when she grew aged & was now decayed with years, and broken with bea•ing, then he did when she was fresh at first: ^eno more then he less affected the last child she bare, then the first.

Now further if morall defaults must not diminish loue, much lesse naturall defects. If children be sick•y, we are the more tender ouer them: if any part of the body be euil-affected, we are the more charie ouer it. ^aNeither is the weakely wife therefore the lesse to be regarded; but the rather to be tendred & tenderly entreated in regard of her weakenes, as the more britle a Venice glasse is, the more gingerly we handle it, and the more tender-edged a knife is, the more chari•y we vse it.^b Iacob may not forbeare Leahs company because she is ble•re-eyed: neither must Elkana loue Hanna the lesse,