Some general directions for a comfortable walking with God delivered in the lecture at…Some generall directions for a comfortable walking with God deliuered in the lecture at…

We may conceive, what moderate, reverent, and honourable thoughts Antiquity entertained of the Marriage state, and conjugal chastity; by Evaristus words, Epist. 1. ad omnes Episc. Aphri. Let new-married couples, saith he, for two or three days ply Prayer,—that they may have good children, and please the Lord in their marriage-duties.¹

We may conceiue, what moderate, reuerent, and honourable thoughts Antiquity entertained of the Marriage state, and coniugall chastity; by Euaristus words, Epist. 1. ad omnes Episc. Aphri. Let new-married couples, saith he, for two or three dayes ply Prayer,—that they may haue good children, and please the Lord in their marriage-duties.¹

1. 1d Conc. Tom. 1. pag. 106 ed […]. Though I agree to Osianders censure, Cent. 2 lib. 1. cap. 2. pag. 4 yet in the sense I cite it, it fitly serves my turn.d Conc. Tom. 1. pag. 106 ed 〈…〉. Though I agree to Osianders censure, Cent. 2 lib. 1. cap. 2. pag. 4 yet in the sence I cite it, it •itly serues my turne.

Now all intemperate, excessive, or any ways exorbitant pollutions of the marriage-bed, though Magistrates meddle not with them, because they lie without the walk of humane censure; yet assuredly Gods pure Eye cannot look upon them, but without repentance will certainly plague them. Methinks therefore, if the fear of God, awfulness to his All-seeing Eye, love of purity, &c. will not restrain from immodesty and immoderation in this kind; yet that slavish horror, lest God should justly punish them therefore, with no children, mis-shapen children, idiots, or prodigiously wicked children, or some other heavy crosses, should fright them from such abhorred filth.

Now all intemperate, excessiue, or any wayes exorbitant pollutions of the marriage-bed, though Magistrates meddle not with them, because they lie without the walke of humane censure; yet assuredly Gods pure Eye cannot looke vpon them, but without repentance will certainly plague them. Methinkes therefore, if the feare of God, awfulnesse to his All-seeing Eye, loue of purity, &c. will not restraine from immodestie and immoderation in this kind; yet that slauish horrour, lest God should iustly punish them therefore, with no children, mis-shapen children, idiotes, or prodigiously wicked children, or some other heauy crosses, should fright them from such abhorred filth.