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The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A…
The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandments gathered from the mouth of a faithful pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholar in Cambridge.The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandements gathered from the mouth of a faithfull pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholler in Cambridge.
London: printed by John Harison for Thomas Man, 1603London: printed by Iohn Harison for Thomas Man, 1603
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
So much for their duties that be further of from equality in the family, as parents and child, Masters and servants.
So much for their duties that bee further of from equalitie in the familie, as parents and childe, Masters and seruants.
Now those that are more equal are the husband and wife, whose duties are either common to both or more particular to either of them. The common duties are these. First, they must love one an other with a pure heart fervently. This duty both husband and wife must perform naturally one to an other. Which that they may the better strive for, let us consider of some excellent commodities, that will proceed from this love and with indeed will show in their practise whether their be this love or not. First, this benefit will certainly ensue, where there is love between man and wife, they will be chaste and true hearted, so far as they love one the other truly, they are guarded from all strange lusts even in heart, that they will not allow any unchaste desire, much less any unchaste look or action. For so in Proverbs. 5. 19. 20. Delight in thy wife and rejoice in her love, for why shouldest thou go after strange women? As if he had said, sure enough if thou do not love thy wife, thou wilt follow a whore, or at the least art in danger to do it; but if thou love thy wife, truly thou art strengthened against a stranger. And so may it be said of the woman concerning her husband. For it is not the having of a wife that makes a man chaste, and keeps him from filthiness, but the loving ⟨p. 20⟩of his wife that will keep him; and so it is not the having of an husband, that makes a woman honest, and preserves her from adulterers, but it is the loving of her husband which will do it. For many married men and women, live filthily and impurely; but if they did love one an other they were safe from that fault. This then is one benefit, it is a most sure defence of ones chastity to love each other.