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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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A fourth fruit of love is, that it arms one against jealousy, the poison of all duty; for love will neither be suspicious in matters of goods, nor jealous in matters of the body. For all jealousy and suspicion (I speak of evil jealousy and suspicion for if their be evident and apparent causes and reasons, then it is just and no fault) but all ill jealousy & causeless suspicion ariseth of one of these two points. First, either that one is or hath been wicked himself, and having been faulty and naught himself, he is ready to judge others by himself, and to measure all with his own measure, or else from a doting affection, that one makes a God of this or that thing, & this is not true love. So when the wife dotes foolishly upon her husband, and makes an idol of him; then is she quickly ready to be jealous, whereas a true and sound love would work the contrary effect in ⟨p. 21⟩her. So for matters of goods, he that trusts in them will trust no body with them, but is always suspicious and misdemeaning, and will neither trust wife, nor servants, nor children nor any, not because they would not deal faithfully enough, but because he makes that his God. And therefore is immoderately afraid to loose it; but where there is a pure and fervent love, that will cut of all needless and misdeemings both in goods and body. This is the first duty that is common both to husband and wife.
A fourth fruit of loue is, that it armes one against iealousie, the poyson of all dutie; for loue will neither bee suspicious in matters of goods, nor iealous in matters of the bodie. For all iealousie and suspicion (I speake of euill iealousie and suspicion for if their be euident and apparant causes and reasons, then it is iust and no fault) but all ill iealousie & causlesse suspicion ariseth of one of these two points. First, either that one is or hath beene wicked himselfe, and hauing beene faultie and naught himselfe, he is readie to iudge others by himselfe, and to measure all with his owne measure, or else from a doting affection, that one makes a God of this or that thing, & this is not true loue. So when the wife doats foolishly vpon her husband, and makes an idoll of him; then is shee quickely readie to be iealous, wheras a true and sound loue would worke the contrarie effect in ⟨p. 21⟩her. So for matters of goods, he that trusts in them will trust no bodie with them, but is alwaies suspitious and misdemeaning, and will neither trust wife, nor seruants, nor children nor any, not because they would not deale faithfully enough, but because he makes that his God. And therefore is immoderatly afraid to loose it; but where there is a pure and seruent loue, that will cut of all needlesse and misdeemings both in goods and bodie. This is the first dutie that is common both to husbande and wife.