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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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The second follows, and that is faithfulness. That both bend their wits and all their endeavours, to the help each of other and to the common good of the family. The husband must not follow his private pleasure and delight, nor the wife her own ease & pride, but though by nature they could both be content to seek themselves; Yet they must strive both to build up the house, and to do good one to an other and not hurt. Because they stand in the place of Christ to those that are committed unto them both for their souls and bodies.
The second followes, and that is faithfulnesse. That both bende their wits and all their endeuours, to the helpe each of other and to the common good of the familie. The husband must not follow his priuate pleasure and delight, nor the wife her owne ease & pride, but though by nature they could both be content to seeke themselues; Yet they must striue both to build vp the house, and to doe good one to an other and not hurt. Because they stand in the place of Christ to those that are committed vnto them both for their soules and bodies.
First then, the husband and wife must be faithful in their bodies one to an other, else, they break the covenant of God. For marriage is not a covenant of man, but a covenant of God; where in the parties bind themselves to God and they be in recognisance in heaven, to keep themselves pure and chaste one to an other. Then for other matters, there must be one purse and one heart, and hand for the good of the family, and each of other. But now if the wife be wasteful and idle, then she like a foolish woman pulls down her house; And if the husband be an unthrift, and consume and spend that idly and vainly to serve his lust, or pride or any sin, that might help his wife and children, and be a means to make them live plentifully and cheerfully, whereas now they are pinched with want and necessity; this lavishing is a great unfaithfulness, and comes accompanied with many inconveniences. So much for the general duties belonging both to husband and wife. The particular follow. And first, the wife must fear her husband ⟨image 120⟩as is commanded in