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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 Second duty wherein his due benevolence must show it self, is in giving her due employment, he must observe and mark the gifts of wisdom and government, or what ever else God hath given her, that he may set them on work and employ them. And hereby he shall show his love unto her, and the confidence that he puts in her. For it is said of a good wife in the Proverbs. 31. That the heart of her husband trusts in her. And this is a means also to keep her from discouragement and idleness, and besides it will turn to the great good and profit of the family. Which confutes the practise of many foolish husbands, that be busy bodies, and will have all come through their hands; and there nothing goes well through any hand, because of this disordered confusion, as if the Pilot would both hold the stern, and hoist up the sail, and be upon the hatches, and sit upon the nest and labour at the pump, and od all himself, it must needs go ill with the ship, and that is in continual danger of sinking. But those gifts that God hath given the wife, the husband must see them employed, and then she shall be a fellow-helper unto him, and bring a blessing upon the family by her labour.
A Second dutie wherein his due beneuolence must shew it selfe, is in giuing her due employment, he must obserue and marke the gifts of wisedome and gouernment, or what euer else God hath giuen her, that he may set them on worke and employ them. And hereby he shall shew his loue vnto her, and the confidence that he puts in her. For it is said of a good wife in the Prouerbs. 31. That the heart of her husband trusts in her. And this is a meanes also to keepe her from discouragement and idlenes, and besides it will turne to the great good and profit of the family. Which confutes the practise of many foolish husbands, that be busie bodies, and will haue all come through their hands; and there nothing goes well through any hand, because of this disordred confusion, as if the Pilot would both hold the sterne, and hoyst vp the sayle, and be vpon the hatches, and sit vpon the neast and labour at the pumpe, and od all himselfe, it must needs goe ill with the ship, and that is in continuall danger of sinking. But those gifts that God hath giuen the wife, the husband must see them employed, and then she shalbe a fellow-helper vnto him, and bring a blessing vpon the family by her labour.