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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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And so much for the duties of husband and wife, which I do not so speak as though is were in the power or nature of any man or woman to perform these duties; nay, by nature men be inclined to the contrary. The wife is naturally disobedient and stubborn, prone to contemn and despise her husband, and he is prone to be wandering abroad, and take more delight in any ones company then his own wives, and if he be with her at any time, he is so destitute of all true saving knowledge, as that he is ready always to be either light or foolish, or else sour and churlish, and to do her hurt by his example and make her worse rather then better, and both of them are destitute of all true and spiritual love one of the other. But God ⟨p. 25⟩shows these duties in his word, to the end that we seeing our sins and our weakness, might bewail our wants before God, and beseech him that requires these things at our hands, to work these things in our hearts: and as he hath given us these good commandments, & to give us grace to make our hearts good to keep the commandments. And he that makes this use of the law, he profits by the doctrine.
And so much for the duties of husband and wife, which I doe not so speake as though is were in the power or nature of any man or woman to performe these duties; nay, by nature men be inclined to the contrarie. The wife is naturally disobedient and stubborne, prone to conteme and dispise her husband, and he is prone to be wandring abroad, and take more delight in any ones company then his owne wiues, and if he be with her at any time, he is so destitute of all true sauing knowledge, as that he is readie alwaies to be eyther light or foolish, or else sowre and churlish, and to doe her hurt by his example and make her worse rather then better, and both of them are destitute of all true and spirituall loue one of the other. But God ⟨p. 25⟩shewes these duties in his word, to the end that we seeing our sinnes and our weaknes, might bewaile our wants before God, and beseech him that requires these things at our hands, to worke these things in our hearts: and as he hath giuen vs these good commandements, & to giue vs grace to make our hearts good to keepe the commandements. And he that makes this vse of the law, he profits by the doctrine.