A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically…

Not that these are all their respective Duties; but these are specified either 1.⁽ⁿ⁾ Because in these are the most frequent failings. Husbands too commonly being defective in their Love, and Wives most defective in their Reverence and Subjection. Or 2. Because these two are the sum of the rest, and no other Duties are either Possible or Acceptable without them.

1. (n)Mr. Byfield on Col p. 111.

And my present Work is to digest and urge these in a solemn and impartial manner, that it may appear, Our Religion doth not only propound Rewards to make us happy in the world to come, but doth also direct the methods of settling our quiet and comfort in this present ⟨p. 364⟩world. For certainly, it is not the Having of Husbands or Wives that brings contentment, but the mutual Discharge of both their Duties; and this makes their Lives, though never so poor, an Heaven upon Earth.

And my present Work is to digest and urge these in a solemn and impartial manner, that it may appear, Our Religion doth not only propound Rewards to make us happy in the world to come, but doth also direct the methods of setling our quiet and comfort in this present ⟨p. 364⟩world. For certainly, it is not the Having of Husbands or Wives that brings contentment, but the mutual Discharge of both their Duties; and this makes their Lives, though never so poor, an Heaven upon Earth.