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

Let all married persons therefore remember, that the Holy eye of God is upon them; that their bodies are the Temples of the Holy Ghost; and that they must render a strict account unto the Lord of every secret thing. There is need, even in a married estate, to crucify our fleshly Lusts; and to deny our natural and lawful desires at such times as Natural Modesty or^(c) Religion command Abstinence, and so make them unlawful. Keep therefore an inviolable Decorum in your converse together; show Reverence to God, bear reverence to one another, ⟨p. 369⟩^(d)reverence your selves. Be assured of this, that true love behaves not it self unseemly, and that modesty is the best preserver of nuptial Chastity.

Let all married persons therefore remember, that the Holy eye of God is upon them; that their bodies are the Temples of the Holy Ghost; and that they must render a strict account unto the Lord of every secret thing. There is need, even in a married estate, to crucifie our fleshly Lusts; and to deny our natural and lawful desires at such times as Natural Modesty or^(c) Religion command Abstinence, and so make them unlawful. Keep therefore an inviolable Decorum in your converse together; shew Reverence to God, bear reverence to one another, ⟨p. 369⟩^(d)reverence your selves. Be assured of this, that true love behaves not it self unseemly, and that modesty is the best preserver of nuptial Chastity.

1. (c)Quamvis munda sint conjugia, tamen etiam à licitis abstinendum est, ut faciliùs ad effectum dedacatur eratio. Ambr. to. 5.
2. (d)[Greek or Hebrew]. Hierocl. in Car. Pith.〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Hierocl. in Car. Pyth.