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

And it will be the wisdom of them both to espy Fit times for their joint-Prayers, if they cannot keep Pace with Holy Mr. Bolton, who prayed twice daily alone, twice with his Wife, and twice with his Family. And herein consider, what particular grace or mercy your Relation wants; what sin and temptation they are most liable to, and press God with an humble importunity in the case, till your prayer be answered. You owe each other a spiritual as well as as a matrimonial love: and if you only eat and drink together, what do you more than others? do not the Beasts of the field so? If your love reach only to the body and the things of this life, do not the Publicans the same? but if you love one another's souls, and be restless after the salvation thereof, you do more than others, and your labour shall not be in vain in the Lord.

And it will be the wisdom of them both to espy Fit times for their joynt-Prayers, if they cannot keep Pace with Holy Mr. Bolton, who prayed twice daily alone, twice with his Wife, and twice with his Family. And herein consider, what particular grace or mercy your Relation wants; what sin and temptation they are most liable to, and press God with an humble importunity in the case, till your prayer be answered. You owe each other a spiritual as well as as a matrimonial love: and if you only eat and drink together, what do you more than others? do not the Beasts of the field so? If your love reach only to the body and the things of this life, do not the Publicans the same? but if you love one anothers souls, and be restless after the salvation thereof, you do more than others, and your labour shall not be in vain in the Lord.

And thus you have heard a plain Breviate of these Common Duties, which Husbands and Wives should discharge towards each other. I follow now the Order of my Text, to declare in the Second place the special Duty of the Husband in this Position, namely,