A25478:1817
A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically…
A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically resolved by sundry ministers
London: printed for Thomas Cockerill, 1676
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The great Duty of every Husband is to Love his own Wife. This is the foundation of all the rest, this must be mixed with all the rest, this is the Epitome of all the rest of his Duty. And hence this is expressly mentioned four times in this Chapter, vers. 25, 28, 33. as being the great wheel, which by its motion carries about all the other wheels of the affections that are within us, and the actions that are without us. Fix but this blessed Habit in the heart, and it will teach a man, yea it will enforce a man, to all that tenderness, honour, care and kindness that is required of him. These are but the beams from that Sun, they are but the fruits from that root of real Love that is within. Love suffereth long and is kind, it envies not, is not puffed up, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh none evil, beareth all things, 1 Cor. 13.4, 6.
The great Duty of every Husband is to Love his own Wife. This is the foundation of all the rest, this must be mixed with all the rest, this is the Epitome of all the rest of his Duty. And hence this is expresly mentioned four times in this Chapter, vers. 25, 28, 33. as being the great wheel, which by its motion carries about all the other wheels of the affections that are within us, and the actions that are without us. Fix but this blessed Habit in the heart, and it will teach a man, yea it will enforce a man, to all that tenderness, honour, care and kindness that is required of him. These are but the beams from that Sun, they are but the fruits from that root of real Love that is within. Love suffereth long and is kind, it envies not, is not puffed up, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh none evil, beareth all things, 1 Cor. 13.4, 6.
It is here as it is in Love to God, which (you know) doth both instruct and thrust a man on to the utmost of his Duty, excluding those wary fears, wherewith hypocrites abound, lest they should do too much. Even so Love to a man's Wife suggests all fit expressions thereof, and carries a man to perform the highest effects of it, when as the want of this causes him to dispute every inch of God's command, and to be jealous of every prescription.