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Mr. Baxters rules & directions for family duties showing how every one ought to…Mr. Baxters rules & directions for family duties shewing how every one ought to…
Mr. Baxters rules & directions for family duties showing how every one ought to behave himself in a Christian behaviour, suitable to that relation in which God hath placed him : wherein is set forth the duty of parents (required of God) towards their children, likewise children's duty to their parents, husbands to their wives, and wives to their husbands, masters to their servants, and servants duty to their masters ...Mr. Baxters rules & directions for family duties shewing how every one ought to behave himself in a Christian behaviour, suitable to that relation in which God hath placed him : wherein is set forth the duty of parents (required of God) towards their children, likewise childrens duty to their parents, husbands to their wives, and wives to their husbands, masters to their servants, and servants duty to their masters ...
S.l: printed by H. Brugis for J. Conyers, 1681
Title page typeset from the transcription.
The duties of Husbands to their Wives, and Wives to their Husbands.
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 duties of Husbands to their Wives, and Wives to their Husbands.
The Common duty of Husband and Wife is to love each other, (Eph. 5 ch. 25. ver. Husbands love your Wives even as Christ loved his Church,) and therefore choose one that is truly, lovely, and proceed in your choice, with great deliberation, and avoid all things as tend to quench Love. 2ly. Dwell together and enjoy each other, 1 Cor. 7 ch. 29. ver. and faithfully join together in the Education of your Children, the government of your Family, and the management of your worldly business. 3ly. Especially to be helpers of each others salvation, to stir up each other to Faith, Love, and Obedience, and good works, to warn and help each other against sin and all temptations, to join in Gods worship in the Family and in private, to prepare each other for the approach of Death, and comfort each other in the hopes of life eternal.
THe Common duty of Husband and Wife is to love each other, (Eph. 5 ch. 25. ver. Husbands love your Wives even as Christ loved his Church,) and therefore choose one that is truly, lovely, and proceed in your choice, with great deliberation, and avoid all things as tend to quench Love. 2ly. Dwell together and enjoy each other, 1 Cor. 7 ch. 29. ver. and faithfully joyn together in the Education of your Children, the government of your Family, and the management of your worldly business. 3ly. Especially to be helpers of each others salvation, to stir up each other to Faith, Love, and Obedience, and good works, to warn and help each other against sin and all temptations, to joyn in Gods worship in the Family and in private, to prepare each other for the approach of Death, and comfort each other in the hopes of life eternal.