Seasonable truths in evil-times in several sermons / lately preached in and about London

First, As for the matter of our Relations, saith the Apostle, It remaineth, that both they that have wives, be as though they had none: A man may use his Relations, as if he had none; His Relations:

Why, but is not a man to provide for his wife, and children, and family?

Yes, he is worse than an Infidel that provideth not for his Wife, and for his Family, for his Relations. But when a man hath Relations, he is very apt to be lost therein; a man may be drunk with his own Bear or Wine: I have married a Wife, and I cannot come; therefore he is to use his Relations as •f he had none, in regard of his care to please God; as diligent in frequenting the means of grace, as if he had no Relations: For, saith he, v. 32. ⟨p. 135⟩But I would have you without carefulness, he that is unmarried, careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: He that is married, careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. In reference therefore unto the pleasing of God, frequenting of the means of grace, let him that hath Relations be as if he had none, hindered no more by them, than if he had none.

Yes, he is worse than an Infidel that provideth not for his Wife, and for his Family, for his Relations. But when a man hath Relations, he is very apt to be lost therein; a man may be drunk with his own Bear or Wine: I have married a Wife, and I cannot come; therefore he is to use his Relations as •f he had none, in regard of his care to please God; as diligent in frequenting the means of grace, as if he had no Relations: For, saith he, v. 32. ⟨p. 135⟩