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An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it…
An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it was carried on in the Lords Days exercises in Dartmouth, in the first year of liberty, 1688 / by John Flavell.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1692
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.
A. The first •uty, on which all other Duties depend, is cohabitation with them. 1 Pet. 3.7. Likewise ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, &c. And nothing can make this Duty void, but a lawful divorce for Adultery, Matth. 5.31, 32. —But I say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery, &c.
Q. 10. What's the Husbands second Duty to his Wife?
A. True and hearty love to Soul and Body, Eph. 5.25. Husbands love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it. Evidencing it self in careful provision for them, 1 Cor. 7.33. But he that is married, careth for the things of the world, how he may please his wife. But especially to their Souls in winning them to Christ, 1 Cor: 7.16. —Or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife? And building them up in Christ, 1 Pet. 3.7. Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as ⟨p. 137⟩unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.
A. True and hearty love to Soul and Body,