Secondly, Carry this general to thy particular relation, see what doth this King there, what authority bears he there: Thou hast received Christ, thy Lord, thou sayest; thou art a Husband, or a Wife, a Father, Mother, or a Child, a Master, or Servant, hath this Lord any thing to do there? hath he any Rules for these Relations to observe? (or any other Relations more public than I have mentioned) If I be a Father, where is my honour? If I be a Master, where is my fear? Mal. 1.6. Show then thou hast received this Lord, by endeavouring to yield obedience to the Rules of thy Lord, in thy particular relation: But what sad work will this Rule make among many Professors? The man can talk of faith, hath very good knowledge, can pray at a meeting of Christians, a man of excellent parts, but a churlish Nabal, a Tyrant, rather than a Husband, and his heart it may be not truly closed with the wife of his youth, let her be studious to please him, tender over him, all her care, respect, obsequiousness towards him, cannot obtain a loving tender conversation from him, but carries himself like a surly, imperious blockhead. Take such a woman, she is a Believer, she hath taken Christ for her Lord, goes to Sermons frequently, and private Fasts, you must look upon her for a Christian, she can talk very well of good things; see her in her relation of a Wife, is Christ her Lord there? doth she manifest that submission, that reverence to her Husband which her Lord calls for? This Doctrine, I have observed, by some will hardly be born; it is strange to see what Wives some are, how clamorous, froward, how far from being Sarahs ⟨p. 268⟩Daughters, how usurping authority over their Husbands, they must not dare to do any thing but as they will have them, for fear the house be too hot, or the dumb devil possess them; yet these must be accounted Christians, they have received Christ their Lord. It was a worthy speech I once heard from a Lady, a very comely person, well bred, of a good Family, her Husband a man of no sweet temper, but too blockish; in our discourse some words falling, which tended a little towards her duty, intimating some difficulty that she must needs meet with in the discharge of her place; she quickly perceived my meaning, and answered me, it was no difficulty to her, I have the easiest part, said she, to perform; my duty is to obey, his duty is to love;
Secondly, Carry this general to thy particular relation, see what doth this King there, what authority bears he there: Thou hast received Christ, thy Lord, thou sayest; thou art a Husband, or a Wife, a Father, Mother, or a Child, a Master, or Servant, hath this Lord any thing to do there? hath he any Rules for these Relations to observe? (or any other Relations more publick than I have mentioned) If I be a Father, where is my honour? If I be a Master, where is my fear? Mal. 1.6. Shew then thou hast received this Lord, by endeavouring to yield obedience to the Rules of thy Lord, in thy particular relation: But what sad work will this Rule make among many Professours? The man can talk of faith, hath very good knowledge, can pray at a meeting of Christians, a man of excellent parts, but a churlish Nabal, a Tyrant, rather than a Husband, and his heart it may be not truly closed with the wife of his youth, let her be studious to please him, tender over him, all her care, respect, obsequiousness towards him, cannot obtain a loving tender conversation from him, but carries himself like a surly, imperious blockhead. Take such a woman, she is a Believer, she hath taken Christ for her Lord, goes to Sermons frequently, and private Fasts, you must look upon her for a Christian, she can talk very well of good things; see her in her relation of a Wife, is Christ her Lord there? doth she manifest that submission, that reverence to her Husband which her Lord calls for? This Doctrine, I have observed, by some will hardly be born; it is strange to see what Wives some are, how clamorous, froward, how far from being Sarahs ⟨p. 268⟩Daughters, how usurping authority over their Husbands, they must not dare to do any thing but as they will have them, for fear the house be too hot, or the dumb devil possess them; yet these must be accounted Christians, they have received Christ their Lord. It was a worthy speech I once heard from a Lady, a very comely person, well bred, of a good Family, her Husband a man of no sweet temper, but too blockish; in our discourse some words falling, which tended a little towards her duty, intimating some difficulty that she must needs meet with in the discharge of her place; she quickly perceived my meaning, and answered me, it was no difficulty to her, I have the easiest part, said she, to perform; my duty is to obey, his duty is to love;
