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A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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[1.] There are General Duties. 1. The General Duty of the Husband is to Rule. Eph. 5.23. The Husband is the Head of the Wife. The Head is the Seat of Rule and Government: but he must rule with Discretion. He is Head, therefore must not rule without Reason. 2. The General Duty on the Wife's part, is, Submission. Eph. 5.22. Wives submit your selves unto your own Husbands as unto the Lord. It is observable the Holy Ghost passeth by Sarah's Failings; he doth not mention her Unbelief; but he takes notice of that which was good in her, her Reverence and Obedience to her Husband. 1 Pet. 3.6. Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord.
[1.] There are General Duties. 1. The General Duty of the Husband is to Rule. Eph. 5.23. The Husband is the Head of the Wife. The Head is the Seat of Rule and Government: but he must rule with Discretion. He is Head, therefore must not rule without Reason. 2. The General Duty on the Wife's part, is, Submission. Eph. 5.22. Wives submit your selves unto your own Husbands as unto the Lord. It is observable the Holy Ghost passeth by Sarah's Failings; he doth not mention her Unbelief; but he takes notice of that which was good in her, her Reverence and Obedience to her Husband. 1 Pet. 3.6. Sarah obey'd Abraham, calling him Lord.
[2.] Special Duties belonging to Marriage, are Love and Fidelity. 1. Love. Eph. 5.25. Love is the Marriage of the Affections. There is as it were but one Heart in two Bodies: Love lines the Yoke, and makes it easy: Love perfumes the Marriage-Relation, without which it is not Conjugium, but Conjurgium; it is like two Poisons in one Stomach, one is ever sick of the other. 2. Fidelity. In Marriage there is a mutual Promise of living together Faithfully according to God's Holy Ordinance. Among the Romans, on the Day of Marriage the Woman presented to her Husband Fire and Water: Fire refines Metal, Water cleanseth: Hereby signifying, that she would live with her Husband in Chastity and Sincerity. This is the First thing in the Commandment implied, that the Ordinance of Marriage should be purely observed.