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Therefore it is to be noted, that in this place it is said of husbands and wives, that they shall lament [apart] even they that are linked in the nearest bonds, and might with most conveniency lay open their harts each before other; yet they should not content themselves with those services which they performed together, unless God and their consciences might sometimes meet in secret. And as our Saviour chose for himself, private and solitary places, where he might with more freedom pray unto his Father: so doth he give the like advice unto others: ¹When thou prayest (saith he) enter into thy chamber, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray unto thy Father which is in secret. Whereby [chamber] he meaneth any secret place, where a man may freely lay open his wants before the Lord. Hence was it that Peter after the denial of his master, is said to go out, and there to weep bitterly. Now the cause why we must do thus, is

Therfore it is to be noted, that in this place it is said of husbands and wiues, that they shall lament [apart] euen they that are linked in the nearest bonds, and might with most conueniencie lay open their harts each before other; yet they should not content themselues with those seruices which they performed together, vnlesse God and their consciences might somtimes meete in secret. And as our Sauiour chose for himselfe, priuate and solitary places, where he might with more freedome pray vnto his Father: so doth he giue the like aduice vnto others: ¹When thou prayest (saith he) enter into thy chamber, and when thou hast shut thy doore, pray vnto thy Father which is in secret. Whereby [chamber] hee meaneth any secret place, where a man may freely lay open his wants before the Lord. Hence was it that Peter after the deniall of his master, is said to goe out, and there to weepe bitterly. Now the cause why we must do thus, is

1. 1Matth. 6.6.