A75287:1322
Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The…
Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and public, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and publike, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.
London: printed by John Field for Nathanael Webb and William Grantham, 1649London: printed by John Field for Nathanaell Webb and William Grantham, 1649
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2. He must carefully provide for her: To this purpose he is called her Head, and Saviour, as Christ is the head of his Church, 1and the Saviour of the body: The Head (you know) is the fountain of motion, quickening, life, sense and lightsomeness to the body; so should the husband be as the well-spring of liveliness, light-somness, light-heartedness to his wife: she hath forsook all for him, and therefore she should receive from him a continual influence of cheerful walking, and comfortable enjoying of her self. And a Saviour (you know) both provides for, and protects the saved: Christ thus saved his Church, he is every way a sufficient Saviour, able perfectly to save, even to the very uttermost; 2he saves soul and body, he saves from all manner of misery, from the wrath of God, the curse of the Law, the venom of all outward crosses, the tyranny of Satan, the sting of death, the power of the grave, the torments of hell, or if sin be the greatest evil, (as indeed it is) he will save his people from their sins: 3I cannot say thus of the husband; yet an husband carrieth a resemblance of Christ, and is after a manner a Saviour to his wife, to protect her, and provide for her. David compares her to a vine, 4intimating, that as a vine is underpropped and raised by some tree or frame near to which it is planted, so is the wife raised to the height of honour by virtue of her relation to her husband; by his wealth is she enriched; by his honour is she dignified: he is under God and Christ, all in all to her. In the Family he is a King, to govern and aid her; a Priest, to pray with her and for her; a Prophet, to teach and instruct her; a Saviour, to provide ⟨p. 214⟩for, and protect her to his utmost, if not to the utmost, which indeed is proper and peculiar to the Lord Christ.
2. He must carefully provide for her: To this purpose he is called her Head, and Savior, as Christ is the head of his Church, 1