Expos. 18. Magistrates ought by all good means, to procure the good of their subjects, making holy and just laws, for the maintenance of piety and justice, appointing officers that be wise, courageous, and fearing God, to see justice executed, and labouring to root out sin by punishing offenders justly, and encouraging the Godly, 1. Tim. 2. 2. 2. Chron. 19. 5. &c. Rom. 13. 4. Deut. 7. ⟨p. 199⟩18, 19. Psal. 101. 6, 7, 8. 1. Pet. 2. 13. Esa. 49. 13. Ministers must labour in private reading, meditation, prayer, and public teaching, by instruction, exhortation, rebuke, and comfort, keeping the holy things of God from contempt, and watching over their flocks, that their people be not corrupted by false doctrine, or scandalous conversation. 1. Tim. 4. 13. 16. and 3. 2. &c. 1. Sam. 12. 23. Deut. 33. 10. Ezek. 33. 7. &c. and 34. 4. Act. 20. 28. Matth. 7. 6. Pro. 27. 23. Ezek. 44. 23, 24. Husbands must choose religious wives, dwell with them as men of knowledge, loving them dearly, bearing with their infirmities, protecting them, providing things necessary for their state and calling, allowing them competent maintenance, employment, and liberty, specially for the service of God, rejoicing and delighting in them, prudently admonishing them in great love and tenderness, and praising them for their faithfulness. 2. Cor. 6. 14. 1. Pet. 3. 7. Eph. 5. 33. Gen. 24. 67. Gen. 20. 16. 1. Sam. 30. 5. 8. Eph. 5. 28, 29. Exod. 21. 10. Pro. 5. 18. Gen. 26. 8. Esa. 62. 7. Gen. 30. 2. Job. 2. 10. Fathers must bring their ⟨p. 200⟩children to holy Baptism, Gen. 21. 4. Mothers must nurse their own children if they be able, 1. Tim. 5. 16. Gen. 21. 7. 1. Sam. 1. 22. both must bring them up in instruction and fear of the Lord, Eph. 6. 4. Deut. 6. 6. 7. 20. Exod. 12. 26. keep them in subjection, train them up in some honest labour and calling, Gen. 4. 1, 2. lovingly, and seasonably correct their faults, not without compassion and sorrow. Pro. 23. 13. and 19. 18. and 22. 15. and 29. 15. 17. Eph. 6. 3. bestow them fitly in marriage, and that in due time, 1. Cor. 7. 36. 38. Jer. 26. 6. and lay up something for them as ability will suffer, 2. Cor. 12. 14. Pro. 19. 14. Masters must choose into their houses, true, and religious servants, and when they are entertained, take care to inform them privately, and see that they serve God in public also, Psal. 101. 6. Act. 10. 2. Josh. 24. 15.
Expos. 18. Magistrats ought by all good meanes, to procure the good of their subiects, making holy and iust lawes, for the maintenance of piety and iustice, appointing officers that be wise, couragious, and fearing God, to see iustice executed, and labouring to roote out sinne by punishing offenders iustly, and incouraging the Godly, 1. Tim. 2. 2. 2. Chron. 19. 5. &c. Rom. 13. 4. Deut. 7. ⟨p. 199⟩18, 19. Psal. 101. 6, 7, 8. 1. Pet. 2. 13. Esa. 49. 13. Ministers must labour in priuate reading, meditation, prayer, and publike teaching, by instruction, exhortation, rebuke, and comfort, keeping the holy things of God from contempt, and watching ouer their flocks, that their people bee not corrupted by false doctrine, or scandalous conuersation. 1. Tim. 4. 13. 16. and 3. 2. &c. 1. Sam. 12. 23. Deut. 33. 10. Ezek. 33. 7. &c. and 34. 4. Act. 20. 28. Matth. 7. 6. Pro. 27. 23. Ezek. 44. 23, 24. Husbands must choose religious wiues, dwell with them as men of knowledge, louing them dearely, bearing with their infirmities, protecting them, prouiding things necessary for their state and calling, allowing them competent maintenance, imployment, and liberty, specially for the seruice of God, reioycing and delighting in them, prudently admonishing them in great loue and tendernes, and praising them for their faithfulnes.
