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The well-ordered family
The well-ordered family: wherein the duties of it's [sic] various members are described and urged. A small, but very comprehensive piece, suitable to be in the hand of every householder [sic]; and may be especially seasonable in the present day. / By that eminently pious and learned divine, Mr. Isaac Ambrose, Minister of the Gospel at Preston. ; [Two lines from John]The well-ordered family: wherein the duties of it's [sic] various members are described and urged. A small, but very comprehensive piece, suitable to be in the hand of every housholder [sic]; and may be especially seasonable in the present day. / By that eminently pious and learned divine, Mr. Isaac Ambrose, Minister of the Gospel at Preston. ; [Two lines from John]
Boston: printed by S. Kneeland, 1762
The Well-Ordered Family. › Section 5: Of the Duties of the Husband and Wife.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
5. In the Continuance of Christ's Love? Having loved his own, he loved them to the End. His Love is a constant Love, an everlasting Love. No Provocation or Transgressions could ever make him forget his Love. Thou hast played the Harlot with many Lovers, yet return unto me. Jer. 3.1. Such must be the Love of Husbands, affirm ⟨p. 19⟩Love, an inviolable Love: The Ground of it must be God's Ordinance, and the Support of it must be an inviolable Resolution, that no Provocation shall ever change or alter it. Husbands must pass by all Infirmities, endeavouring in Love to redress them, if possibly they can; or if not, to bear with them.
2. Duty of an Husband, is, wisely to maintain and manage his Authority. Now the managing of it consists in two Things:
1. That he tenderly respect her.
2. That he carefully provide for her.