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A10311 The glorie of man consisting in the excellencie and perfection of woman Gathered out of Holie Scriptures, and most renowned wryters; as well ancient, as moderne; ecclesiaticall, as morall. Wherevnto is annexed The duetie of husbands. Raban, Edward, d. 1658. 1638 (1638) STC 20596; ESTC S114010 39,259 142

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wyfe ● SAM 1. ●UD 14. TOB. 6. most dearlie and so did Samson and both olde and young Tobias with manie others And as wee haue sayde before this Loue must not bee ordinarie but extraordinarie towardes our wyues and must imitate that Great Loue which CHRIST showed vnto His Church who gaue Himselfe for it Yet this is a great mysterie For we are not cōmanded to follow CHRIST punctuallie perfectlie but in imitation as farre as it shall please Him to inable vs therevnto That is Wee must protect our Wyues and defend them in all perils dangers wee must governe them in wisdome according to the Rule of GOD'S Word both by continuall Instructions from thence by our owne louelie wyse and gentle behaviour towards them and we must be laborious carefull in our Callings in the feare of GOD so that wee may provyde all thinges necessarie for their mayntaynance For so doeth CHRIST for His Church He is still defending and provyding for her For this cause sayth He blessed for ever shall a man leaue father and mother and cleane vnto his wyfe and MATTH 19. 5. they twaine shall bee one flesh Saynct Peter beeing himselfe a married Man giveth manie notable instructions lyke these who speaking by the Spirit of GOD and in the knowledge hee had of Marriage imposeth this duetie vnto Men Yee Husbands sayeth hee dwell with your Wyues as men of Knowledge giving honour vnto the woman as vnto the weaker vessell even as 1. PET. 3 they which are heyres together of the grace of lyfe that your Prayers bee not interrupted And the wyse man giveth this counsell Not to depart from a discreet and good Woman which is fallen vnto thee for thy portion in the feare of the LORD Vse thy selfe to liue joyfullie with thy wyfe all the dayes of thy lyfe for that is thy Portion in this lyfe of all thy labour ECCLES 7. and travell that thou takest vnder the Sunne And our blessed Saviour CHRIST Himselfe confirming on earth what His Father had done in Paradise vouchsafed to grace a nuptiall feast with His blessed presence And to manifest His Loue the more which Hee bore to the holy Union then there knit betwixt the Man and his Wyfe Hee expressed His Glorie and Power in showing His first miracle at this marriage and that of joy by turning water into wyne even to comfort and IOHN 2. glad their hearts withall But now seeing wee haue proven out of GOD'S word that the principall duetie of Husbandes towards thier Wyues is Loue let vs looke into the glasse of our tymes and see how the duetie of Loue is performed But I feare that amongst an hundreth wee shall scarcelie finde one that stryveth to performe this duetie of Loue as hee ought For see wee not daylie rather the contrarie by many Men consume the estates which they haue gotten by their wyues thorow their owne vicious lyues some by sloathfull ydlenesse some by gayming some by drunkennesse some by whoring and manie other sorts of damnable living And thus are good Women brought to Beggerie by lewde shamelesse and godlesse Husbands who haue altogether forsaken the LORD showing neyther Loue nor Duetie to their Wyues who are their owne verie flesh blood and bones Other Husbandes agayne to show their authoritie forsooth will holde their wyues in such subjection and servitude that no servand nor slaue could abyde the lyke beeing even a verie Naball vnto them in churlishnesse of speach and crabbednesse of Conditions Where is wisdome in such Husbands who are commanded to governe their Wyues in loue and according to Knowledge Other fellow-impudents with these will not labour nor care for nothing but put the poore woman to shift for all Or if perhaps hee get something abroad yet shee is sure not to bee the better thereof it must bee spent before hee come home or else hidden from her presence What shall we say of such veth GOD and yet loveth not his wyfe I say hee is a lyar in graine But when I haue all done and sayd what I can yet I must leaue men to the consideration of what is written and wish and intreate them to bee wyse and submit themselues vnto the governament of the Word of GOD that so they may liue quyetlie and lovinglie with their Wyues and not onlie so but joyfullie also as the wyse man sayeth for surelie hee hath obtayned a good portion who hath a wyfe that hee can liue joyfullie with For what if a Man doe abound in wealth so that hee can giue vnto himselfe as much pleasure as Salomon possessed even what his heart can desire yet if hee liue not peaceablie at home and in loue with his wyfe all is but an heavie and sorrowfull burden vnto him But the poore man having little and yet living friendlie lovinglie and joyfullie with his wyfe hath ten thousand tymes more than the rich cōtentious wretch his heart beeing filled with contentment in the LORD and the other his heart full of wretchednesse and the sting of an evill conscience Wee haue an olde Proverbe That in Loue is no lacke For where Loue is vnited with the feare of GOD in the hearts of Man and Wyfe they will lyke yoak-fellowes draw together the right way lyke the two milke-kyne which brought the Arke of GOD in the new Cart from the land of the Philistimes Yea they will plow together and sow together and there is no doubt but through the blessing of Him who governeth them they shall receaue a plentifull harvest together Thus wee haue found that the principall duetie of the Husband towardes his Wyfe is Loue which duetie is now-a-dayes neglected contemned and even despysed of manie who haue turned aside and forsaken the way of the LORD as appeareth by the evills and mischiefes which daylie aryse betwixt Man and Wyfe And therefore having descryed a mayne defect in Husbands the which wee may not passe over because it is the greatest breach of Loue that may bee wee shall speake something thereof 〈◊〉 the next Chapter GOD permmitting vs. THE FOURTH CHAPTER THis duetie of the Husband vnto the Wyfe beeing whollie included in the Bands of Loue it streatcheth it selfe farder into manie branches For wee finde also by the Word of GOD that the Husband must dwell with his Wyfe according to Knowledge So wee see heere that it is not lawfull for the Husband to forsake his Wyfe but howsoever whether it bee in weale or woe in ritches or povertie yet hee must abide and dwell with her still except it bee onlie for the fact of Adulterie and for no other cause may a Man forsake his Wyfe nor a Wyfe her Husband Indeede the wyse man sayeth Giue mee anie plague but the plague of the tongue And it may bee some wyues haue this imperfection but consider rightlie if thou thy selfe bee not the vrgent cause thereof Howsoever it is not a cause sufficient to forsake her as testifieth our Saviour who vtterlie