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Boaz and Ruth blessed: or A sacred contract honoured with a solemne benediction By Bartholomew Parsons B. of Divinity and rector of Ludgershall in the county of Wiltes.
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Parsons, Bartholomew, 1574-1642.
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BOAZ AND RVTH BLESSED OR A SACRED CONTRACT HONOVred with a solemne Benediction BY BARTHOLOMEW PARSONS B. of Divinity and Rector of Ludgershall in the County of Wiltes I haue receiued commandement to Blesse and He hath Blessed Num. 23.20 The friend of the Bridegroome which standeth and heareth him reioyceth greatly because of the Bridegroomes voyce Ioh. 3.29 OXFORD Printed by Iohn Lichfield for William Webbe Ann. D. 1633. TO MY MVCH RESPECTED FRIENDS Mr Peregrine Thistlethwaite the yonger Esquire and Mris Dorothy Thistlethwaite his wife GEnerous Sr at the time of your happie Nuptialls when your friends and invited guests filled you with presents of all sorts I amongst the rest had provided such as I haue to giue you even this poore spirituall mite to haue beene cast in amongst your other great gifts had not the lot of that boxe of oyntment powred on our Saviours head in some sort falne vpon it But as little Currents by being stopped rise higher and swell to greater streames so this not finding vent then to runne for that houre is now swolne to that bignesse to become a Torrent and runne some longer time The Presse is now become as the MidWife to deliver this Childe which was then come to the birth had there bin strength to bring forth Yours it was then in the preparation and yours it must be now in the dedication it being at first intended for you could in no good fashion purchase any licence of Alienation to be conveyed from you In it you may see that as stronger blessings then ordinary were powred on the head of Joseph that was separate from his brethren Gen. 49.26 so most powerfull and prevalent blessings are powred on the head of her that was separated from her brethren and fathers house and ioyned to the God of Israell had professed that he should be her God his people her people Ruth 1.16 even of Ruth a Moabitesse who hath the priviledge not onely to be admitted into the Congregation of Gods people Deut. 23.3 * The Hebrew Rabbins say that they haue a tradition of Moses from Mount Sinai that the males of the Ammonites Moabites not the females are forbidden to enter into the Congregation of God Maimony but also the Honour to haue the Saviour of the world come of her according to the flesh and to be named in the line of his Genealogy Mat. 1.5 and of Boaz as godly in life as mighty in wealth Ruth 2. And when such great and good persons blesse such godly persons they are blessed in deed when such faithfull and holy elders sitting in the gate blesse in the name of the LORD such religious and devout Proselites it availeth very much Jam. 5.16 yea they shall be blessed as Jsaacke said of his blessing Iacob Gen. 27.33 How much more then may you both be confident that you shall receiue blessing from the LORD vpon this your coniugall vnion both of names * Peregrine Thistlethwait Dorothy Thistlethwait and houses sith ence Deus est in vtroque parente you are true Israelites on both sides neither of you new Proselites drawne out of Paganisme or Idolatry but may with an holy boasting glory as Paul doth for Timothy 2 Tim. 1. of an vnfained faith that dwelt first in their Grandmothers and Mothers not only so but also in your line and generation on both sides neither is your match like the marrying together of the thistle in Lebanon with the Cedar in Lebanon 2. King 14.9 an vnequall coniunction but like the joyning together of Jsaacke Rebeckah two persons of one kindred and family yet Without breaking downe the Pales of degrees prohibited of two Cardui benedicti that may grow into a multitude and an holy seede in the LORD God hath already begunne to make good this blessing vpon you in giuing you seede and if you feare him keepe his commandernents and dwell together in coniugall vnity hauing one heart and one soule he will command his blessing and life for ever more you the wife shall be as a fruitfull vine your children like oliue plants round about your table you shall see your childrens children and peace vpon Israell I giue you then this gift willingly and desire you to accept it louingly following that divine rule it is accepted according to that which a man hath and lay it vp not only in your chest but also in your hearts And the God of Heaven prosper it to you that it may be a faithfull Monitor to you speake words whereby you and your children may be saued which shall bee the Crowne and rejoycing of him that longeth after you in the bowels of Iesus Christ and desireth to be esteemed Your serviceable friend in Christ Iesus BARTH PARSONS Ruth 4.11 The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachell and like Leah which two did build the house of Israell doe thou worthily in Ephratah and be famous in Bethlem THE Children of this World like to fishes that are in Salo sine sale in the salt water without any salt tast in thē in the midst of the holiest and heavenliest actions and places cannot put of the shooes of their carnall affections Exod. 3.5 but haue too frequently their thoughts and tongues exercised about their worldly wicked affaires and even then and there out of the evill treasures of their hearts bring forth that which is evill Luk. 6.45 Ezekiells auditors even whilest they were sitting before him to heare his words and shewing much loue with their mouthes haue their hearts going after covetousnesse Ezek. 33.31 And whilest our saviour was dividing to his hearers the bread of life one of the company rashly and rudely interrupteth him about speaking to his brother to divide the inheritance with him Luk. 12.13 so hardly can they which are accustomed to evill doe any good Ier. 13.23 even in the best times and places but on the other side the children of light shine still as lights in the world Phil. 2.15 haue sursum corda in civill as well as in sacred businesses out of the good treasures of their hearts bring forth good things Luk. 6.45 whether they are eating or drinking or whatsoever they are doing Gods glory is their aime and end 1. Cor. 10.31 in all these things eructat cor their heart is stil enditing of some good matter Psal 45.1 a divine sentence is ready in their lips Prov. 16.10 and their mouth vpon every occasion is speaking of wisdome and their tongue talking of iudgement Psal 37.30 Let them but passe by the mowers in the field they open their mouth in an holy prayer that may minister grace to the hearers and say the blessing of the Lord be vpon you we blesse you in the name of the Lord Psal 129.8 let them but come to the reapers and their lips are full of grace they say with that good man Boaz the Lord be with you Ruth 2.4 In the same spirit in the same
dung in the face of his ordinance But to passe on further into the waters of the sanctuary we shall finde that these people and Elders of Bethlehem doe all things well heere for that they take every good occasion of prayer it is well we should pray without ceasing 1 Thes 5.17 that they call vpon the Lord heere seeking to the fountaine and not digging to them cisternes that can hold no water it is good and comely whom should they call vpon but the Lord who is worthy to be praised prayed vnto Psal 18.3 that they pray for Boaz and Ruth the persons intending to enter into the covenant of God it is their charity that seeketh not her owne alone but the Good of others 1 Cor. 12. as all the members of the mysticall body of the Church haue the same care one for another 1 Cor. 12.25 and pray one for another Iam. 5.16 Now the persons for whom they pray and the blessings for which they pray that they may be blessed with are so involved and linked one with another that they cannot be disioyned in the handling these blessings are severall 1 For tho woman the Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachell and like Leah which two did build the house of Israell wherein wee haue 1. The woman described by a speciall effect the woman that is come into thine house 2. The blessing it selfe both expressed that she may be like Rachell and like Leah and also explained wherein it should consist which two did build the house of Israell The woman here is first of all described vnto vs by a speciall effect and called the woman which is come into thine house The wiues place then is to bee in the house with the husband Isaak bringeth Rebeckah into the same tent with him when she becommeth his wife Gen. 24.67 David fetcht Bathsheba into his house when he took her to wife 2. Sam. 11.27 Nay she is not only to be receaued into the house but also into the heart and bosome she is the wife of the bosome Deut. 13.6 Set me as a seale vpon thyne heart saith the Church to Christ Cant 8.6 And the husband must loue the wife as Christ loued the Church Ephesians 5.25 The soule of Ionathan whose loue to Dauid was wonderfull passing the loue of women 2. Sam. 1.26 was knit with the soule of David and David loued him as his owne soule 1. Sam. 18.1 if this payre of friends had 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 one soule in two bodies how much more is it and ought it to be so in the married payre and if it bee good and pleasant for bretheren to dwell together Psal 133.1 how much more is it good and pleasant for them that are no more twaine but one flesh to dwell together seeing they make but one body it is monstrous that vnum corpus sit in duobus locis that one body should bee in two places The wife that was made of the rib of man and made to bee an helper before him must be collaterall conversant with him haue individuam vitae consuetudinem an inseparable society of all hir life with him which is the very definition of marriage and agreeable to that Apostolique Canon Let not the wife depart from the husband 1. Cor. 7.10 with her the husband must reioyce and be ravished alwaies with her loue Prov. 5.18.19 and if they must loue together they must liue together Vbi amor ibi oculus where the loue goeth there the eye desireth to be looking still she is his companion Mal. 2.17 and so must cohabite together with him and not breake company according to that likewise yee husbands dwell with them 1. Pet. 3.7 The harlots feet abide not in the house but she is without and in the streets Prov. 7.11.12 but the vertuous woman looketh well to the waies of her houshold Prov. 31.27 and chast women must be keepers at home Tit. 2.5 It is a duty imposed on married women to guide the house 1. Tim. 5.14 and so to bide in the house That which Saint Hieronie said of the Monke out of his Cell Monachus in oppido piscis in arido A Monke in the street is like a fish on the dry land is true of them a woman gadding from house to house from place to place is like a fish out of the water his proper element Plutarch in quaest Rom. qu. 29. relateth that the Romans had a custome not to suffer the Bride to goe ouer the threshold but to carry her over the Boetians to burne the Axeltree of the Cart before the doore on the marriage day both which rites were memorandums to them that they must be housekeepers The Tortoise the Snayle that carry their shells vpon their backes are the Emblems and Hieroglyphicks of a good wife that must carry her house vpon her backe Non sunt inventa aeque dulcia nomina c. Bernard serm 7. in Cant. there are not found names alike sweet to expresse mutually the sweet affections of the word the soule as the Bridgroome and the Bride for they haue all things common nothing proper nothing divided from themselues there is one inheritance to them both one house one table one bed yea one flesh Heare this then all yee married both low and high rich and poore take heed O thou woman that thou be not a follower of Vashti king Assuerus wife who refused to come into her husbands company at his commandement Est 1.11.12 nor of the harlot who forsaketh the guid of hir youth and forgetteth the covenant of her God Prov. 2.17 And take heed likewise O thou man that thou forsake not the wife of thy youth who is thy companion and the wife of thy covenant Mal. 2.14 Coniunction est â Deo divortium separatio à Diabolo The ioyning together of man and wife is of God their sundring separating is of the Divell Now this clause The woman that commeth into thine house is like the littke cloud that Eliahs servant saw no bigger then an hand which yeelded a great raine 1. King 18.44 many doctrines might drop from hence as the raine Deut. 32.2 but I will pitch vpon one necessary thing if it bee the mans house into thy house if he be the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Master of the house then she ought to line peaceably with him in his own house it is noted a thing monstrous and vnnaturall that a mans enimies should bee they of his owne house Mic. 7.6 and much more that a mans capital enimie should be the wife of his own house and bosome if God made men to bee of one minde in an house as our vulgar translation hath it Psal 68.6 much more is it of his ordinance that man and wife should be of one minde in an house Lot would haue nothing done to the Angells strangers as hee thought that were come vnder the shadowe of his roofe for protection and much more should