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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12570	A looking glasse for maried folkes Wherein they may plainly see their deformities; and also how to behaue themselues one to another, and both of them towards God. Set forth dialogue-wise for the more tastable and plainnesse sake. By R. S.	Snawsel, Robert.	1610 (1610)	STC 22886; ESTC S106906	42,687	118

and fauour in his Sonne Christ Iesus our Lord and hath made vs one with himselfe his Sonne partakers of his diuine nature and hath filled our hearts with vnspeakeable comfort and ioy of the holy Ghost which wee desired so much in the daies of our affliction And further hath giuen vnto vs his Spirit which is the earnest pennie of our euerlasting happinesse and which doth sanctifie vs daily more and more and strengthen vs to euery good worke and hath promised that no good thing shall be wanting vnto vs if we will be obedient vnto him How ought these things to cause vs to loue God againe and for his sake to loue one another seeing that he of his méere mercy hath made vs partakers of such happinesse Ezer They are happy indeede that haue all these things bestowed vpon them which you haue spoken of Abig. Euery true Christian is in such a happy estate before they can find sound comfort vnto their soules or before they can performe any duty pleasing vnto God or before they can loue their wiues as they ought Ezer Then there are but few that loue their wiues as they ought Abig. It is true indéed and more is the pitty For some loue their wiues for their lusts sake some for their beauties sake some for their riches sake some for their friends sake some for natures sake some for necessities sake because they sée if they should not it would not stand with their quiet profite credit But take once away the aforesaid causes their loue falles to the ground If it bee for lust when that is satisfied he rather hates thē loues her as Ammon did his sister 2. Sam. 13.15 if for beauty as that vanisheth his loue decaieth if for riches nature or friends sake as they lessen his loue lessens with them if it be for necessitie it is counterfaite or if she winne his loue as some doe by her faire language then it turneth as the winde Finally if it be for any outward cause or for all the causes vnder the cope of heauen without the loue of God it will bee vncomfortable vnconstant and vnsound but if it be for the loue of God though for no other cause in the earth it wil be vndefiled comfortable continuall and increase more and more But all loue else whatsoeuer that proceedes from the husbande to the wife and from the wife to the husband is rebellion against God and the more a man loues his wife or the wife her husband the more they sinne against God Howsoeuer this may séeme harsh vnto worldly men yet that which doth ensue will make it plaine for the more that both husband and wife loue each other without louing God the more they will seeke to fulfill their fleshly lusts though they be neuer so much against God and his word Therfore it behoues euery man to loue his wife with such loue as Christ did his Church Ezer What manner of loue was that Abig. It was not fleshly but spirituall not earthly but heauenly Ezer But must he not loue her outwardly and prouide such things for her as are necessary profitable and comfortable for the preseruing and cherishing of her body Abig. Yes it is the part and dutie of euery man chiefly of a Christian so to doe as I would haue shewed you anon or else he shall not onely sinne against her but against God also Ezer I pray you now shew how a man must first shew his loue to his wife and what is the first fruit of his loue Abig. In the first place hee must giue himselfe vnto God with fasting prayer that the Lord would blesse his enterprises and proceedings and when he hath humbled himselfe vnto God he must not thinke much to humble him selfe to his wife Eul. This wil be harsh vnto the most men and they will hardly or neuer bee brought vnto it Abig. But if they will be Christian men they must do it and that for these causes First because it is not hurtfull but good and profitable not against the word but warrantable and commanded by it And lastly because Christ hath giuen them example so to do Eul. I pray you if you can shew these things more plainly Abig. For the first if you looke from the beginning of Genesis to the latter end of the Apocalypse you shall neuer finde it spoken against either openly nor inclusiuely and therupon I gather that seeing it is profitable it may bee practised in a ciuil and courteous manner And againe humility is a vertue and the more eminent place a man is in the more it doth adorne him if he be endued with it And further though he bee in neuer so high a place hee is commanded to humble himselfe to his brethren yea and to make himselfe as he is a Christian equall with them of the lower sort Now if it bee his dutie to humble himselfe towards euery one to make himselfe equall with those of the lowest sort then much more to his wife Againe they are commanded to honour their wiues as the weaker vessels that is as I take it not onely to beare with their wiues infirmities but to submit their mindes vnto them in that which is good kindly to intreate them in humblenesse of minde and to aduance their credit and good name and to stand in their defence against whomsoeuer that oppose themselues against them And lastly by Christs example they are to be lowly and humbly to submit themselues vnto their wiues as he doth vnto his Church and people Ezer How doth Christ humbly submit himselfe vnto his Church and people Abig. Christ doth submit and humble himselfe vnto his Church and people both in himselfe and by others His submissiō is shewed both by his words gesture and actions By his words when he louingly intreats her to leaue her corruptions and to accept of his louing fauour and kindnesse which he offers vnto her as a token of his loue and vnfaigned desire he hath that she should bee at peace with him and to the end that he might win her loue hee makes many gracious and beauteous promises vnto her yea hee bestowes many rich treasures vpon her suing wooing of her and sometimes when she turnes her backe vpon him hee turnes his face to her saying what ailes my loue my doue my vndefiled spouse when she is sad he wil make her ioyful many times when shée frownes hée will looke vpon her with a chearefull countenance And againe he attendeth and waiteth at the gates of her portall saying Behold I stand at the doore and knocke open vnto me my loue my doue and vndefiled And moreouer for his Churches sake which is his wife he bended his knées and humbled himselfe vnto the earth yea vnto death and that vnto the most shamefull and horrible death of the crosse What baesnesse did hee refuse to honour her Consider the reproches and indignities he endured of the paines miseries

so I might become one with him and an heire of his kingdome Abig. With all my heart The first step is repentance and faith in Christ Iesus Eul. What is repentance Abig. The Diuines doe define it in two words mortification and viuification that is a dying to sin and liuing to righteousnesse Eul. And by what meanes must this be wrought in vs. Abig. By the powerfull preaching of the word of God which breaketh and softeneth the hard stony heart humbleth the soule and woundeth the conscience for sinne which it hath committed against the God of heauen and causeth it vnfeignedly to desire peace and reconciliation with him in his Sonne Christ with a detestation of all the sins which he hath committed and a resolution to leade the rest of his life holy and vnblameably as in the sight of God Eul. What is Faith It is the worke of the Spirit of God in vs which doth assure vs of the free pardon of our sins and of the loue and fauour of God in Christ Iesus with all the benefites that come with him as it is written It is the Spirit of God that beareth witnesse vnto our spirits that we are the sonnes of God and so it is that spirit which causeth vs to apprehend and apply the mercies of God in Christ and our selues to the obedience of his word Eul. I pray God that we may so do Abig. If you haue an vnfeigned desire as you seemed to me to haue God hath promised to giue you power if you will giue your endeuour therewithall and so I commit you to his grace Xant Yea but Gossip I pray you tell me who gaue you this new gowne Eul. Your minde is more set vpon my gowne then vpon those heauenly matters which Abigail spoke of Marg. I will lay twenty shillings that Abigail hath almost made her a Puritane Eul. You thinke you may now talke your pleasure when shée was here you had not a word she tooke you downe I trow Xant I hope if you haue a new gowne we may without offence speake of it Eul. Shal I tel you how it is with me Marg. Yea. Eul. Truly Abigails words were so gracious that I could willingly haue heard her though she should haue sate with vs all this day her words are so sauoury to my soule that me thinkes we should not put them out of our remembrance with these outward things Xant Well Margery if she will not tel me who gaue her her new gown do you tel me what cost your neckerchiefe a yard Eul. I thinke your minde runs thus vpon these outward things when you are at praier and at Sermons Xant It is good to speake the truth it doth so indeed Eul. That ought not to be by no meanes for thereby you much dishonor God and hinder your selfe that the word cannot profite you Xant Yea but will you tell me who gaue you your gowne Eul. Why who I pray you should giue honest wiues any such things but their husbands Xant And I pray you Margery who gaue you yours Marg. My husband also Xant O happy women that happen on such husbands For my part I would I had bene married to a toad-stoole when I maried with my Ben-ezer Eu. O fie woman what a wish is that if Abigail had bene here you would haue vext her to the heart and I tell you truly that you grieue me not a little For I remember well what she said and I hope shall do whiles I liue namely that we which professe our selues to be Christians should adorne the Gospell of Christ by our holy conuersation And againe she said that the Apostle exhorts that our words should be gracious and poudred that they might minister grace to the hearers Xant Yea you are happy you haue no cause to speake or complaine that haue all things you stand in need of Eu. I thanke God we two do agrée and I am sorry that you two cannot but that euery foote you are falling out Xant I thinke I shall neuer fall in with such a fellow you see how raggedly he lets me go I would I were dead if I be not ashamed many times to go out a doore when I see how finely other women are dressed that are married to farre poorer husbands then mine is Eu. Well Xantip well I pray thée be contented and if thou louest me nay if thou louest God or thy selfe marke well what our good neighbour Abigail hath said out of the Apostle Paul that the woman ought to be in subiection to her husband And againe the ornamēt of a woman lies not in gay apparell or in any setting out of herselfe to sight as S. Peter teacheth for I remember that I heard awhile ago at a Sermon that the ornament of a woman consisted in chaste and honest conditions and that the ornament of the minds or soules of godly women was loue méeknesse faith and patience c. And further that it is the guise of drabs harlots to prancke and pricke vp themselues to inueigle mens affections Now then as for vs that would be counted honest religious matrons we are neat inough if we be cleanly and can please our husbands Xant Yea but this good man of mine is such a niggard that he will not allow me wherwithall I may go handsome but prodigally he spends my portiō which though I say it was no little one Marg. If I were as thou art I would haue better things or else the house should be too hot for him My husband would not willingly let me haue such and such a thing but I trow hee shall neuer goe to praier quietly nor haue a cheerefull looke till I haue it Xant Yea but my husband doth not only keepe me without such trim attire as you haue but he will not let me haue that which is necessary but spend that we haue in tipling and swilling at dice and cards and amongst whores and harlots Eu. Good words good words I think you surmise and say more then is true Xant It is too true which I say and moreouer when hee comes home well whitled in drinke at mid-night after he hath bene a long while waited for hee snorts like a swine when he is laied and sir reuerence casts vp his drunken gorge in the bed to say no more Eu. O Xantip you make my heart ake to heare you Therefore marke this that when you doe thus disgrace your husband you shame you selfe Xant I would I were dead if I had not rather sleepe with a sow then lye by his side Marg But do you rattle him vp at his comming home Xant Yes I handle him as hee deserues I make him know that I haue a tongue in my head Marg. And what saith he againe Xant At the first he is as loud as I thinking to beare mee downe with great words Marg. But do you neuer fall from scolding to scuffling Xant Once wee were fallen out so farre that a little more would haue