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A44302 The honourable state of matrimony made comfortable, or An antidote against discord betwixt man and wife being special directions for the procuring and preserving of family peace. B. D. aut; J. R. aut 1685 (1685) Wing H2601; ESTC R215302 102,808 275

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soon_o pacify_v it_o be_v enough_o to_o fall_v down_o before_o a_o lion_n a_o lion_n be_v pacify_v if_o you_o fall_v before_o he_o but_o fot_o the_o wolf_n and_o tiger_n and_o other_o base_a creature_n they_o will_v tear_v those_o that_o fall_v down_o before_o they_o hence_o observe_v such_o as_o be_v soon_o move_v to_o violent_a passion_n that_o will_v not_o pass_v by_o a_o slight_a offence_n but_o will_v be_v furious_a for_o every_o trifle_n they_o be_v of_o ignoble_a base_a sordid_a temper_n of_o vile_a wretched_a and_o dunghill_n disposition_n o_o then_o what_o care_n shall_v thou_o take_v to_o watch_v against_o the_o first_o rise_n of_o anger_n and_o faithful_o endeavour_v to_o suppress_v thy_o violent_a passion_n when_o rise_v to_o wink_v and_o connive_v at_o many_o offence_n if_o ever_o thou_o will_v evidence_n a_o noble_a spirit_n it_o be_v thy_o true_a glory_n so_o to_o do_v but_o it_o be_v thy_o ignominy_n and_o disgrace_n to_o be_v of_o a_o gunpowder-spirit_n to_o be_v transport_v into_o a_o flame_n of_o fury_n by_o every_o little_a spark_n of_o distaste_n give_v nay_o a_o furious_a spirit_n be_v a_o devilish_a spirit_n and_o therefore_o the_o devil_n be_v very_o often_o call_v fury_n o_o let_v this_o consideration_n stir_v thou_o up_o to_o endeavour_v after_o meekness_n calmness_n and_o peaceablenss_n of_o spirit_n 4._o thou_o shall_v be_v careful_a to_o abstain_v from_o anger_n and_o frowardness_n of_o spirit_n because_o there_o be_v nothing_o that_o thou_o can_v do_v in_o anger_n but_o thou_o may_v do_v it_o better_o out_o of_o anger_n thou_o can_v have_v thy_o mind_n or_o thy_o will_n in_o nothing_o in_o anger_n but_o thou_o may_v have_v thy_o mind_n and_o will_v better_o out_o of_o a_o angry_a fit_n and_o wherefore_o then_o shall_v thou_o be_v angry_a consider_v when_o thou_o have_v thy_o anger_n stir_v what_o thou_o will_v do_v in_o thy_o anger_n thou_o may_v it_o say_v i_o will_v reprove_v my_o wife_n or_o my_o husband_n that_o have_v do_v amiss_o i_o say_v thou_o must_v reprove_v without_o anger_n thou_o must_v restore_v with_o a_o spirit_n of_o meekness_n gal._n 6.1_o there_o be_v no_o recover_v a_o fall_v relation_n from_o sin_n in_o a_o boisterous_a way_n there_o be_v gentle_a mean_n that_o be_v most_o influential_a thy_o reproof_n shall_v be_v as_o physic_n thou_o do_v not_o use_v to_o give_v physic_n scald_a hot_a thou_o may_v reprove_v thy_o wife_n husband_n child_n or_o servant_n without_o anger_n as_o well_o as_o with_o anger_n and_o if_o thou_o will_v give_v correction_n thou_o may_v do_v it_o best_o without_o anger_n if_o thou_o do_v correct_v in_o anger_n or_o reprove_v in_o anger_n thy_o servant_n or_o any_o other_o relation_n will_v think_v it_o be_v rather_o from_o thy_o fury_n than_o his_o fault_n that_o thou_o do_v it_o perhaps_o thou_o will_v do_v some_o special_a service_n for_o god_n and_o thou_o say_v that_o anger_n will_v quicken_v thou_o but_o james_n say_v cap._n 1.20_o the_o wrath_n of_o man_n accomplish_v not_o the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n god_n will_v not_o be_v behold_v to_o the_o wrath_n of_o man_n for_o any_o thing_n a_o heathen_a can_v say_v that_o fortitude_n have_v no_o need_n of_o wrath_n no_o need_n of_o gall_n bitterness_n and_o choler_n but_o it_o may_v be_v well_o enough_o without_o it_o perhaps_o thou_o will_v make_v thy_o husband_n sensible_a of_o the_o wrong_n he_o have_v do_v thou_o that_o thou_o may_v do_v without_o anger_n if_o he_o have_v wrong_v thou_o show_v he_o the_o more_o respect_n and_o kindness_n this_o way_n thou_o shall_v make_v he_o sensible_a of_o the_o wrong_n he_o have_v do_v thou_o as_o well_o as_o any_o way_n in_o the_o world_n that_o it_o will_v either_o melt_v his_o heart_n or_o trouble_v his_o spirit_n till_o he_o have_v make_v thou_o restitution_n or_o confess_v his_o fault_n i_o say_v every_o thing_n can_v be_v better_o do_v in_o a_o calm_a and_o quiet_a frame_n than_o in_o a_o angry_a fit_n for_o in_o thy_o anger_n thou_o can_v not_o sol_o well_o exercise_v thy_o reason_n as_o at_o another_o time_n for_o the_o fire_n of_o passion_n when_o it_o be_v kindle_v cause_v a_o great_a smoke_n to_o come_v up_o to_o the_o understanding_n and_o judgement_n and_o even_o put_v out_o thy_o reason_n so_o that_o be_v very_o great_a reason_n why_o thou_o shall_v use_v all_o mean_n to_o prevent_v and_o suppress_v thy_o angry_a passion_n 5._o thou_o shall_v do_v thy_o utmost_a to_o refrain_v from_o anger_n and_o attain_v meekness_n of_o spirit_n because_o meekness_n be_v that_o grace_n whereby_o man_n and_o woman_n come_v to_o have_v fair_a weather_n all_o the_o year_n long_o it_o be_v a_o comfortable_a thing_n to_o have_v fair_a weather_n to_o continue_v but_o two_o or_o three_o week_n together_o and_o thou_o know_v that_o rainy_a weather_n and_o drop_a weather_n be_v very_o tedious_a and_o irksome_a to_o we_o and_o we_o say_v it_o be_v pity_n fair_a weather_n shall_v do_v any_o hurt_n but_o when_o husband_n and_o wife_n be_v both_o meek_a there_o be_v fair_a weather_n in_o that_o family_n every_o day_n all_o the_o week_n long_o but_o where_o they_o be_v froward_a and_o passionate_a there_o be_v rainy_a weather_n all_o the_o week_n long_o solomon_n set_v out_o passion_n and_o frowardness_n by_o a_o continual_a drop_n prov._n 19.13_o and_o the_o contention_n of_o a_o wife_n be_v a_o continual_a drop_n her_o scold_a and_o brawl_v may_v occasion_v much_o sadness_n trouble_n and_o hurt_v in_o the_o family_n and_o so_o in_o prov._n 27.15_o a_o continual_a drop_n in_o a_o very_a rainy_a day_n and_o a_o contentious_a woman_n be_v alike_o the_o hebrew_n render_v it_o a_o continual_a drop_n in_o a_o day_n of_o a_o great_a shower_n of_o rain_n and_o a_o wife_n of_o brawling_n and_o contention_n be_v alike_o where_o the_o rain_n drop_v into_o a_o house_n it_o be_v very_o troublesome_a but_o when_o the_o sun_n come_v in_o at_o the_o window_n there_o be_v a_o sweet_a and_o pleasant_a dwell_n that_o be_v comfortable_a 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