Single life makes men in one instance to be like Angels , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,8.2) but Marriage in very many things makes the chast pair to be like to Christ . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,8.3) This is a great mystery , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,8.4) but it is the symbolical and sacramental representment of the greatest mysteries of our Religion . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,8.5) Christ descended from his Father's bosom , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,8.6) and contracted his Divinity with flesh and bloud , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,8.7) and married our Nature , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,8.8) and we became a Church , the spouse of the Bridegroom , which he cleansed with his Bloud , and gave her his holy Spirit for a dowry , and Heaven for a joynture ; begetting children unto God by the Gospel . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,8.9) This Spouse he hath joyn'd to himself by an excellent Charity , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,8.10) he feeds her at his own Table , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,8.11) and lodges her nigh his own Heart , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,8.12) provides for all her Necessities , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,8.13) relieves her Sorrows , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,8.14) determines her Doubts , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,8.15) guides her Wandrings , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,8.16) he is become her Head , and she as a Signet upon his right hand ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,8.17) he first indeed was betrothed to the Synagogue (JETAYLOR-E3-H,8.18) and had many children by her , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,8.19) but she forsook her love , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,8.20) and then he married the Church of the Gentiles , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,8.21) and by her as by a second venter had a more numerous Issue , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,8.22) atque una domus est omnium filiorum ejus , all the Children dwell in the same house , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,8.23) and are Heirs of the same promises , intituled to the same Inheritance . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,8.24) Here is the eternal Conjunction , the indissoluble knot , the exceeding love of Christ , the obedience of the Spouse , the communicating of Goods , the uniting of Interests , the fruit of Marriage , a celestial Generation , a new Creature ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,8.25) Sacramentum hoc magnum est ; this is the Sacramental mystery , represented by the holy Rite of Marriage ; so that Marriage is divine in its Institution , sacred in its Union , holy in the Mystery , sacramental in its Signification , honourable in its Appellative , religious in its Imployments : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,9.26) It is Advantage to the societies of men , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,9.27) and it is Holiness to the Lord . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,9.28) Dico autem in Christo & Ecclesia , It must be in Christ and the Church . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,9.29) If this be not observed , Marriage loses its mysteriousness : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,9.30) but because it is to effect much of that which it signifies , it concerns all that enter into those golden fetters to see that Christ and his Church be in at every of its periods , and that it be intirely conducted and over-rul'd by Religion ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,9.31) for so the Apostle passes from the sacramental rite to the real duty ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,9.32) Nevertheless , that is , although the former Discourse were wholly to explicate the Conjunction of Christ and his Church by this similitude , yet it hath in it this real Duty , that the man love his wife , and the wife reverence her husband : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,9.33) and this is the use we shall now make of it , the particulars of which precept I shall thus dispose : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,9.34) 1 . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,9.35) I shall propound the Duty as it generally relates to Man and Wife in conjunction . 2. The duty and power of the Man . 3. The rights and priviledges , and the duty of the Wife . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,9.36) 1 . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,9.37) In Christo & Ecclesia that begins all , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,9.38) and there is great need it should be so : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,9.39) for they that enter into the state of marriage , cast a dye of the greatest contingency , and yet of the greatest interest in the world , next to the last throw for Eternity . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,9.40) {COM:greek_omitted} Life or death , felicity or a lasting sorrow are in the power of marriage . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,9.41) A woman indeed ventures most (JETAYLOR-E3-H,9.42) for she hath no Sanctuary to retire to from an evil Husband ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,9.43) she must dwell upon her Sorrow , and hatch the Eggs which her own Folly or Infelicity hath produced ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,10.44) and she is more under it , because her tormentor hath a warrant of prerogative , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,10.45) and the Woman may complain to God as Subjects do of tyrant Princes , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,10.46) but otherwise she hath no appeal in the causes of unkindness . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,10.47) And though the man can run from many hours of his sadness , yet he must return to it again , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,10.48) and when he sits among his neighbours , he remembers the objection that lies in his bosom , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,10.49) and he sighs deeply . Ah tum te miserum , malique fati Quem attractis pedibus patente porta Percurrent mugilesque raphanique . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,10.50) The boys , and the pedlers , and the fruiterers shall tell of this man , when he is carried to his grave , that he lived and died a poor wretched person . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,10.51) The Stags in the Greek Epigram , whose Knees were clog'd with frozen Snow upon the mountains , came down to the Brooks of the valleys , {COM:greek_omitted} hoping to thaw their joynts with the waters of the stream ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,10.52) but there the Frost overtook them , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,10.53) and bound them fast in Ice , till the young Heards-men took them in their stranger snare . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,10.54) It is the unhappy chance of many men , finding many inconveniences upon the mountains of single life , they descend into the valleys of marriage to refresh their troubles , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,10.55) and there they enter into fetters , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,10.56) and are bound to sorrow by the cords of a mans or womans peevishness : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,10.57) and the worst of the evil is , they are to thank their own follies ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,10.58) for they fell into the snare by entering an improper way : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,10.59) Christ and the Church were no ingredients in their choice : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,10.60) but as the Indian Women enter into folly for the price of an Elephant , and think their Crime warrantable ; so do men and women change their liberty for a rich fortune like Eriphyle the Argive , {COM:greek_omitted} she preferr'd gold before a good man and shew themselves to be less than money by overvaluing that to all the content and wise felicity of their lives : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,11.61) and when they have counted the Money and their Sorrows together , how willingly would they buy with the Loss of all that money , Modesty , or sweet Nature to their relative ! (JETAYLOR-E3-H,11.62) the odd thousand pound would gladly be allowed in good nature and fair manners . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,11.63) As very a Fool is he that chuses for Beauty principally ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,11.64) cui sunt eruditi oculi , & stulta mens as one said , whose Eyes are witty , and their Soul sensual ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,11.65) It is an ill band of affections to tie two hearts together by a little thread of red and white . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,11.66) {COM:greek_omitted} And they can love no longer but until the next Ague comes , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,11.67) and they are fond of each other but at the chance of fancy , or the small Pox , or Child-bearing , or Care , or Time , or any thing that can destroy a pretty Flower . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,11.68) But it is the basest of all when lust is the Paranymph and solicites the suit , and makes the contract , and joyns the hands ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,11.69) for this is commonly the effect of the former , according to the Greek proverb , {COM:greek_omitted} (JETAYLOR-E3-H,11.70) At first for his fair cheeks and comely Beard , the beast is taken for a Lion , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,11.71) but at last he is turn'd to a Dragon , or a Leopard , or a Swine . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,11.72) That which is at first Beauty on the face may prove Lust in the manners . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,11.73) {COM:greek_omitted} So Eubulus wittily reprehended such impure contracts ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,12.74) they offer in their marital Sacrifices nothing but the Thigh , and that which the Priests cut from the Goats when they were laid to bleed upon the Altars . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,12.75) {COM:greek_omitted} Said S. Clement . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,12.76) " He or she that looks too curiously upon " the beauty of the body , looks too low , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,12.77) and hath flesh and corruption in his Heart , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,12.78) and is judg'd sensual and earthly in his Affections and Desires . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,12.79) " Begin therefore with God ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,12.80) Christ is the President of marriage , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,12.81) and the holy Ghost is the Fountain of purities and chast loves , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,12.82) and he joyns the hearts ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,12.83) and therefore let our first Suit be in the court of Heaven , and with designs of Piety , or Safety , or Charity ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,12.84) let no impure spirit defile the virgin purities and castifications of the soul , as S. Peters phrase is ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,12.85) let all such Contracts begin with religious affections . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,12.86) Conjugium petimus , partumque uxoris ; at illis Notum , qui pueri qualisve futura sit uxor . We sometimes beg of God , for a Wife or a Child , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,12.87) and he alone knows what the wife shall prove , and by what dispositions and manners , and into what fortune that child shall enter : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,12.88) but we shall not need to fear concerning the Event of it , if Religion , and fair Intentions , and Prudence manage , and conduct it all the way . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,12.89) The preservation of a Family , the production of Children , the avoiding Fornication , the refreshment of our Sorrows by the comforts of Society , all these are fair Ends of Marriage (JETAYLOR-E3-H,12.90) and hallow the entrance ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,12.91) but , in these there is a special order ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,12.92) society was the first designed , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,12.93) It is not good for man to be alone ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,12.94) Children was the next , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,12.95) Increase and multiply ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,12.96) but the avoiding fornication came in by the superfoetation of the evil accidents of the world . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,13.97) The first makes marriage Delectable , the second necessary to the Publick , the third necessary to the Particular ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,13.98) This is for safety , for life , and Heaven it self ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,13.99) Nam simulac venas inflavit dira cupido , Huc juvenes aequum est descendere ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,13.100) - The other have in them joy and a portion of Immortality : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,13.101) the first makes the mans Heart glad ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,13.102) the second is the friend of Kingdoms , and Cities , and Families ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,13.103) and the third is the Enemy to Hell , and an Antidote of the chiefest inlet to damnation : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,13.104) but of all these the noblest End is the multiplying children , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,13.105) Mundus cum patet , Deorum tristium atque inferum quasi patet janua ; propterea uxorem liberorum quaerendorum causa ducere religiosum est , said Varro , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,13.106) It is religion to marry for children ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,13.107) and Quintilian put it into the definition of a wife , est enim uxor quam jungit , quam diducit utilitas ; cujus haec reverentia est , quod videtur inventa in causa liberorum , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,13.108) and therefore S. Ignatius when he had spoken of Elias , and Titus , and Clement , with an honourable mention of their virgin-state , lest he might seem to have lessened the married Apostles , at whose feet in Christs Kingdom he thought himself unworthy to sit , he gives this testimony , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,13.109) they were {COM:greek_omitted} that they might not be disparaged in their great names of holiness and severity , they were secured by not marrying to satisfie their lower appetites , but out of desire of children . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,13.110) Other considerations if they be incident and by way of appendage , are also considerable in the accounts of prudence ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,13.111) but when they become principles , they defile the mystery (JETAYLOR-E3-H,13.112) and make the blessing doubtful : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,13.113) Amabit sapiens , cupient caeteri , said Afranius , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,13.114) Love is a fair Inducement , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,14.116) but Desire and Appetite are rude , and the Characterisms of a sensual person : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,14.117) Amare justi & boni est , cupere impotentis ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,14.118) to love , belongs to a just and a good man ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,14.119) but to lust , or furiously and passionately to desire , is the sign of impotency and an unruly mind . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,14.120) 2 . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,14.121) Man and Wife are equally concerned to avoid all Offences of each other in the beginning of their conversation : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,14.122) every little thing can blast an infant Blossom ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,14.123) and the breath of the South can shake the little rings of the Vine , when first they begin to curle like the locks of a new weaned boy ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,14.124) but when by Age and consolidation they stiffen into the hardness of a stem , and have by the warm embraces of the Sun and the kisses of Heaven brought forth their clusters , they can endure the storms of the North , and the loud noises of a Tempest , and yet never be broken : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,14.125) So are the early unions of an unfixed Marriage ; watchful and observant , jealous and busie , inquisitive and careful , and apt to take alarum at every unkind word . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,14.126) For Infirmities do not manifest themselves in the first Scenes , but in the succession of a long Society ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,14.127) and it is not chance or weakness when it appears at first , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,14.128) but it is want of love or prudence , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,14.129) or it will be so expounded ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,14.130) and that which appears ill at first usually affrights the unexperienced man or woman , who makes unequal conjectures , and fancies mighty sorrows by the proportions of the new and early unkindness . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,14.131) It is a very great Passion , or a huge Folly , or a certain want of Love , that $can $not {TEXT:cannot} preserve the colours and beauties of Kindness , so long as publick Honesty requires a man to wear their Sorrows for the death of a Friend . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,14.132) Plutarch compares a new Marriage to a Vessel before the hoops are on , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,14.133) {COM:greek_omitted} every thing dissolves their tender compaginations , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,14.134) but {COM:greek_omitted} when the joynts are stiffened and are tied by a firm compliance and proportion'd bending , scarcely can it be dissolved without Fire or the violence of Iron . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,15.135) After the Hearts of the man and the wife are endeared and hardened by a mutual Confidence , and Experience longer than artifice and pretence can last , there are a great many remembrances , and some things present that dash all little unkindnesses in pieces . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,15.136) The little Boy in the Greek Epigram , that was creeping down a Precipice was invited to his Safety by the sight of his Mother's pap , when nothing else could intice him to return : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,15.137) and the bond of common Children , and the sight of her that nurses what is most dear to him , and the endearments of each other in the course of a long society , and the same relation is an excellent security to redintegrate and to call that love back which folly and trifling accidents would disturb . - (JETAYLOR-E3-H,15.138) Tormentum ingens nubentibus haeret Quae nequeunt parere , & partu retinere maritos . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,15.139) When it is come thus far , it is hard untwisting the Knot ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,15.140) but be careful in its first coalition , that there be no rudeness done ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,15.141) for if there be , it will for ever after be apt to start and to be diseased . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,15.142) 3 . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,15.143) Let man and wife be careful to stifle little things , that as fast as they spring , they be cut down and trod upon ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,15.144) for if they be suffered to grow by numbers , they make the spirit peevish , and the Society troublesome , and the Affections loose and easie by an habitual Aversation . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,15.145) Some men are more vexed with a Flie than with a Wound ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,15.146) and when the Gnats disturb our sleep , and the Reason is disquieted but not perfectly awakened ; it is often seen that he is fuller of trouble than if in the day-light of his reason he were to contest with a potent enemy . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,16.147) In the frequent little accidents of a Family , a mans reason $can $not {TEXT:cannot} always be awake ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,16.148) and when his Discourses are imperfect , and a trifling Trouble makes him yet more restless , he is soon betrayed to the violence of Passion . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,16.149) It is certain that the man or woman are in a state of weakness and folly then , when they can be troubled with a trifling accident ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,16.150) and therefore it is not good to tempt their affections , when they are in that state of danger . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,16.151) In this case the Caution is , to substract Fuel from the sudden Flame ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,16.152) for stubble though it be quickly kindled , yet it is as soon extinguished , if it be not blown by a pertinacious breath , or fed with new materials . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,16.153) Add no new provocations to the accident , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,16.154) and do not inflame this , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,16.155) and peace will soon return , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,16.156) and the discontent will pass away soon , as the sparks from the collision of a flint ; ever remembring , that Discontents proceeding from daily little things , do breed a secret undiscernable Disease , which is more dangerous than a Fever proceeding from a discerned notorious Surfeit . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,16.157) 4 . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,16.158) Let them be sure to abstain from all those things , which by experience and observation they find to be contrary to each other . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,16.159) They that govern Elephants never appear before them in White , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,16.160) and the Masters of Bulls keep from them all garments of Bloud and Scarlet , as knowing that they will be impatient of civil usages and discipline , when their Natures are provoked by their proper Antipathies . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,16.161) The ancients in their martial Hieroglyphicks us'd to depict Mercury standing by Venus , to signifie , that by fair language and sweet intreaties , the minds of each other should be united ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,16.162) and hard by them , Suadam & Gratias descripserunt , they would have all deliciousness of manners , compliance and mutual observance to abide . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,16.163) 5 . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,16.164) Let the Husband and Wife infinitely avoid a curious distinction of mine and thine ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.165) for this hath caused all the Laws , and all the Suits , and all the Wars in the World ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.166) let them who have but one Person , have also but one Interest . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.167) The Husband and Wife are heirs to each other as Dionysius Halicarnasseus relates from Romulus if they die without Children ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.168) but if there be Children , the Wife is {COM:greek_omitted} a partner in the Inheritance . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.169) But during their life , the use and imployment is common to both their necessities , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.170) and in this there is no other Difference of right , but that the Man hath the Dispensation of all , and may keep it from his Wife just as the Governour of a Town may keep it from the right Owner ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.171) he hath the power , but no right to do so . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.172) And when either of them begins to impropriate , it is like a tumour in the flesh , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.173) it draws more than its share ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.174) but what it feeds on , turns to a bile : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.175) and therefore the Romans forbad any Donations to be made between Man and Wife , because neither of them could transfer a new Right of those things , which already they had in common ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.176) but this is to be understood only concerning the uses of necessity and personal conveniences ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.177) for so all may be the Woman's , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.178) and all may be the Man's in several regards . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.179) Corvinus dwells in a Farm (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.180) and receives all its profits , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.181) and reaps and sows as he please , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.182) and eats of the Corn (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.183) and drinks of the Wine ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.184) it is his own : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.185) but all that also is his Lords , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.186) and for it Corvinus pays Acknowledgement ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.187) and his Patron hath such powers and uses of it as are proper to the Lords ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.188) and yet for all this , it may be the Kings too , to all the purposes that he can need , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.189) and is all to be accounted in the census and for certain services and times of danger : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.190) So are the Riches of a Family , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.191) they are a Womans as well as a Mans : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.192) they are hers for Need , and hers for Ornament , and hers for modest Delight , and for the uses of Religion and prudent Charity ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,17.193) but the disposing them into portions of inheritance , the assignation of charges and governments , stipends and rewards , annuities and greater donatives are the reserves of the superior right , and not to be invaded by the under-possessors . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,18.194) But in those things , where they ought to be common , if the spleen or the belly swells and draws into its capacity much of that which should be spent upon those parts , which have an equal right to be maintain'd , it is a dropsie or a consumption of the whole , something that is evil because it is unnatural and monstrous . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,18.195) Macarius in his 32 Homily speaks fully in this particular , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,18.196) a Woman betrothed to a Man bears all her Portion , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,18.197) and with a mighty Love pours it into the hands of her Husband , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,18.198) and says , {COM:greek_omitted} , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,18.199) I have nothing of my own ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,18.200) my Goods , my Portion , my Body and my Mind is yours . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,18.201) {COM:greek_omitted} all that a Woman hath is reckoned to the right of her Husband ; not her wealth and her person only , but her reputation and her praise ; so Lucian . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,18.202) But as the Earth , the Mother of all Creatures here below , sends up all its Vapours and proper emissions at the command of the Sun , and yet requires them again to refresh her own Needs , and they are deposited between them both in the bosome of a Cloud as a common receptacle , that they may cool his Flames , and yet descend to make her Fruitful : So are the proprieties of a Wife to be dispos'd of by her Lord ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,18.203) and yet all are for her provisions , it being a part of his need to refresh and supply hers , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,18.204) and it serves the interest of both while it serves the necessities of either . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,18.205) These are the Duties of them both , which have common regards and equal necessities , and obligations ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,18.206) and indeed there is scarce any matter of duty , but it concerns them both alike , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,18.207) and is only distinguished by names , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,18.208) and hath its variety by circumstances and little accidents : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,19.209) and what in one is call'd love , in the other is called reverence ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,19.210) and what in the wife is obedience , the same in the man is duty . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,19.211) He provides , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,19.212) and she dispenses ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,19.213) he gives commandments , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,19.214) and she rules by them ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,19.215) he rules her by Authority , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,19.216) and she rules him by Love ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,19.217) she ought by all means to please him , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,19.218) and he must by no means displease her . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,19.219) For as the Heart is set in the midst of the Body , and though it strikes to one side by the prerogative of Nature , yet those throbs and constant motions are felt on the other side also , and the influence is equal to both : So it is in conjugal Duties ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,19.220) some motions are to the one side more than to the other , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,19.221) but the interest is on both , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,19.222) and the Duty is equal in the several instances . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,19.223) If it be otherwise , the Man enjoys a Wife as Periander did his dead Melissa , by an unnatural Union , neither pleasing , nor holy , useless to all the purposes of Society , and dead to Content . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,19.224) PART II . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,20.227) The next Inquiry is more particular , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,20.229) and considers the Power and Duty of the Man ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,20.230) Let every one of you so love his Wife even as himself ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,20.231) she is as himself , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,20.232) the man hath power over her as over himself , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,20.233) and must love her equally . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,20.234) A Husbands power over his wife is paternal and friendly , not magisterial and despotick . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,20.235) The wife is in perpetua tutela , under conduct and counsel ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,20.236) for , the power a man hath is founded in the understanding , not in the will or force ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,20.237) it is not a power of coercion , but a power of advice , and that government that wise men have over those who are fit to be conducted by them : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,20.238) Et vos in manu et in tutela non in servitio debetis habere eas , et malle patres vos , et viros , quam dominos dici , said Valerius in Livie ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,20.239) Husbands should rather be Fathers than Lords . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,20.240) Homer adds more soft appellatives to the character of a Husbands duty , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,20.241) {COM:greek_omitted} Thou art to be a Father and a Mother to her , and a Brother : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,20.242) and great reason , unless the state of Marriage should be no better than the condition of an Orphan . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,20.243) For she that is bound to leave Father and Mother , and Brother for thee , either is miserable like a poor fatherless child , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,20.244) or else ought to find all these , and more in thee . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,21.245) Medea in Euripides had cause to complain when she found it otherwise . {COM:greek_omitted} Which Saint Ambrose well translates : It is sad , when Virgins are with their own Money sold to Slavery ; and that Services are in better state than Marriages ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,21.246) for they receive Wages , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,21.247) but these buy their Fetters (JETAYLOR-E3-H,21.248) and pay dear for their loss of Liberty ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,21.249) and therefore the Romans expressed the mans power over his wife but by a gentle word , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,21.250) Nec vero mulieribus praefectus praeponatur , qui apud Graecos creari solet , sed sit censor qui viros doceat moderari uxoribus ; said Cicero , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,21.251) let there be no Governour of the Woman appointed , but a Censor of Manners , one to teach the men to moderate their Wives , that is , fairly to induce them to the measures of their own proportions . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,21.252) It was rarely observed of Philo , {COM:greek_omitted} when Adam made that fond Excuse for his Folly in eating the forbidden fruit , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,21.253) he said The woman thou gavest to be with me she gave me (JETAYLOR-E3-H,21.254) He says not The woman which thou gavest to me no such thing ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,21.255) she is none of his Goods , none of his Possessions , not to be reckoned amongst his Servants ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,21.256) God did not give her to him so ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,21.257) but The woman thou gavest to be with me that is , to be my partner , the Companion of my joys and sorrows , thou gavest her for Use , not for Dominion . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,21.258) The Dominion of a man over his Wife is no other than as the Soul rules the Body ; for which it takes a mighty care , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,21.259) and uses it with a delicate tenderness , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,21.260) and cares for it in all contingencies , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,22.261) and watches to keep it from all evils , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,22.262) and studies to make for it fair provisions , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,22.263) and very often is led by its inclinations and desires , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,22.264) and does never contradict its appetites , but when they are evil , and then also not without some trouble and sorrow ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,22.265) and its Government comes only to this , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,22.266) it furnishes the body with light and understanding , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,22.267) and the body furnishes the soul with hands and feet ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,22.268) the Soul governs , because the body $can $not {TEXT:cannot} else be happy , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,22.269) but the government is no other than provision ; as a Nurse governs a Child , when she causes him to eat , and to be warm , and dry , and quiet : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,22.270) and yet even the very government itself is divided ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,22.271) for Man and Wife in the family , are as the Sun and Moon in the firmament of Heaven ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,22.272) He rules by Day , and she by Night , that is , in the lesser and more proper Circles of her affairs , in the conduct of domestick provisions and necessary offices , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,22.273) and shines only by his light , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,22.274) and rules by his authority ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,22.275) and as the Moon in opposition to the Sun shines brightest , that is , then , when she is in her own circles and separate regions ; so is the authority of the Wife then most conspicuous , when she is separate and in her proper Sphere ; in Gynaeceo , in the nursery and offices of domestick employment : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,22.276) but when she is in conjunction with the Sun her Brother , that is , in that place and employment in which his care and proper offices are employed , her light is not seen , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,22.277) her authority hath no proper business ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,22.278) but else there is no difference : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,22.279) for they were barbarous people , among whom wives were instead of servants , said Spartianus in Caracalla ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,22.280) and it is a sign of impotency and weakness , to force the Camels to kneel for their Load , because thou hast not spirit and strength enough to climb : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,22.281) To make the affections and evenness of a wife bend by the flexures of a servant , is a sign the man is not wise enough to govern , when another stands by . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,22.282) So many differences as can be in the appellatives of Dominus and Domina , Governour and Governess , Lord and Lady , Master and Mistress , the same difference there is in the authority of man and woman , and no more ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,23.283) Si tu Caius , ego Caia , was publickly proclaimed upon the threshold of the young mans house , when the bride enter'd into his hands and power ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,23.284) and the title of Domina in the sense of the Civil Law , was among the Romans given to Wives . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,23.285) Hi Dominam Ditis thalamo deducere adorti , said Virgil : where , though Servius says it was spoken after the manner of the Greeks , who call'd the Wife {COM:greek_omitted} , Lady or Mistress , yet it was so amongst both the Nations . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,23.286) Ac domum Dominam voca , says Catullus ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,23.287) Haerebit Dominae vir comes ipse suae , so Martial ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,23.288) And therefore although there is just measure of Subjection and Obedience due from the Wife to the Husband as I shall after explain yet nothing of this expressed is in the mans Character , or in his Duty ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,23.289) he is not commanded to rule , nor instructed how , nor bidden to exact obedience , or to defend his priviledge ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,23.290) all his Duty is signified by Love , by nourishing and cherishing , by being joyned with her in all the unions of charity , by not being bitter to her , by dwelling with her according to knowledge , giving honour to her : so that it seems to be with Husbands , as it is with Bishops and Priests , to whom much honour is due , but yet so that if they stand upon it , and challenge it , they become less honourable : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,23.291) And as amongst men and women humility is the way to be preferr'd ; so it is in Husbands , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,23.292) they shall prevail by cession , by sweetness and counsel , and charity and compliance . So that we $can $not {TEXT:cannot} discourse of the mans right , without describing the measures of his duty ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,23.293) that therefore follows next . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,23.294) Let him love his wife even as himself : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,24.296) $That $'s {TEXT:That's} his Duty , and the measure of it too : which is so plain , that if he understands how he treats himself , there needs nothing be added concerning his demeanour towards her , save only that we add the particulars , in which holy Scripture instances this general Commandment . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,24.297) {COM:greek_omitted} $That $'s {TEXT:That's} the first . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,24.298) Be not bitter against her ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,24.299) and this is the least Index and signification of Love ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,24.300) a Civil man is never bitter against a Friend or a Stranger , much less to him that enters under his Roof , and is secured by the Laws of Hospitality . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,24.301) But a Wife does all that , and more ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,24.302) she quits all her interest for his love , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,24.303) she gives him all that she can give , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,24.304) she is as much the same person as another can be the same , who is conjoyned by love , and mystery , and religion , and all that is sacred and profane . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,24.305) Non equidem hoc dubites amborum foedere certo Consentire dies , & ab uno sidere duci ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,24.306) They have the same Fortune , the same Family , the same Children , the same Religion , the same Interest , the same Flesh (JETAYLOR-E3-H,24.307) erunt duo in carnem unam (JETAYLOR-E3-H,24.308) and therefore this the Apostle urges for his {COM:greek_omitted} (JETAYLOR-E3-H,24.309) no man hateth his own flesh , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,24.310) but nourisheth and cherisheth it ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,24.311) and he certainly is strangely Sacrilegious and a Violater of the rights of Hospitality and Sanctuary , who uses her rudely , who is fled for Protection , not only to his House , but also to his Heart and Bosome . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,24.312) A wise man will not wrangle with any one , much less with his dearest relative ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,24.313) and if it be accounted undecent to Embrace in publick , it is extremely shameful to Brawle in publick : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,24.314) for the other is in itself lawful ; but this never , though it were assisted with the best circumstances of which it is capable . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,24.315) Marcus Aurelius said , that a wise man ought often to admonish his wife , to reprove her seldom , but never to lay his hands upon her : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,25.316) neque verberibus neque maledictis exasperandam uxorem , said the Doctors of the Jews , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,25.317) and Homer brings in Jupiter sometimes speaking sharply to Juno according to the Greek liberty and Empire (JETAYLOR-E3-H,25.318) but made a pause at striking her , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,25.319) {COM:greek_omitted} And the Ancients used to sacrifice to Juno {COM:greek_omitted} or the President of Marriage , without gall ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,25.320) and St. Basil observes and urges it , by way of upbraiding quarrelling husbands ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,25.321) Etiam vipera virus ob nuptiarum venerationem evomit , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,25.322) the Viper casts all his poison when he marries his female , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,25.323) Tu duritiam animi , tu feritatem , tu crudelitatem ob unionis reverentiam non deponis ? (JETAYLOR-E3-H,25.324) He is worse than a Viper , who for the reverence of this sacred union will not abstain from such a poisonous bitterness ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,25.325) and how shall he embrace that person whom he hath smitten reproachfully ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,25.326) for those kindnesses are undecent which the fighting-man pays unto his wife . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,25.327) S. Chrysostome preaching earnestly against this barbarous Inhumanity of striking the Wife , or reviling her with evil Language , says , it is as if a King should beat his Viceroy and use him like a Dog ; from whom most of that Reverence and Majesty must needs depart , which he first put upon him , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,25.328) and the subjects shall pay him less duty , how much his Prince hath treated him with less civility ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,25.329) but the loss redounds to himself ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,25.330) and the government of the whole family shall be disordered , if blows be laid upon that shoulder which together with the other ought to bear nothing but the cares and the issues of a prudent government . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,25.331) And it is observable , that no man ever did this rudeness for a vertuous end ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.332) it is an incompetent instrument , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.333) and may proceed from wrath and folly , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.334) but can never end in vertue and the unions of a prudent and fair society . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.335) Quod si verberaveris , exasperabis morbum : saith S. Chrysostome ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.336) asperitas enim mansuetudine , non alia asperitate , dissolvitur ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.337) if you strike , you exasperate the Wound , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.338) and like Cato at Utica in his despair tear the Wounds in pieces ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.339) and yet he that did so ill to himself whom he lov'd well , he lov'd not women tenderly , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.340) and yet would never strike ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.341) And if the man $can $not {TEXT:cannot} endure her talking , how can she endure his striking ? (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.342) But this Caution contains a Duty in it which none prevaricates , but the meanest of the people , Fools and Bedlams , whose kindness is a Curse , whose government is by chance and Violence , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.343) and their families are Herds of talking Cattel , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.344) Sic alternos reficit cursus Alternus Amor , sic astrigeris Bellum discors exulat oris . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.345) Haec concordia temperat aequis Elementa modis , ut pugnantia Vicibus cedant humida siccis , Jungantque fidem frigora flammis . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.346) The Marital Love is infinitely removed from all possibility of such rudenesses : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.347) it is a thing pure as Light , sacred as a Temple , lasting as the World ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.348) Amicitia , quae desinere potuit , nunquam vera fuit , said one ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.349) that love , that can cease , was never true : (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.350) it is {COM:greek_omitted} (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.351) so Moses call'd it ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.352) it is {COM:greek_omitted} (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.353) so S. Paul ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.354) it is {COM:greek_omitted} (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.355) so Homer ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.356) it is {COM:greek_omitted} (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.357) so Plutarch ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.358) that is , it contains in it all sweetness , and all society , and felicity , and all prudence , and all wisdom . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.359) For there is nothing can please a man without Love , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,26.360) and if a man be weary of the wise discourses of the Apostles , and of the innocency of an even and a private Fortune , or hates peace or a fruitful Year , he hath reaped Thorns and Thistles from the choicest Flowers of Paradise ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,27.361) For nothing can sweeten felicity itself , but Love ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,27.362) but when a man dwells in love , then the Breasts of his Wife are pleasant as the droppings upon the hill of Hermon , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,27.363) her Eyes are fair as the light of Heaven , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,27.364) she is a Fountain sealed , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,27.365) and he can quench his thirst , and ease his cares , and lay his sorrow down upon her lap , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,27.366) and can retire home as to his sanctuary and refectory , and his gardens of sweetness and chast refreshments . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,27.367) No man can tell but he that loves his children , how many delicious accents make a mans heart dance in the pretty conversation of those dear pledges ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,27.368) their childishness , their stammering , their little angers , their innocence , their imperfections , their necessities are so many little emanations of joy and comfort to him that delights in their persons and society ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,27.369) but he that loves not his Wife and Children , feeds a Lioness at home , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,27.370) and broods a nest of Sorrows ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,27.371) and Blessing itself $can $not {TEXT:cannot} make him Happy ; so that all the Commandments of God injoyning a man to love his wife , are nothing but so many Necessities and Capacities of joy . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,27.372) She that is lov'd is safe , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,27.373) and he that loves is joyful . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,27.374) Love is a union of all things excellent ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,27.375) it contains in it , Proportion and Satisfaction , and Rest and Confidence ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,27.376) and I wish that this were so much proceeded in , that the Heathen themselves could not go beyond us in this Vertue , and its proper , and its appendant happiness . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,27.377) Tiberius Gracchus chose to die for the safety of his Wife ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,27.378) and yet $me $thinks {TEXT:methinks} to a Christian to do so , should be no hard thing ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,27.379) for many Servants will die for their Masters , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,27.380) and many Gentlemen will die for their Friend ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,27.381) but the Examples are not so many of those that are ready to do it for their dearest Relatives , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,27.382) and yet some there have been . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,28.383) Baptista Fregosa tells of a Neapolitan , that gave himself a slave to the Moors , that he might follow his Wife , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,28.384) and Dominicus Catalusius , the Prince of Lesbos , kept company with his Lady when she was a Leper , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,28.385) and these are greater things than to die . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,28.386) But the Cases in which this can be required are so rare and contingent , that holy Scripture instances not the duty in this particular ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,28.387) but it contains in it that the Husband should nourish and cherish her , that he should refresh her sorrows and intice her fears into confidence and pretty arts of rest ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,28.388) For even the Fig-trees that grew in Paradise had sharp pointed Leaves , and Harshnesses fit to mortifie the too forward lusting after the Sweetness of the Fruit . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,28.389) But it will concern the Prudence of the Husbands love to make the Cares and Evils as simple and easie as he can , by doubling the Joys and Acts of a careful friendship , by tolerating her Infirmities , because by so doing , he either cures her , or makes himself better by fairly expounding all the little traverses of society and communication , by taking every thing by the right handle , as Plutarch's expression is (JETAYLOR-E3-H,28.390) for there is nothing but may be mis-interpreted , (JETAYLOR-E3-H,28.391) and yet if it be capable of a fair construction , it is the Office of Love to make it . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,28.392) {COM:greek_omitted} Love will account that to be well said , which it may be was not so intended ; (JETAYLOR-E3-H,28.393) and then it may cause it to be so , another time . (JETAYLOR-E3-H,28.394)