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)