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Of repentance unto life

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Of Chrift's ordinances in general

How the word is made effectual to falvation
How the word is to be read and heard

The duty of attending on ordinances

A caveat againft receiving the gospel in vain
The danger of not complying with the gospel-call

How the Sacraments become effectual to falvation

The nature of the facraments

Gen. xvii. 10. explained in the notes

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The number of the facraments

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The nature of baptifm

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Gen. xvii. 12. explained in the notes

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Gen. xvii. 14. also explained in the notes

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The nature of the Lord's Supper

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Of the worthy receiving of the Lord's fupper

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The neceffity of felf-examination

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The danger of unworthy communicating

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The nature of prayer

A difcourfe on fecret prayer

Of the rule of direction in prayer

The preface of the Lord's prayer
The firft petition

The fecond petition
The third petition

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The fourth petition

The fifth petition

The fixth petition

Gen. xxii. 1. explained in the notes

iii. in the notes

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Extracts from the author's notes on part of Gen. ii. §

The conclufion of the Lord's prayer

A difcourfe on the experimental knowledge of Chrift
Of the right improvement of a time of fickness and mor-

tality

Two forms of perfonal covenanting by the author

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AN

ILLUSTRATION

OF THE

DOCTRINES

OF THE

CHRISTIAN RELIGION.

OF THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT, CONTINUED.

Secondly, I

COME to fhew the duties more peculiar to each party.

1. The duties of the husband of this fort may be reduced to this one, viz. that he carry himself towards her as a headfor her good, ruling her in the fear of the Lord. It is not a name of power only, but of duty; for he must be such a head to her as Chrift is to the church, Eph. v. 23. And whofo reckon upon the authority of that name without eyeing the duty of it, put asunder what God has joined in his grant, and will join when he calls men to an account.

2. The duties of the wife may be reduced to this one, viz. fubmitting herself to her husband as her head, Eph. v. 22. 23. She is not to lord it over him, but to be fubject to him. And in this respect there is a reverence and fear of the hufband enjoined the wife, Eph. v. 33. 1 Pet. iii. 2. which is a due regard in the heart to his character as a husband, feeing in that God has put of his own name upon him, God himfelf being called our husband; a fear to offend him, flowing from love, venting itself in speaking and carrying refpectfully to him, 1 Pet. iii. 6.

Now, the husband as the head of the wife owes her,

1. Protection, fo as she may be as fafe and eafy under the covert of his relation to her as he can make her. For this cause God has given the husband as a head to the weaker veffel; and therefore it was an ancient ceremony in marriage for the husband to spread his fkirt over his wife, Ruth iii. 9. He is to protect her to the utmost of his power from the in

juries of others, 1 Sam. xxx. 18.; and particularly from the infults, whether of children or fervants in the family, as well as neighbours, Gen. xvi. 6. And if fo, furely he himself is not to bear hard upon her, but to fhew her a peculiar tenderness as the weaker veffel, a tenderness to her body and spirit too; and not to fuffer her, far lefs to oblige her, to diftrefs herself above measure.

On the other hand, fhe owes him obedience, a fubmiffion to, and compliance with, his admonitions. It is obferved of Job's wife, for as ill as fhe was, when he calls her a fool, she does not give him the fame epithet again. Reason itself teaches, that whofo puts himself under the protection of another, must be ruled by that other, and not by himself.

2. Provision, 1 Tim. v. 8. The husband ought to provide for his wife, and cheerfully furnish her with what is needful and convenient, according to his ftation and ability; and lay out himself by all lawful means for her comfortable throughbearing. And this he should have an eye to, not only for the time of his life, but even after his decease.

And, on the other hand, the wife ought to be helpful to her husband by her frugal management, Prov. xxxi. 27. And God's word and frequent experiments plainly fhew, that a man's thriving or not thriving has a great dependence on his wife's management, Prov. xiv. 1. While he, then, is bufy without doors, she should be careful within; and therefore it is recommended to women to be much at home, Tit. ii. 5. Yet fhe may well go abroad when her bufinefs calls her, as Abigail did, 1 Sam. xxv.

3. Laftly, Direction, with calmness inftructing her, how fhe fhould carry in every thing, both with refpect to things of this life and of the other, Prov. ii. 17. He ought to be as eyes to her, which have their place in the head, and fo should be capable to guide, 1 Pet. iii. 7.

On the other hand, the wife should be pliable and teachable, 1 Tim. ii. 11. ; yea, and be ready to feek instruction from her husband, 1 Cor. xiv. 35. She fhould be obedient to his commands and directions, ver. 34. ; for in every thing wherein the law of God has not bound her up, the hufband's will ought to be complied with, Eph. v. 24. Gen.

iii. 16.

The reasons of the husband's duty are these.

1. Because husbands are appointed to be fuch heads as

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