Of repentance unto life (2) Of Chrift's ordinances in general How the word is made effectual to falvation The duty of attending on ordinances A caveat againft receiving the gospel in vain How the Sacraments become effectual to falvation The nature of the facraments Gen. xvii. 10. explained in the notes The number of the facraments 300 The nature of baptifm 304 Gen. xvii. 12. explained in the notes 310 Gen. xvii. 14. also explained in the notes 313 The nature of the Lord's Supper 315 Of the worthy receiving of the Lord's fupper 322 The neceffity of felf-examination $333 The danger of unworthy communicating 350 The nature of prayer A difcourfe on fecret prayer Of the rule of direction in prayer The preface of the Lord's prayer The fecond petition 369 385 403 410 416 422 440 The fourth petition The fifth petition The fixth petition Gen. xxii. 1. explained in the notes iii. in the notes 467 471 479 480 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 tality Two forms of perfonal covenanting by the author 482 501 509 525 538 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 |