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to be a famous captain; when a great perſon upbraided the meanneſs of his original, "My nobility, faith he begins with me but thy nobility ends with thee." Piety is a greater honour than parentage. She is the beſt gentle- woman that is heir of her own deſerts and not the degenerate offspring of another's virtue —
To preſent you with a good choice in three
things
1. Chuſe ſuch a one as will be a ſubject to your dominion. Take heed of yoking yourſelves with untamed heifers.
2· Chaſe ſuch a one as will ſympathize with you in your affliction. Marriage is juſt like a ſea-voyage; he that enters into this ſhip, muſt look to meet with ſtorms and tempeſts, Cor. vii.20. "hey that marry shall have trouble in the flesh." Flesh and trouble are married together whether we marry or no; now a bitter cup is too much to be drunk by one mouth. A heavy burden is eaſily carried by aſſiſtance of other shoulders. Huſband and wife ſhould neither be proud flesh nor dead flesh. You are fellow members, therefore should have a fellow-feeling. While one ſtands ſafe on the shore, the other should pity him that is toaſt on the es. Sympathy in ſuffering, is like a dry houſe in a wet day.
3: Chuſe ſuch a one as cay be ſerviceable to our ſalvation. A man may think he hath a faint when he hath a devil; but take heed of a harlot that is falſe to thy bed; and of a hypocrite that falſe to thy God.
2. To thoſe women who have huſbands, bow
to uſe them. In two things
