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Excerpt from Fifty-Two Sermons, on the Baptismal Covenant, the Creed, the Ten Commandments, and Other Important Subjects of Practical Religion: Being One for Each Sunday in the Year The duties of Husbands and Wives, considered. Marriage is a divine institution. God's glory is set forth in preserving the chastity of our minds in the procreation of children, the end of marriage-both parties respectively commanded to answer these ends. A religions regard to these ends is for the glory of God. What rules God hath prescribed to married persons. Their duties represented by the spiritual marriage betwixt Christ and his church. They should regard each other as one, and endeavour to promote the eternal happiness of each other. They must help to bear each others burdens-a-nd exercise patience and forbearance with one another. They must be faithful to one another. The temper and conduct of Christ to the church, sets forth what is the duty of the husband to the wife. Hus bands should love their wives, and wives should reverence their husbands. It is. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.