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troublesome and more dangerous, and often
end in sin, while the cares are but instances
of duty, and exercises of piety; and there
fore, if single life hath more privacy of de-
votion, yet marriage hath more necessities
and more variety of it, and is an exercise of
more graces. In two virtues. celibate or
single life may have the advantage or de-
grees ordinarily and commonly--that is in
chastity and devotion; but as tn some per-
sons this may fail, and it does in very many,
and married man may spend as much time
in devotion as any virgins or widows do; Yet
as in marriage even those virtues OF devotion
and chastity are exercised,s so in other instan-
ces, this state hath proper exercises and tri-
ais for those graces, for which single life can
never be crowned; here is the proper scene
Of piety and patience, of the duty of parents
and the charity of relatives; here kindness
is spread abroad, and love is united and
made firm as centre; marriage is the nur-
scry of heaven; the virgin sends prayers to
God, but she carries but one soul 10 him J;
the state Of marriage fills up the number OF
the elect, and hath in it the labour ct love,
and the delicacies of friendship, the blessings
of society, and the union of hands and hearts;
it hath in it less of beauty, but more OF safe
ty, than the single life, it hath care but less
danger; it is more merry; and more sad; IS
fuller of sorrows, and fuller of joys; it lies
under more burdens, but is supported by all
the strengths of love and charity, and those
burdens are delightful. Marriage is the
mother of the world, and preserves king
ioms, and fills cities and churches, and hea-
ven itself. Celibate, like a fly In the heart
of an apple, dwells in continual sweetness,
but sits alone, and is confined and dies IN
| singularity; but marriage, like the useini
bee, builds house, and gathers sweetness
from eye:, flower, and labors and unites in
| to societies and republics, and sends out col
onies. and feeds the world with delcacies,
and obeys their kinds and keeps order, and
exercises many virtues, and promotes the
interest of mankind, and is that state OF good
things which to God hath designed the pres
ent constitution of the world.