3. Because the duty of husbands to their wives, and of wives to their husbands is almost the same, but that the wife is to doe her part with subjection, and it is the husbands part to rule. _Vse._ This may serve _to admonish us_, not rigidly to exact the duty of others, and in the meane time to neglect our owne. Doctrine 11. _It belongs unto men to excell in knowledge and understanding._ This is gathered from those words: _according to knowledge_. _Reason_ 1. Because by nature they have a kind of perfection above women in those things which belong unto knowledge, whereupon the woman is in this place called the weaker vessell. 2. Because by their duty they should be the heads of their wives, to direct and governe them. 3. Because they have greater meanes to gaine knowledge; for as it is not lawfull for women to speake in the Church; so neither have they any thing to doe in other exercises, whereby mens wits are ripened. _Use._ This may serve _to reprove_ those men, that either through drunkennesse, or sloth, or the neglect of divine things, or through too much care of earthly things, doe not only come behind women, but children also in sound knowledge and understanding. Doctrine 12. _It is the husbands part to be meeke unto their wives, and not to put them in feare._ _Reason_ 1. Because they are not servants, but companions. 2. Because their conjugall love should shew it selfe in all such duties. _Use._ This may serve _to admonish_ as well husbands as wives to beware of harshnesse and bitternesse. Doctrine 13. _That duty which we owe unto all the coheires of grace and life eternall, should direct and governe our particular duties towards our superiours, inferiours and equalls._ _Reason_ 1. Because that is the principall duty; to which all the rest are subordinate. 2. Because that love doth vertually at least containe in it all vertues. 3. Because the dignity which redounds from the relation to grace and eternall life, makes all those that are partakers of that grace, in some sort equall, and therefore restraines contempt, opposition, and all kinds of injuries. _Vse._ This may serve _to direct us_, in all parts of our conversation with Christian men, to have chiefe regard to this duty. Doctrine 14. _All our conversation, as well in publique as in private, should be so ordered, that it should not hinder, but rather further our Prayers._ This is gathered from the last words. _Reason_ 1. Because otherwise we should wrong God himselfe, in violating his honour. 2. Because we should diminish at least our greatest comfort, which depends upon our prayers. _Vse._ This may serve _to admonish us_, to take heed therefore, not only of the grosser sort of sins, but also of contentions, injuries, perturbations, and all those vanities, by which we are made unfit to call upon the name of God aright. * * * * *