A good wife a great blessing : or, the honour and happiness of the marriage state, in two sermons. Containing, An Account of the Marriage in Paradise. -Of the Apostles. Of the honourable and happy State of Matrimony. Marriage never condemned but by Hereticks. That forbidding to marry is one of the Doctrine of Devils. St. Paul's Opinion whether it is better for Virgins to marry or live single. Of forcing Virgins to marry. That Adam could not live happy even in Paradise without a Wife. Of the Duties of a Wife. The Advantages of a married Man above a Batchelor. The Benefits of a prudent Wife. Women not to be accounted a necessary Evil, but a great Blessing. How a good Wife ought to be treated. How Men ought to love their Wives. Of hindering Wives from Money. Of Marriages between People of different Religions.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Creffield, Edward, 1679 or 1680-1759.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marriage--Sermons.

Marriage.

Sermons, English.

England.

Sermons, English--England--18th century.

Genre:

Sermons.

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages,60 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 4⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for T. Taylor, at the Rose in Exeter-Exchange, in the Strand, [1717?]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Dedication signed: Edward Creffeild [sic].

With a final advertisement leaf.

Price from imprint: price I s.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N1515.

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