May 31

On Counsel: for the Wives

She is a wicked wife who drives her husband away by her long tongue. PT94

God save us all from wives who are angels in the streets, saints in the church, and devils at home. PT95

“You are as much serving God in looking after your own children, and training them up in God’s fear, and minding the house, and making your household a church for God, as you would be if you had been called to lead an army to battle for the Lord of hosts.” (1214.53)

“The good housewife is like Sarah, of whom it is written that, when the angels asked Abraham, “Where is Sarah thy wife?” he answered, “Behold, in the tent.” It would have been well for some of her descendants had they been “in the tent,” too, for Dinah’s going forth “to see the daughters of the land” cost her dear.” (3007.473)