marriage strength and patience for the duties and sufferings of a married state before you venture on it. First, be well provided against temptations to a worldly mind and life; for here you are like to be most violently and dangerously assaulted. Second, see that you are well provided with marital39 affections, for they are necessary both to the duties and sufferings of married life. You should not enter upon the state without the necessary preparations. Third, see that you are well provided with