Spiritual Marriage and - Durham e-Theses - Durham University

and pejorative label.^69 However, once a person reads the Puritan marriage manuals he or she is almost certain to develop a diff ...

and household affaires.”^71 Earlier Gataker reminds both husband and wife to recognize that their respective partner is a gift f ...

congregation and the broader perspective of Puritan family hierarchy.^77 Therefore, while no one would deny that patriarchy was ...

the specific duties of husbands and wives. The husband is charged to “dearly love his Wife” and “wisely maintain and manage his ...

making it obligatory.^87 Indeed most clergy of the Church of England were married though there were a few rare exceptions as wit ...

proper and essential acts or ends of marriage- it preserves chastity, it increases the legitimate brood in the world, and & ...

Employing the robust nature of the same verse Gouge reminds couples of the delight within marriage, “[a]s the man must be satisf ...

Because the Puritans took marriage very seriously they also recognized the great importance of guarding it from temptations that ...

the Puritans were necessarily so concerned about propriety and purity—not because they were innately prudish, but because their ...

Spiritual Marriage in the Writings of the Puritans 112 The Puritans followed the theological foundation of Calvin and understood ...

Christ broadly resembled both Bernard and Calvin. They would all be in agreement that it was spiritual, mystical, deep, real, an ...

no, for except thou have the holy Ghost to dwell in thy heart, it is impossible that there should be any match.”^121 He continue ...

required “mutuall consent” among both parties.^127 Union was the initial connection while communion was the ongoing relational e ...

expressed in Song of Songs 5:10.^134 King is not the only Puritan that connects contemplation with spiritual marriage. Owen comm ...

she filled with marrow and fatnesse.”^139 King asserts Peter’s experience at the Transfiguration captures the depth of this love ...

employed maternal metaphors for themselves^145 as John Cotton illustrates, “[b]rests are parts and vessels that give milk to bab ...

spiritual marriage.^149 Richard Godbeer advances the premise that “[p]erhaps the most remarkable aspect of Puritan sexuality was ...

utilizes the image of the kisses of his mouth from Song of Songs 1:2.^155 In a letter to John Gordon he wrote, “and now many a s ...

spiritual marriage marginalized the importance of reason and elevated the emotions in relationship to faith.^162 But the Puritan ...

have communion with God; but all of us have played the adulteresses, we have had our wicked lovers.”^169 Yet another highly sign ...