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As Christ rules over his church for her salvation,

so nothing yields more advantage or comfort to the wife and to be subject to her husband.

To refuse that subjection by means of which they might be saved is to choose destruction.

He that loveth his wife, an argument, is now drawn from nature itself, to prove that men ought to love their wives.

Every man by his very nature loves himself.

But no man can love himself without loving his wife.

Therefore the man who does not love his wife is a monster.

The minor proposition is proved in this manner.

Marriage was appointed by God on the condition that the two should be one flesh, and that this

unity may be the more sacred.

He again recommends it to our notice by the consideration of Christ and his church.

Such is the amount of his argument which to a certain extent applies

universally to human society to shoe that man owes to man Isaiah says

Hide not thyself from my own flesh. John Calvin commenting on Ephesians 5. Well welcome to our very first

episode of Bright hear in the year of our Lord. 2023.

Welcome back, listeners.

I hope that you enjoyed your Christmas celebrations

and didn't miss us too much on that dark week.

You probably hear from my voice.

I'm still a little bit sick so we got

a little bit behind in our recording schedule kind of tough to record when you are

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