Note, 1. A good wife is a great blessing to a man. He that finds a wife
(that is, a wife indeed; a bad wife does not deserve to be called by a
name of so much honour), that finds a help meet for him (that is a wife
in the original acceptation of the word), that sought such a one with
care and prayer and has found what he sought, he has found a good
thing, a jewel of great value, a rare jewel; he has found that which
will not only contribute more than any thing to his comfort in this
life, but will forward him in the way to heaven. 2. God is to be
acknowledged in it with thankfulness; it is a token of his favour, and
a happy pledge of further favours; it is a sign that God delights in a
man to do him good and has mercy in store for him; for this, therefore,
God must be sought unto.