D.ire~7ions fo,r Conver zon. 137 helpl~fs, undone creature, without righteoufnefs.pr ftrength. ~ And for as much as thou hafr, The terms to of thy bottomlefs mer:y, offered wbtt-·b we muft moft gracioufly to me wretched turn) are either finner , l to be again my God , ultimate, or me· through Chrift, if I wol)ld a,ccept _diate. ·of thee; I call heaven_ahd earth to . record this day, that , I do here fo~emnly a':ouch !hee for the Lord 1ny God ; and wtth all pcllible veneration, .bowingotheneck of my foul under the feet ofthy moft _facred Majefty, I do here take thee, Lord :feh()7)ab., Father, _Son, and Holy Gh:oft; fot 'tny'poi!ti'on, .and chief good ; and·to give up. my felf, bOdyand fouJ, for ~ljy fervant, promifing and VO\ving ,to ferve thee in holinefs and righteoufnefs, TiJe ultimate is God the Fatber, Son , and Holy G~oft, l'Jbo muft be ibv~ accepted. all the ciays ~fmyJife. . And fince thou haft appointed ·The m~diate t i1e Lord Jefu's Chrift _. the only -terms are either means of cotning unto thee, I do ,pdncipal, or lcfr ~ here, upon theb~mded kneesof my principzl. fo4l, accept of him, as the only Tbe p?inrip.tl is new anct liviNgway, by which finChrift th& lvfe– ners 111ay have accefs to thee; a~-:d diator, wbo muft do hereby fol~ii.:nly j0yn 1ny felf in tbus be embrac d. marriage covenant t) hi rn. , 0 blcff.!d J~fus) I cocne to thee hungry, and hard- ,ly neftead ; poor, and wretched, and n1ifcr"able, and blind, and nake~l; a n1tlt loathfome, polluted ~~-r·~tch ; a guilty, conden1ned n1alefattor, unwor– thy for ev~r to walli the feet of the ferrants of my l,ord, tnuch more to be fole1nn1r married to the K1og of giory: But fit:h · fuch is thine unparalldl'd love, I do h~re ':Vith all 111 vpower accept thee, 2.nd do ~ake thee for !!lY H<.:ad and 1-lusband ;_for bet- -· , · · · tet· ,. ,.
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