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Ephefian.r
VER.27.h
tifme hereunto, that we who
have fome conjunction
and are
contra
-
Qedto
him here by
faith, may at length
all
of
us
be prefented before
him andgiven him
in
mariage
,
being for quality perfedly glorious,
that
is,
fuch
as
have no
fuperfluitie
of
fin
fpotting
us,
nor
no
defect
no
running, which the
lack
of
gracecaufeth
,
as
the
lack
of
natural!
moi-
fture maketh
the
face
wrinkled,
but
we
fhall
have unblameabie boll
-
neffe, and
perfeLl
happineflè
the
companion
of
it.
D.á1.
r.
Then
we fee,
How
that
they
who
fhall
be
glorified
in
the lafi
day, muff
be
frfi
fantlified
here
; he
doth
fanctifie, and he
at
length doth
glorifie
us:The
pure
in
heart
fhall fee
God;Without
holineffe you cannot
fee
God,
Heb. r
3.
uliat.5.
thofe three
benefits cannot bee fevered
in
Chrift,
i.
Juftification,
it
is
forgiveneffe
of
fin, 2. Sanc}ification here,
3.
Glory
hereafter;
Rom.
6. You
being juftified have
your fruit
unto
holinetfe, and the
end
is
eternall
life.
For though
it
be
no
caufe
ofglo
ry, yet it
is
a neceffary
antecedent,
as
a
man mutt be
a
childe before
he
can
hi
growne
man
,
though
his
childhood doth not
make
hima
man
:
And
it
is
comely that the
Spoufe
of
Chrift
fhould
be
cleanfed
andfitted
as
it were,
before the be prefented to him.
When
earthly
Majeftieshave
not
had their women
brought to them
till
they were
anointed, wafhed, perfumed, exquifitely by
the whole
yeare ador-
ned,
Hefl.z.1 2.
How
muchmore
is
it
meet
that
the believing, who
are
to be theQleen of the
King
of
Kings, fhould be prepared hereto.:
Yfe.
Wherefore
as
ever we looke
to
have
part
in
glory,
fo
let
us firft
ftrive here
to
be
holy,
no Saint here , no Saint
in
Heaven hereafter
:
nay,
he
fhall
be
an
incarnate Devil!,
that
fcoffeth at being
a Saint
on
earth:
no uncleane
thing,
no dogs
fhall
enter there. Men will not
matchwith
foule ones, and doff thou looke that while
thy
foule
is
full
of
all
filthineffe, darkneffe,
prophaneneffe, atheifme,
wrath,
worldli-
neffe, uncleanneffe, inteinperancie,
that
the Lord
ofglory
fhould mar-
ry himfelfe
to thee,
and take
thee to
his
glory:' no, he
firft fanétifieth,
then
he glorifieth.
írm
MatamQ.
Now
particulary,
firft
from this he faith,
That
he may
pre[Mt
ne,
we
D.U.
fee,
that
wóile
me
arehere,
we
are
abfent
from
the
Lord,
wee
fee that
ass
yet
or
rather that
we
are
not
given in
marriage,and
taken
home to
him.
As
in
earthly
mariages; firft there
is
a
Contraá,and
then fome
(pace
of
time
betweene
that
and
the
mariage,
as
ftanding with the chaftity
of
pro-
ceeding,
as
which trieth the truth
of
love,and maketh the confumma-
tion morewelcome,
when now it
hath
beene expected
:
fo every be-
lieving foule
is
when the Father draweth
it
to Chrift
contracted
to
him,
caft
but the
eye
of
faith
to Chrift,
and
thou haft won
his
heart,
he
is his
owne no longer,Cant.4.9.yet
for
good
purpofes the
taking
of
us
home tò
himfelfe, and the confummation
of
thefe
beginnings
is
put
offtill
all
the
faithful! ,
the
wife
of
the Lamb,
fhall
be
prefented
to
him,
all
of
whom
(hall
then be
given him
bythe Father: yea
Minifters
having a part
in
this matter,
2
Cor.a1.
z.
Yfe:
This
fhould
move
us feeing
there
is
a
time wherein the Lord
will
fully
wed
us
to
himfelfe ; this mutt make
us
long
after the
hower,
when