Chap.3o about the Clxsrch. 3. Chrift our Husband communicates hiswholeperfon to us : hegives hi life for hu'beep only prayes for noother. 4. Chrift as a faithful Husband leaves Father in Heaven, and Mother onEarth, and cleaves to hisWife. 2. To cleave to Chrift in faithful affe&ion , loving our Husband Chrift as our felves, nay better thenour felves, not loving our felves to the death for his fake, feeing his love to us wasflronger thendeath, and more to us then to his own life, 3. To cleave to hire in afliietion, as a Wife takes her Husband for bet- ter,, and worfc. A Kingdom is promifed to fuch, Luke 22.29, 30. Secondly, The Church mull depend upon Chrift her Husband as uponhe head,and that I. For dire&ion,fubje&ing her felt. asowing obedience to all his commands, Ephef.g.24. and this (he mutt doe, feeinghe is the true light, the Sun of lkgh- reoufnefs, the Pillar able to dire& her. 2. Forprote&ion, Chrift is the Saviour ofhis body the Church, Ephef,: g. 23. the only Phineas that turnsaway the wrath ofGod, kindled againft his Ifraels the onley Mofes that Bands in the gap where Gods wrath had made a breach. 3. For provifion : None elfe but Jefus Chrift canfupply the Church with fuch things as the needs : he can bellow pardon ofSin, righteoufnefs, life, and fal- vation : Hepaies her debts, bothofobedience to the whole Law, and fatisfa&ion for the breach ofir. Thirdly, She mutt rejoyce to honour her Husband even with her own di- (honour : For Chrill rejoycedto honour her even with his own infinite difho- Hour : the joy of Heavenpleafed himnot without her prefence, and fellowlhip in ir. ¡Fourthly, She mutt, as a goodSpoufe, doeall things to pleafe her Husband, thereby tetlifying her love to him. This is towalk, worthy theLord, &c.Col. Qefl. Bowmufl thepleafe her HusbandChriff? Anfw. First, She mutt not feek to pleafe her felfin any thing that is difpleafing to him, She mull deny her felt, her own will,.reafon, affe&ions, and de- fires , much more her finnes , and tufts to pleafe him 7om. 15, a, 2, 3. Secondly, fhe mull not feek topleafe others,for then fhe cannoopleafe Chia, Gal.'. I o._ Thirdly, the muff labour for a conformity to him in manners, and of- ; fe&ions. I, Ofvertues, ashumility, innocency,patience, C. 2. Inwill, willing holily what hewilleth, and nillingwhat he nilleth. 3. In pra&ice, chearfully obfer- vingwhat he commands. Fourthly, She mulldeck and trimher felf with graces, Pfál. 45. 53. She mull put on lowlincffe, meeknef e, &c. fo I Tint,2.9. Fifthly, Shemuff Phew her love toChrift by loving, and gladly intertaining his friends. Sixthly, She muff Phew her delight in him in his prefence, and long af- ter him in his abfence, Ifa. z6. 8. Rev. 22. 20. crying Even fo come Lord J:fits. Quell. what priviledges bath the Church as the Speufeof Chrifl ? Aufw. Firfi, Free ele&Ion : he huh made choice ofher and not (he of him, Joh,15_16. He was notbound any way to chufe her : neither did he finde any reafon in her, as otbeir, young men doe : nodifpofition, no work of prepara- tion, no freewill, no affections toward him,neither is he bound to render a rcafon, 3©9 H. IV. V. VI,
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