4°4, kgsiettMeWeeM1" THE MARIAGE-BLESSI%TG= Preached ataVVedding. RVTre. 4.rr,12. The Lordmake theWife that commeth into thine hopfe, hke Rachel, and like Leah, which twaindidbai /dthehopfe ofIfrael;andthat than amyl?doworthily in Epbra. tab, andbefamonsinBethlehem. ,Andthatthineboafebe like,tyo. Thefiate of . Hefewords are the Prayer of the Elders, and Inhabitants ofBeth- sheplace. , ¿ lebemIndah ,at the efpoufalsofBoaz f andRetie. They were reque- e 1 dledtobewit neffesto the berroathing, andtofome otherdepen. k dances thereupon, of fomelands andinheritance. Now,asthey . zd were forwardto glue tenituonyto fohonefl a courfe,Io they ad- ded thcfewordsefmyText, asaneuidenceof their well_wilLing tothis holy aGcn.s.a4, coupe, who were now oftwoto be made one F /eflr a, bya godlymarriage, This 's theflare ofthe place. 7heorder of Tolayfomc ground forthe profitable handlingofthis Scripture, I willfirli bandlieg ie.:fpeake ofthegenerell fubflance ofit:then Iwill enterinto the examinationof particulars. Theflumeof thewhole, is,a prayerfor theblelling of Godupon two,who werenow readytobe ioynedtogether by the knot ofmarriage.From whence,itbeing the hpoftles,rule; dietmbatfoeuerie written aforeiswrittenfor one 7her,Doll. fMtt6ingthefmfltentranceinto themarriedJiate ,byprayervnGdaAbraham, lcr. writ beingentruffedwith abufineffeofthat nature , tofeekea wife for his ma- CGcn.a4.ra. hers heìre, commended the wholefucceffe vnto Godby Prayer c : and thewo. manbeing rentaway byher friends (after her confectgiven) was difmiffcd with a bleffrng; Theyblefed Re6eckah,and faielvntoher,:boxartonrffler,grow into at eiVctfc 6o. thonfandthoafandt,andthrfeedpof.fe thegateofhie enemiead.When Jacobwas fene by his parents to lecke awile inPash,n dram, his agedfather parted not away eGen.asa.,3 from himwithoutprayer:Godaúfufitient b/efethee,&c'.Looke tothe fiat mar- fGen.a.as, riage that euerwas f, the Lord him felfeknit theknot,and confirmedit with a blefling, that his courfemightbe apatterne tothe following times, and toaf- farceswithail,rhatwhen this is Intact, wemay well fayasChrift didinano- f4tb8. eherparticular belongingestomarriage , from thebeginningit was male s. The i so.5. Scri turewhichf eakethof Dedicating houfes when they are firll dwelt in ,k, lGen. q, 5, p P g tCen. as.ao.ovandifying meat byprayeri; which reportsexamplesofbeginning iourneyes toChro,aa.5 with prayer k, ofentring battaile withprayer', which chargeth todoeallin the onCol.3;ry. nameofGod', cannot butinioyne the praelife ofthis duty in this particularal- fo,Reafonforitisveryapparent. Firft, generally, nogood fucceffe can beho- e as Per 5.,, p d for, butfromthe Lord; he isthe Godofallgrace' , he istheFather offight, elam,:.ty, fromwbomie narygood andperfeí1g:ft.. Secondly, more efpecially,the marriage p Prou.aa7, Covenant is called,tbeConenant ofGed,P, becaufe ifhebe notcalled to confirms it,it cannotprofper. Thirdly the domefticalleftaee,'ofwhich wedlockeis the foundation, is without all po fibilityofthriving withoutthe Lord: Except the I Pfal.ray.r, Lordlnildrhehonfe , theylabelerwvaine thatbold it 9. - There things may (erne to makegood thisDoctrine. In
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