/ 'The [hurches Marriage. 3 ~ Cor.f. Matth.a~a and hecoold have no other. Therefore, firlt fee if the Sonne be willing, for this he bath declared itplainely in,hisWord, Wea:ettmb~jfador_J, faith the Apofl:Ie, 2 cor. 5. befeec~mgyou tn Chrij/J fleati, tfJbereconci/ed to God;and inMatth. 22. you fee, allwere invited to the Marriage, and all thofe fpee. . ches; Goepre,sch the Go[pelt to every crc11ture under bu:ven ,anc! Come ut:tomeallye thAt are ff1tary and hea– vy laden : and tha.t in Re'V. :u. Let who[oever will come; this I fay, declares the confent of the Son tbat he·is willing. · Now, fecondly for our c;onfent, we have that '. wrought by the holy Ghofi, by adouble worke. One isaw.orkeofthe holy Ghofl:,difcovering to .us the thraldome, and bondage, the deathana d~ngerwherinweare, aid alfo dlfcovering ·to us ourowne-finfulneffe, which is fleceff'ary, becaufe .a man is ready~to-beconceitedof himfelfe, and fo is !Omewhat coy,and unwilling toyeeldto the fuit of Cbtift., kutr when the holy ·Gnofi: hath {hewed a .man what he is, ·that he is fuch a ol'le as . he never thought himC~1fe tt> be, bee then begins to thi'nke, that hee is ,unworthy that 'the Lord fhoulclvoucbfafehim fo muchfavour . bee is rea– dy tofay as .Abtgailefaidio D_a'TJ.U; .w~en. fue was fpoken t9' to be luJ:s.·Wife' Lord what am 1 that th~ti f'houldeft to fa'l're r,e~p~ct me? .Let thy hand, m4.1d111;tfbt~efcetofmyLOrds.foY'1Jants., -I a~· wort:hy afnebetteroffi.ce; I fa¥ this is G'U~ workeofthe holy Gho!l:, thus to prepat1e us to this marC:h. T~eother is to prefent Chr.ift unto us, and to fit hl.mabove all tlle world for us inour appreben- . A a ~ ..fions,
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