/ .6 'The [hurches Marriage. I h im even as he taketh us ; he takes us to keepe us \ in Gckneife and in heahh, not to cafl: us off, not– withftanding our infirm-ities., but w keepe ~o us and communicate himfdfealone to us, and n0t to reprobate· men cafi off ; fo wee take 'him · with all croffes and affliet:ions, that attend the profeffion of him,. to follow him th1ough thicke and rhinne, as well in adveruty·as in profperity > : and to,keepe the foul~ chail: tohim, an-d not to Iprofiitute it to ·any lu.ft or amy creature•. 1 TheLift, is the confequel1ts of rhis Marriage and union, we have part in 'hts:good's,. wbatfoever is his, is ours, andours,i-s made his, our de!Yts are · mad~ his,,amd againe, all hrs honours and riches, and priviledgesare mad·e ~urs, there is an union betweene the parties, My Be/qvee£umine,4na I Am his, and' then we have intereft in all that is his. Weecome now toapply this, and-make f0me · ufeofit. · Fitfl:, ifi:herebefuch a match, betweene-Chriit and every beleever, fo that no man is· partaker of any thing that is Chrifts ··, except he bath him firft; then take heed of applying the benefits -of : Chrift prepofterG>mfly to thy felfe,for except thou– have him firft ,_it is but a vaine conceit to tbinke any thing ofhisbelongs to-thee, to thinke of re– rnitlibn offinll€s and adoption·, and·all the privi– Iedges, and rto apply them to thy felfe, and to ~ think when thou art but ence perfwaded af it, to– thinkc fo, that-they are prefendy thine, I fay, tliis is but a meare dreame a11d'conaei~, except thou be married to Chrift, tnat •thou have the· · [..ord;
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