:!he (hurches Marriage. 7 - - --- Lord himfelfe, thou hall nothing todoewii:h Any thing that,ts hi s, He that hath 1he SoJ~Jne hath /if(, and all thir.gs pertaining to life and Godlindfe, but bee that hath not the sonne, bath nothing, nei– ther life, nor any thing elfe. Therefore that you be not deceived, you mufr look on this as the ground -of all your comfort, am I married to .ChriLl:? Is the match made betweene me and him ? if it bee not, know that whatfoever thou thinkeft offor– givene!fe of finnes, ofany b1effing, fpirituall or temporaH that it is thine, thou doft but deceive thy felfethereinwith vainewordi,itisnotthy per- · fwafion;that makes the match, this is a point of great weight, therefore examine thy felfe fi:ri.ctly herein. Youwillfay,how iball I know it? I anfwer, you fhall know it by this.' 12!!.fft· Firft, confiderwhether thou have the confentof .Anfw. the Son: for that is the firf.l: thing,as wasfaid,thou mull confider, whether the Sonne have given his confent or no: Now it is true that in the word he bath declared-his confent, but doeft thou beleeve that ? haft thou applied this word to thy felf? there are two things which beare record with the Sonne that be is willing to matchwitb us,and that is the Word and the Spirit: and confider if both have come home t0 thy heart yea or no, to teftifie this. . " · · · Firfi:, I fay, Chrifr he bath declared his will to . matchwith us in his word : for though there bee ·no particular p:romife tQ lohn or Thomas, or to any particular man, tQ fay chrifl is willing to marry Aa 4 thee
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