The Churches Marriage. 9 ----- : no match without mutuall confent, and therefore the 6rfi: thingwhen thou commefi: to bee married to him) :is toknow, that there is fuch a match, and that the Sonne is willing to match with thee. -. Now ho.v Chould any man in the .world know that,e~cept he declare. himfelfe? and how canfi: thou know he bath declared it, but from fome word, from fomewhat that he.hath revealed in the Scripture, towhichallthofe places that I named befor~ .doe fcrve,Jioe preach the G~Jpe!Jto et;_try crea– ,tureumder heaven) and Comeunto me all)·ee thllt are weary and-heavy layden, &c. andwee are Ambaj]iJdors bcfeecbing you to be reconciled. Thefe (1nl the l_ike ~re the fure Word of God up~n wh.ich thy faith mull: be.groundcd, fo tbatthou cemtneft to fay thus tothy felfe, well, whatfoever come of it,l · am,fure there iJ a corn_er jtone, on P'hich ffhofoever iJ huilt, Jha!Jnot be afhamednor deceived, I am fttre of it from a'w.ord that-the Lor.d bath confirmedwith ' - a feale,and with anoath~ and tb~r~fore I reft upon it. And it is not a bare word, that Chr.i.fi bath gi– ven toaffureus of this)which'is a figne it is aha.rd thingforus to beleeve it, it is noeafy thing, for, .there is added to theword a feale, and it is confir– medwith an-oath; fo then that is the firft thing ·.thou art to coniider,whether thy faith bath b_e~ne pit<:ht upon fom{uchword,and whether thou.baJl . appFed thatword to-thy felfc or no~ _ . . In .the. next place beiide this word, there is a witneffe fmm thefpirit, there is a wonc\.rous work ti ofthe Holy Gholl:, which faith tu. manJ be4rt, bee ~fgJedcomf~.rt)f~Are not, I am thy-Jttlvation,. If ·YOU ' fay ~
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