·7'be Churches Marriage. t.s ic tor the prefenr, but ymt kn~w it ~s- effen~iaU to the Marriage Covenanr, that tt be urveruude ptre– [enti, for the pre{ent, rha·t: is,·I clee take this m.an ,for mywedded husband,&c. not .that I promt.fe l will butt-hat I amwi!H~gatthis time, to give up my felfe t(}hi:m, rhis prefent reliningofones fclfe ; this is the confent that makes the Mar– riage. Buttthanwe may·Chew all thefe falfecon .. fents , 1will runne·thorew them hricfely. F·irl.f; there is il1' [Qm~ 3lncmourc0ne.erning rhe perfon, whenrmenare ready·ro take Jefus Chrift) . ·and 1 yet·daenot.conc-eivearight ofhirri. Whereas · t:he Lord bad!t,dea:lt p1ainely with us, as.if bee meant not t-0 drocnmvenr us,,and1 reUs ~very tnaa · afore-hand'~ that ifbeewiU mcHcb.withhim, hee mull ma'kea€cotmt to taleurh.is Croff~, andde– ·nyhirnfetfe ' ·he:mull! makeaccount tobe wholly to him. Now~when·a,ma.n lookes Ol'l ChrUt,ancl ronceive:s-hhnunder acpether nt>do:t, aFJd-think,c he ffiaHJlive ar ~her kind€ of J;i fe .m0re- fre-e·aQd' loofe, and tfi:iflk-es tbis·ftd&netfe is n()t required; -~t- his-lllartdsbyChrift '·now the-re .is a.n errem-in the perf-oo; ~et d1at makes> tthe Marr-iage- f'ru:– ftrate ; di'er~f@re:ta*e·heed yot" be noe de-cdved in this, f0r ~b6t1 muft know this, trhatv~•ben ~bon art0ocemarried· to:theLord, tbetNhy wifhnull be fi:tbjeC\! t-o(hls wilt, thou muft ·be content to ·.obeyhim in a\11tbings, thml mull: be C0ntentto forgoe a11, and:' refine up thy felfe · tG him; and .live no longer tG·thy f~l'ft!- but to. him·~ : Yet, the·re,ts•¬•hef' errour, d1ar- commohly· , .. lmnnes aleng wi~h mens .aonfent when: it is·not; . _ · r~gpt;_
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