\ 2.0 cJhe Churches Marriage, {laynes,but from that fwynifn nature;: for though a Swine be warbed cleane, if fhee retaine her ·na.– ture, (hew ill be ready to fall into the.nextpuddle fbemeets with·;butnowwhen Chrifr waibeth his Church;he wafheth them from the filthineffe of · their nature,- even every man whom hee wafherh: Therefor:e confider if thou find this purifying of the Holy Ghofr or no; ~or whofoever is wafhed by Chrift, there is a certatne fimplidty and plain· ne.ffe ofheart, that though he fall into finne, yet his heart is upright with :Chrifi, as wee fee in z. Cor. 1 r. 3. 4· . I tllm iealous- over you with 4 godly iea,.. _ loufy, for I have prepared j(JU for one hu16and, to prefent you a pure Virgin to Chrift, I feare leajJ aJ the ferpent ~~ · beguiled Eve, Jo your minds fhouldhe cor.ruptedfrom . U thefirnplicity that is inChrifl. Marke, the ·Apo!l:le l . . fpeakes of the Church, as it is in this life, my endeavouristo prefent you as tt Virgi~, what is -that ? that you bee not corrupted from . th~ ·fimpiicicy that is inChrift, but ·that yqu may have a plaine heart, that bath no deceit, that there be not a·dou .. ble mind. Chrifr fo farre clenfeth, that the heart is upright in every thing, therefore by. that tbon fhalt know whether thou bee.wafbed or n0, for ' though Iefus Chrifimarry us when we are Ethio· pians, yet when he bath married us, he puts-a beau– ty upon U5·. Confider whethcrrhis beauty,be put on thee or.no, whether thou bee fowafhed from'thy filthineffe, that there doth a new,beauty appeare, ·tfuat that natura II blackndfc of tlT~ne bee removed throughout: indeed ir is removed but in p~ut for degrees, but yettbcreisa generall, throughont re1 ~ moving ofit all over. , La_fily_f,
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