'The Churches Marriage. LatHy, if thou wouldefl know whether thou be J matched or no with him, confider whether thou have the weddint. s.arment. In Matth~· 2 2. and Luke I if.. you fhall finde the parable of the King invi– ting men to the marriage of his (onne, and there are many that .come, b\:lt one.of them wanted a wedding garment: What is the meaning of that ? inany men come to the weddiQg for cheare, maay for the benefit they might re<:eiv~ or fuch b'j re– fped:s, becau~e~}ley'w.9uldidoe as others~oe, .be;t c~ufe they m1ght efcape cen1llre ;.,rqany mouves . there might be to bri.ngmen to this marriage fea a: but now to have the wedding garment,that is the JryalJ... . . ~, . · _ I • · Nqwwhat is theweddin . arment ? . • . . It is a weddingatfe6tidn~tt is to love the Bride, groome himfdfe, his perfon, for wee are not onely gu_e(ls ,w:e are not(o to underi_landit,but fuchguefis as witha11are marri'ec\ ·to the Smine•.Now ;he rpa t comes to·this wedding withou'ta conjugall wed– ding affe6tion, he comes without the ·weddirg garment;thereforeconftderwith thy felfe whether .thou have ·rh~t affe.ccion Qr no. · · · Youwitl fay, what is this marriagcaffedion? Ianfwer, it is fuch an affeccionwhereby a man I pitches on Chrill, he chufeth himbefure all etherJ, I ashi.~ Husband ·; the wedding affection, is fuch an I ~ffection, ~-s ~vh:en(6ne prefers. her lm~-,band before I all others: ,Conftder whether there be fi1ch an af– \ fe&ion, that thou canil: preferre Iefus Chrifr, bel fore all thir.g,s in the world be!ides. · Agaii?e confider, whether thy affection be fix B b 3 · e<l , £2.!!fjl. Anfiv·I·
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