_,_ .,.._.,.-- ------- 7"he- Churchef Marriage. had before. NOW< this cl athing 1s ~ p~ury-:c.O· loured~rmentmade ofal theg~acesofrhe Spi– rit · therefore if tbdu wouldeft- . know whether J thou have this wedding garment or no, thou 'muft looke to every grace, for the ImageofGod isnothingelfe,. but tht buadl~ruJd ~apeofall graces, as the old man, the iiJl)ageofSatan, and ihe firft Ad~m is the heap ofall c.orruptions; fo this wedding..garment , this Image of the new Ada;m, it is t\l<Jt whichcon lifts ofall the graces, th~fe. rnqficloa,th. thy_f<!>.ule. • 1 .- , . i And now belbved, when this is dpne, the fe– cond thing that we a1e (<l, doe after; ~his. examina. tion, is, : . - , _: ~ - , . · ;! · . · ·Toperfwade ever}' man to:b~ ~ontent to .ta~ke Jefus Chr.ift.for his Husb>:1nd.- If already:you be in ChrHl:,:we have no more to doe, but to exhort you, but tocontinue an.d intend. that 'deure, and aff~&ion,and.love to:younHusbaEld '; but if.upon thisexaminatiqn -you fincleyou .are yet !hangers, I fay the next ufewe are to make ofit, is tobring your hearts to~ a willingneffe to rnatch .with him. Now top~rfw~deyou to ~this , I will pftchbriefly on thefe three p~rticular-s. · · · · Firft, confider whether thou be able to Jive without a husband or alone ? The truth is, thou ·mull marry of necdiity, ·-or thou art undone; for it is-the cafe ofevery man which is,(aidofthe Captive woman inDeut. z I. when they had over– come aCity; if there were awom.an among them to w·hom they had afavour, they might marry her if they would ,iffhc coofented 'fhe raved her Bb 4 life Vfoz. I
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