2. 4 'Ihe (hurches Marriage. ·life by it.l fay,that is the cafe ofevery man living, that when we were all expofed to dea~h, Jefus Chrifl: bad a favour eo us, and we mull: marry him or we dye for it. Now therefore when he fhallbe a fuitor to thee, confider what thou hail to fay, art rLou able to live withm1t him? art thou able topay rhy ranfom ? certainely thou art not able, and is it not then a madne£fe in thee to reft:1fe? Confider what is thy debt , and confider thou art bound topay the ur.:'mofi: farthing ·which the Lord requires at thy hands: when a m·an confi– ders fer1oufiy of this, that every idleword, every ftnne of o·miffion or that is committc<;l is a debr, and ·fl:ands upon h_is owne fcore, an(that him– felfe is not able topay., this will ma¥e a ~anbe– gin to loo~e about him. Mybeloved,allthe af~ t tlid:ions, thatwee have in this life, they are but a paying the ufe money required· for the debt, the maine debt remaines intire, that mufi bee paid at that day' the day ofwrath, at the day of de- .•. claration of the ;ufl Judgement ·of God ; therefore confider firfi thy debt, and withaH confider thy poverty. 'Tis true, though thouwert indebt·, if thou hadfi fomewhat to pay it, it were another matter. And indeed, many men are puffed up with a conceir, and thinke they have fornething to pay , and this is the cafe of all hyp<;>crites; that thinke tney 'have fome good work~s, they have done many good things , they _.come to Church ducly, &c. But you mufr know that all 1his will not pay your debt, as it is Revel. 3· I counfell thee to_buyofmegold, that .thoumAiefl be rich. . Till
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