'The Churches Marriagf!. 11 ----- •Till a man bath a husband, till bee have Jefits 1· Chrifi, all the workes he doth are little worth. I, but thougha man be mdebt, and have not apenny to pay his .debt, yet there is ufually a -time given, a man is nor cafi prefently into prifon. · I an~·er, though thoubenot, yet thou art in danger all the time; and it is a mifcrable thing to live in another mans danger, to be in danger : ofan enemy, when a man fhall have many writs out againll him, and 'knowes not when the Ser– . jeantwill feize upon him; I fay, put the cafe he. be not arrefied, yet he is in continuall feare; this i is thy cafe before thou be under t~is covert, be– . fore thou be matched ro this thy husband Chrifi: :when thou ha fi hirn,thou art fafe, but in themeane I timethouartincontinuall feare. AsHeb. 2. 14. I it is given as area(on, why chriH tookepartwith the children, t~4t he~night deli'l)er them~ thtetforfeare of 'death, 11ere All their life long fubje8 to bondage; So that though a man be not call: into prifon, hee is all his life time fubject t0 bondage. Now ifit were but to be delivered nom this feate and bon. dage 'that every other man is in, it were a great ·motive to move us to this. I, but is there not fome bayle, may not a man flee from this ar– refi? I anfwere no, every man without Chi-ifr:ts like . a woman that is friendlelfe, that harh none to , fiandforher, thatisdefiituteofwifedone, that bath no coun{ell to dir~a her. We are defi:itute - of righteoufneffe, wehave none tofpeake for us, . WC
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