'The Churches Marrit~ge. 2 7 him is mine, h~e himfelfe is become my por– tion ; this isa great rnotive tGus, Befides this, confider tha·t thou haft not onely the perfon of ChrHl: alone , with all his Attri– butes, but how much comes with him, which adde ro this ; as the in1munity thou haf\: by marching with Chri!l:, that wben thou art once matched with h.im, thou art under covert., thy debt~ are paid, thou art out Gf all danger. My b~-' loved, if it werebut tobe freed from thofe injtt– ries, a.nti ·wr<:>ngs that a woman is fubjeQ: unto, from ;potent enemies ·that are able to hurt h.er upt.>n a11 occ'afions, you know it is a great nlo– trvetomovehertomatch.~NowJefus Ghrill: frees us from all rhofe great enemiesnfoin falv~tion, :rs it is Luke I. 74• That 6ejng delivered frtJm the I bands of a!J our enemieJ, wee might forve him inho/i. ; nejle and righteoufnefte all the daJeJOfourtives~· This . w·e havebyhim, that when Satan (hall come to 'Us , and arrefi: us, ·wee may fay to him, I am now undcrcovert, thou muftgoetomyhmband, he · · is bound to paymydebts. Mybeloved, wecon– lidernotwhat a benefit this is, what itistbhave Jefus Chrif.Nit fuch a timet, when you come to dye, when you {hall be arre!l:ed by death; now to have ·the Lord Jefus to undertake all your debts, now to be under covert it is a great matter; as you know (to expreffe it to ydu a little what it is,) IudM when bee had committed that great ftnne, he was indited and arrefi:ed, he had none.tq · flee to. Ptterwhen·he had committed a ftnne bee • :1 , ' . llad·a covert to goe to, arid you all know thedif- . ference
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